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Joconde
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English
Etymology
en fr Joconde La/la Joconde, itself a fr it Gioconda la Gioconda 1 1 using en frm joconde, feminine of frm jocond, from en la iūcundus. en Gioconda.
Proper noun
1
en dated The Mona Lisa.
en 1807 The Philosophical Magazine 27 https://books.google.com/books?id=ANw_AQAAMAAJ 252 and it ought to be placed by the side of the Joconde of Leonardo da Vinci.
en 1838 John Sanderson The American in Paris 2 London https://books.google.com/books?id=ongDAAAAYAAJ 87 but this is the Joconde of Vinci, the most finished portrait in the world.
en 1865 Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds https://books.google.com/books?id=HZXctsJXSRMC 604 the Joconde of Leonardo da Vinci;
Related terms
en Giocondan joconde
Noun
en figurative dated A Mona Lisa.
en 1899 Wilhelm von Lenz The Great Piano Virtuosos of Our Time https://books.google.com/books?id=CdvedV89eQoC in Paris he was the Joconde of the salon-piano, under Charles the Tenth.
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
fr it Gioconda la Gioconda using fr frm joconde, feminine of frm jocond, from fr la iūcundus.
Proper noun
f
fr with the capitalized definite article the fr Mona Lisa Q12418 1
fr J’ai déjà vu La Joconde. I have already seen the Mona Lisa.
fr with the uncapitalized definite article fr Mona Lisa Q153032 1
fr Qui était la Joconde ? Who was Mona Lisa?
Descendants
en Joconde 1
Etymology 2
fr it Giocondo, although the expected spelling is fr Jocond, after frm jocond.
Proper noun
m
fr Jocond
fr Ariosto fr Giocondo Ariosto
The protagonist of the eponymous tale by Jean de La Fontaine based on Canto XXVIII of Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso.
The protagonist of the eponymous comedy by François-Pierre-Auguste Léger.
The protagonist of the eponymous opera by Nicolas Isouard.