how to pronounce icône

/i.kon/

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icône is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of icône in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… parfois double icône ni concitoyennes et …”

meanings of icône

noun:

Icon (exemplar person or thing).
Icon (representation as an object of religious devotion).
Icon (small picture that represents something).

icône frequency in french - C2 level of CEFR

the word icône occurs in french on average 5.7 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.