"favicon" meaning in All languages combined

See favicon on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfævɪkɒn/ [UK] Audio: en-au-favicon.ogg [Australia] Forms: favicons [plural]
Etymology: From the original filename used by Internet Explorer, "favicon.ico", a blend of favorites (“browser bookmarks”) + icon. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|favourite|icon|alt1=favorites|nocap=1|t1=browser bookmarks}} blend of favorites (“browser bookmarks”) + icon Head templates: {{en-noun}} favicon (plural favicons)
  1. (web design) An icon associated with a particular website, and typically displayed in the address bar of a browser viewing the site. Wikipedia link: favicon Categories (topical): Web design Related terms: emoticon Translations (icon for website): 最愛圖示 (Chinese Mandarin), 最爱图示 (Chinese Mandarin), 網頁圖示 (Chinese Mandarin), 网页图示 (Chinese Mandarin), favicon [masculine] (Czech), favorikono (Esperanto), favicon (Finnish), sivustokuvake (Finnish), favicon (French), favicône (French), Favicon [neuter] (German), 파비콘 (pabikon) (Korean), تارنماک (Persian), favicon [masculine] (Portuguese), favicon [feminine] (Slovak), favikon [feminine] (Slovak), favikona [feminine] (Slovak), favicono (Spanish), favicon [common-gender] (Swedish), adressikon [common-gender] (Swedish)

Noun [Portuguese]

Forms: favicons [plural]
Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|#s}} favicon m (plural favicons)
  1. (web design) favicon (icon for a website) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Web design

Inflected forms

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