Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

joconde

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.10 in modern English

Syllables: jo-conde
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Dated

noun

Dated

noun

A light almond sponge cake.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] and it ought to be placed by the side of the Joconde of Leonardo da Vinci."
"[…] but this is the Joconde of Vinci, the most finished portrait in the world."
"[…] the Joconde of Leonardo da Vinci; […]"
"[…] in Paris he was the Joconde of the salon-piano, under Charles the Tenth."
"The sponge itself is not the conventional Victoria but a thin and sumptuous joconde."
"Flavours included a mandarin cake with a mandarin vanilla mousse and pineapple jam, and a pear cake with pear cardamom mousse with poached pear, pear jelly and almond joconde"

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: joconde, iūcundus, La Joconde

Usage

Inflected Forms

the Joconde (canonical) Jocondes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Giocondan joconde

Questions

What does joconde mean?: The Mona Lisa.
Where does joconde come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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