joconde

plural jocondes

1. countableuncountableA light almond sponge cake.

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

   2015 June 24, Anucyia Victor, quoting Brendan Lynch, “A dessert fit for the Queen! […]”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Oct 2025

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   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

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

1. datedThe Mona Lisa.

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

   1865, Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds, page 604

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

   1807, The Philosophical Magazine, volume 27, page 252

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

   1838, John Sanderson, The American in Paris, volume 2, London, page 87

plural Jocondes

1. datedfigurativelyA Mona Lisa.

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

   1899, Wilhelm von Lenz, The Great Piano Virtuosos of Our Time