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Joconde¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French La/la Joconde, itself a calque of Italian la Gioconda using Middle French joconde, feminine of jocond, from Latin iūcundus. Doublet of Gioconda.

proper noun the Joconde

  1. dated The Mona Lisa. […] and it ought to be placed by the side of the Joconde of Leonardo da Vinci.

noun Jocondes

  1. dated, figuratively A Mona Lisa. […] in Paris he was the Joconde of the salon-piano, under Charles the Tenth.

joconde²

Where it comes from

Thought to be named after the Mona Lisa (French La Joconde).

noun jocondes

  1. countable, uncountable A light almond sponge cake. The sponge itself is not the conventional Victoria but a thin and sumptuous joconde.

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"joconde." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/joconde. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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joconde. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/joconde

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"joconde." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/joconde.

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@misc{joconde_2026,
  title = {joconde},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/joconde},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}