Mona Lisa

American  

[moh-nuh lee-suh, lee-zuh] / ˈmoʊ nə ˈli sə, ˈli zə /

noun

1. Italian La Gioconda.  a portrait (1503?–05?) by Leonardo da Vinci.

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Mona Lisa British  

/ ˈməʊnə ˈliːzə /

noun

1. Also called: La Gioconda.  a portrait of a young woman painted by Leonardo da Vinci, admired for her enigmatic smile

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Mona Lisa Cultural  

1. A painting by Leonardo da Vinci of a woman with a mysterious smile. It is one of the most readily recognized paintings in the world.

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Example Sentences

The Louvre, which is home to some of the world's most iconic pieces of art, including Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa", receives around nine million visitors a year.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

By carefully designing the halftone patterns, they encoded the Mona Lisa image into flat films that later transformed into three-dimensional forms.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2026

RZA and Wu-affiliate Cilvaringz wanted to up the value of art by treating a rap album like the Mona Lisa.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

He also goes to Paris, where Jean Penicaut of Lumière Technology—which has explored beneath the surfaces of the Mona Lisa and Leonardo’s “Lady With an Ermine”—offers a theory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

Other people—all men—begin to see the Mona Lisa the same way.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day