Joconde

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.

the Joconde

1. (dated) The Mona Lisa.
   • 1807, The Philosophical Magazine‎^[1], volume 27, page 252:

     […] and it ought to be placed by the side of the Joconde of Leonardo da Vinci.

   • 1838, John Sanderson, The American in Paris‎^[2], volume 2, London, page 87:

     […] but this is the Joconde of Vinci, the most finished portrait in the world.

   • 1865, Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds‎^[3], page 604:

     […] the Joconde of Leonardo da Vinci; […]

Joconde (plural Jocondes)

1. (figurative, dated) A Mona Lisa.
   • 1899, Wilhelm von Lenz, The Great Piano Virtuosos of Our Time‎^[4]:

     […] in Paris he was the Joconde of the salon-piano, under Charles the Tenth.

• IPA^(key): /ʒɔ.kɔ̃d/

Calque of Italian la Gioconda using Middle French joconde, feminine of jocond, from Latin iūcundus.

Joconde f

1. (with the capitalized definite article) the Mona Lisa (a portrait painting by Leonardo da Vinci, widely considered to be the most famous painting in history)

   J’ai déjà vu La Joconde. ― I have already seen the Mona Lisa.

2. (with the uncapitalized definite article) Mona Lisa (the subject of the painting, Lisa del Giocondo, née Gherardini (1479–1542))

   Qui était la Joconde ? ― Who was Mona Lisa?

• → English: Joconde

Calque of Italian Giocondo, although the expected spelling is Jocond, after Middle French jocond.

Joconde m

1. alternative form of Jocond
3. Giocondo (a character in Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso)
4. The protagonist of the eponymous tale by Jean de La Fontaine based on Canto XXVIII of Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso.
5. The protagonist of the eponymous comedy by François-Pierre-Auguste Léger.
6. The protagonist of the eponymous opera by Nicolas Isouard.