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coronal

/kəˈəʊnəl/kur-OH-nuhl
/kɚˈoʊnəl/kur-OH-nuhl

Meaningof a crown

Common meaning: relating to the crown of the head or the sun’s corona

Journey through time

  1. Latincoronalis‘of a crown’source
  2. Frenchcoronal‘crown-like’source
  3. Englishcoronal‘relating to the crown of the head or the sun’s corona’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin corōna ‘a garland, crown’.

Roots

  • corōna Latin “a garland, crown”

Related words

coronarycoronationcoronercrown

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