adj
Meaning 1
Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: aniconic
Standard Lemma guide
iconic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /aɪˈkɒnɪk/
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General-American, dialectal: /aɪˈkɑnɪk/ of Canada
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Canada, dialectal: /aɪˈkɒnɪk/ of the US
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Australian: /aɪˈkɔnɪk/
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New-Zealand: /aɪˈkɒnɪk/
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New-Zealand: [aɪˈkɔ̟nɪk]
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rhymes with -ɒnɪk
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CMU ARPABET: AY2 K AA1 N IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Distinctive, characteristic, indicative of identity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- an iconic move in martial arts
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: signature
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Famously and distinctively representative of its type.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: emblematic, famous
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Representing something; symbolic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, semiotics
Examples
- an iconic gesture in sign language
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: batonic
adjective
Meaning 5
relating to or having the characteristics on an icon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Late Latin īconicus, from Ancient Greek εἰκονικός (eikonikós). By surface analysis, icon + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: أَيْقُونِيّ (ʔayqūniyy) — relating to icon
- Catalan: icònic — relating to icon
- Cornish: ikonek — relating to icon
- Czech: ikonický — relating to icon
- Dutch: voorbeeldig — relating to icon
- Dutch: kenmerkend — relating to icon
- Dutch: iconisch — relating to icon
- Finnish: ikoni- — relating to icon
- Finnish: ikoninen — relating to icon
- French: iconique — relating to icon
- Friulian: iconic — relating to icon
- German: ikonisch — relating to icon
- German: ikonenhaft — relating to icon
- German: zeichenhaft — relating to icon
- Indonesian: ikonis — relating to icon
- Indonesian: ikonik — relating to icon
- Irish: íocónach — relating to icon
- Italian: iconico — relating to icon
- Norwegian Bokmål: ikonisk — relating to icon
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ikonisk — relating to icon
- Polish: ikoniczny — relating to icon
- Polish: ikonowy — relating to icon
- Portuguese: icónico — relating to icon
- Portuguese: icônico — relating to icon
- Arabic: أَيْقُونِيّ (ʔayqūniyy) — representative of its type
- Catalan: icònic — representative of its type
- Chinese Mandarin: 代表性的 (dàibiǎoxìng de) — representative of its type
- Dutch: iconisch — representative of its type
- Finnish: ikoninen — representative of its type
- Finnish: kuvamainen — representative of its type
- French: emblématique — representative of its type
- German: ikonisch — representative of its type
- German: symbolhaft — representative of its type
- German: bemerkenswert — representative of its type
- German: bildhaft — representative of its type
- Polish: ikoniczny — representative of its type
- Polish: ikonowy — representative of its type
- Portuguese: emblemático — representative of its type
Real reading context