"iconic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /aɪˈkɒnɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-iconic.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more iconic [comparative], most iconic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒnɪk Etymology: From Late Latin īconicus, from Ancient Greek εἰκονικός (eikonikós). Equivalent to icon + -ic. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|īconicus}} Late Latin īconicus, {{bor|en|grc|εἰκονικός}} Ancient Greek εἰκονικός (eikonikós), {{suffix|en|icon|ic}} icon + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} iconic (comparative more iconic, superlative most iconic)
  1. Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon. [from :Template:SAFESUBST: c.] Synonyms: famous Translations (relating to icon): icònic (Catalan), ikonek (Cornish), ikonický (Czech), voorbeeldig (Dutch), kenmerkend (Dutch), iconisch (Dutch), ikoni- (Finnish), ikoninen (Finnish), iconique (French), ikonisch (German), ikonenhaft (German), zeichenhaft (German), ikonis (Indonesian), ikonik (Indonesian), íocónach (Irish), ikonisk (Norwegian Bokmål), ikonisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), icónico [Portugal] (Portuguese), icônico [Brazil] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-iconic-en-adj-asdwkdbd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 26 31 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 23 28 25 23 Disambiguation of 'relating to icon': 100 0 0 0
  2. Distinctive, characteristic, indicative of identity. Synonyms: signature
    Sense id: en-iconic-en-adj-x3dDTEIo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 26 31 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 23 28 25 23
  3. (figurative) Famously and distinctively representative of its type. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: emblematic Translations (representative of its type): 代表性的 (dàibiǎoxìng de) (Chinese Mandarin), iconisch (Dutch), ikoninen (Finnish), kuvamainen (Finnish), emblématique (French), ikonisch (German), symbolhaft (German), bemerkenswert (German), bildhaft (German)
    Sense id: en-iconic-en-adj-UGdcUf~m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 26 31 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 23 28 25 23 Disambiguation of 'representative of its type': 3 21 65 11
  4. (linguistics, semiotics) Representing something; symbolic. Categories (topical): Linguistics, Semiotics
    Sense id: en-iconic-en-adj-Z9WzftA7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 26 31 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 23 28 25 23 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, semiotics

Adjective [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from French iconic. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ro|fr|iconic|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French iconic, {{bor+|ro|fr|iconic}} Borrowed from French iconic Head templates: {{ro-adj}} iconic m or n (feminine singular iconică, masculine plural iconici, feminine and neuter plural iconice) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-adj}} Forms: iconică [feminine, singular], iconici [masculine, plural], iconice [feminine, neuter, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], iconic [accusative, indefinite, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], iconică [accusative, feminine, indefinite, nominative, singular], iconici [accusative, indefinite, masculine, nominative, plural], iconice [accusative, feminine, indefinite, neuter, nominative, plural], iconicul [accusative, definite, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], iconica [accusative, definite, feminine, nominative, singular], iconicii [accusative, definite, masculine, nominative, plural], iconicele [accusative, definite, feminine, neuter, nominative, plural], iconic [dative, genitive, indefinite, masculine, neuter, singular], iconice [dative, feminine, genitive, indefinite, singular], iconici [dative, genitive, indefinite, masculine, plural], iconice [dative, feminine, genitive, indefinite, neuter, plural], iconicului [dative, definite, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], iconicei [dative, definite, feminine, genitive, singular], iconicilor [dative, definite, genitive, masculine, plural], iconicelor [dative, definite, feminine, genitive, neuter, plural]
  1. iconic Tags: masculine, neuter
    Sense id: en-iconic-ro-adj-BMTc-61G Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header

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