joconde

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

joconde (countable and uncountable, plural jocondes)

1. A light almond sponge cake.
   • 2015 June 24, Anucyia Victor, quoting Brendan Lynch, “A dessert fit for the Queen! […]”, in Daily Mail‎^[1], London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 October 2025:

     The sponge itself is not the conventional Victoria but a thin and sumptuous joconde.

   • 2017 December 23, Anneta Konstantinides, “Packed with a sweet surprise! […]”, in Daily Mail‎^[2], London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 October 2025:

     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

• sponge cake § Joconde sponge cake on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

• IPA^(key): /ʒɔ.kɔ̃d/

joconde f (plural jocondes)

1. (figurative) Mona Lisa

• “joconde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
• “joconde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

joconde

1. feminine singular of jocond

• French: joconde, Joconde