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coronal.

Relating to a crown or coronation.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈkɒɹənəl/Received-Pronunciation/kəˈɹəʊnəl/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɔɹənəl/General-American/ˈkɑɹənəl/General-American

  1. Relating to a crown or coronation.

  2. Relating to the corona of a star.

  3. Relating to the corona of a flower.

  4. Relating to a sound made with the tip or blade of the tongue.

  5. Relating to the coronal plane that divides a body into dorsal (back) and ventral (front).

  6. Relating to the external (supragingival) portion of the tooth.

  7. Relating to the corona glandis.

  8. Relating to a coroner's duties and findings.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-der. Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē)bor. Latin corōna Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin corōnālisder. Anglo-Norman coronalbor. Middle English coronal English coronal From Middle English coronal, from Anglo-Norman coronal, from Latin corōnālis (“related to a crown”), from corōna (“a crown”).

noun/ˈkɒɹənəl/Received-Pronunciation/kəˈɹəʊnəl/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɔɹənəl/General-American/ˈkɑɹənəl/General-American

  1. A crown or coronet.

  2. A wreath or garland of flowers.

  3. The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronae or garlands.

  4. A consonant produced with the tip or blade of the tongue.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-der. Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē)bor. Latin corōna Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin corōnālisder. Anglo-Norman coronalbor. Middle English coronal English coronal From Middle English coronal, from Anglo-Norman coronal, from Latin corōnālis (“related to a crown”), from corōna (“a crown”).

noun

  1. Alternative form of cronel (“lance-part”).

    alt-of · alternative
noun

  1. Obsolete form of colonel.

    alt-of · obsolete
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