jocondeEtymologyBorrowed from French La/la Joconde, itself a calque of Italian la Gioconda using Middle French joconde, feminine of jocond, from Latin iūcundus. Doublet of Gioconda.nameThe Mona Lisa.“[…] and it ought to be placed by the side of the Joconde of Leonardo da Vinci.”nounA Mona Lisa.“[…] in Paris he was the Joconde of the salon-piano, under Charles the Tenth.”A light almond sponge cake.“The sponge itself is not the conventional Victoria but a thin and sumptuous joconde.”