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Joconde

/ʒɔ.kɔ̃d/

proper noun/ʒɔ.kɔ̃d/

the Mona Lisa (a portrait painting by Leonardo da Vinci, widely considered to be the most famous painting in history); Mona Lisa (the subject of the painting, Lisa del Giocondo, née Gherardini (1479–1542))

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

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

proper noun/ʒɔ.kɔ̃d/

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

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