Mona Lisa
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Mona Lisa
- /ˌməʊnə ˈliːzə/ UK
- /ˌmoʊnə ˈlisə/ US
Rhymes with -iːzə, -iːsə
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian Monna Lisa (literally “my lady Lisa”), from monna (abbreviation of madonna) + Lisa, the given name of Lisa del Giocondo, née Gherardini (1479–1542).
proper noun Mona Lisas · Monna Lisa
- A portrait painting by Leonardo da Vinci, widely considered to be the most famous painting in history. For centuries, the Mona Lisa was a relatively obscure painting languishing in the private residences of kings—still a masterpiece, to be sure, but only one among many. Even when it was moved to the Louvre, after the French Revolution, it did not attract as much attention as the works of other artist
- The subject of the painting, Lisa del Giocondo, née Gherardini (1479–1542). Beltraffio knew that she was a Napoletana, of an ancient family, the daughter of Antonio Gerardini, a grandee who had at one time been wealthy, but who had become ruined during the French invasion of 1495; and the wife of the Florentine citizen, Francesco dell' Giocondo, who had married Mona Lisa af
noun Mona Lisas · Monna Lisa
- A masterpiece, an outstanding work. This small and deceptively simple, but extremely interesting molecular system was rightly characterized by Cram and coworkers as ‘The Mona Lisa of Organic Chemistry’, because of its ability to elicit wonder, to stimulate imagination and, last but not least, by its enigmatic elusiveness and numerous
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A woman who resembles the subject of this painting, renowned for her beauty and enigmatic smile.
She let him take it and sat on, smiling very faintly. It was a Mona Lisa effort.
Similar: Joconde
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name portrait painting by Leonardo da Vinci
| Español | la Gioconda, la Mona Lisa |
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| 한국어 | 모나리자 MonaRija, 라 조콘다 ra Jokonda |
| 日本語 | モナ・リザ Mona-Riza, モナリザ Monariza |
| 中文 | 蒙娜麗莎 /蒙娜丽莎 Méngnà Lìshā |
| हिन्दी | मोना लीज़ा monā līzā |
| Português | a Mona Lisa, a Gioconda |
| Français | La Joconde |
| Deutsch | Mona Lisa |
| Italiano | la Gioconda, la Monna Lisa |
| Ελληνικά | η Μόνα Λίζα i Móna Líza, η Τζιοκόντα i Tziokónta, η Τζοκόντα i Tzokónta |
| Русский | Мо́на Ли́за Móna Líza, Джоко́нда Džokónda |
| العربية | الْمُونَّالِيزَا al-mūnnālīzā, الْجِيُوكَانْدَا al-jiyūkāndā |
| עברית | מוֹנָה לִיזָה Móna Líza, לָה ג׳וֹקוֹנְדָה la Jokónda |
name subject of the painting, Lisa del Giocondo, née Gherardini
| Français | la Joconde |
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noun woman who resembles the subject of the Mona Lisa
| Français | joconde |
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title = {Mona Lisa},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mona%20lisa},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
