Meaning of Joconde | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A light almond sponge cake.
   countable, uncountable
2. The Mona Lisa.
   dated
3. A Mona Lisa.
   dated, figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] 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”

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