how to pronounce icon

/ˈaɪ.kɒn/

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icon is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of icon in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… down here see an icon of the car with …”

meaning of icon

An icon is a religious image that is revered and respected.

icon frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word icon occurs in english on average 5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics icon can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that icon can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) leisure and entertainment;