/i.kon/
icône is feminine in French.
icon (representation as an object of religious devotion); icon (small picture that represents something)
“les saintes icônes” — the holy icons
Synonyms: pictogramme
Borrowed from Russian икона (ikona, “(Eastern Orthodox) religious image”) [1859]; in the GUI sense from English icon, ultimately from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “figure, image, etc.”).
icône is masculine or feminine depending on context in French.
icon (exemplar person or thing)
“Il est un icône du ski.” — He's a skiing icon.
Synonyms: archétype
Related: iconique, iconogène, iconographe, iconolâtrie, iconologie, iconomètre, iconoscope, iconostase
Borrowed from Russian икона (ikona, “(Eastern Orthodox) religious image”) [1859]; in the GUI sense from English icon, ultimately from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “figure, image, etc.”).