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icon (computer/app); profile picture
A small graphic image used on a computer or smartphone to represent a program, file, or function. Also commonly refers to a user's profile picture on social media.
Loanword from English "icon." In Japanese the social-media "profile picture" sense is at least as common as the computer-interface sense.
Common collocations
- アイコンを押す/タップする: to press / tap the icon
- アイコンをクリックする: to click the icon
- アイコンを変える: to change one's profile picture
- プロフィールアイコン: profile icon
- アプリのアイコン: an app icon