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6-letter words (2 found)

CORONA,RACOON,

5-letter words (6 found)

ACORN,CARON,CORNO,CROON,NARCO,RACON,

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ARC,CAN,CAR,CON,COO,COR,NOO,NOR,OAR,OCA,ONO,OON,OOR,ORA,ORC,RAN,ROC,ROO,

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Definitions and meaning of corona

corona

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəˈɹəʊ.nə/
  • (General American) enPR: kə-rō'nə, IPA(key): /kəˈɹoʊ.nə/
  • Rhymes: -əʊnə
  • Hyphenation: co‧ro‧na

Etymology 1

The noun is borrowed from Latin corōna (“crown; garland, wreath”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “type of crown; curved object (door handle, tip of a bow, stern of a ship, etc.)”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). The English word is a doublet of crown, korona, koruna, krona, króna, and krone.

The plural form coronae is borrowed from Latin corōnae.

The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

corona (plural coronas or coronae or (obsolete) coronæ)

  1. A large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.
    Synonym: corona lucis
  2. (anatomy) An upper or crownlike portion of certain parts of the body.
    1. A region of the skull located along the coronal suture, at the junction between the frontal bone and the two parietal bones.
    3. The external (supragingival) portion of the tooth, covered by enamel; the crown.
    4. The circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males.
      Synonyms: corona glandis penis, (by ellipsis) corona glandis
  3. (architecture) The large, flat, projecting member of a cornice which crowns the entablature, situated above the bed moulding and below the cymatium.
    Synonyms: drip, larmier
  4. (astronomy)
    1. The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun (the solar corona) or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse.
    2. (also geology) An oval-shaped astrogeological feature, present on both the planet Venus and Uranus's moon Miranda, probably formed by upwellings of warm material below the surface.
  5. (by extension) Any luminous or crownlike ring around an object or person.
  6. (biology) Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona (sense 4.1).
    1. (botany) A ring or set of appendages of adaxial tissue arising from the corolla or the outer edge of the stamens, present in some plants (Narcissus, Passiflora, etc.); a paraperigonium.
    2. (zoology)
      1. An annular ciliated organ on the head of rotifers, used for locomotion and sweeping food into the mouth.
      2. The main body of the test of an echinoid, consisting of ambulacral and interambulacral areas.
      3. The crown of a crinoid, consisting of a cuplike central body (theca) and a set of arms.
    3. (virology) A fringe of large, bulbous surface projections on coronaviruses, formed by viral spike peplomers, creating an appearance reminiscent of the solar corona.
  7. (electricity) A luminous appearance caused by corona discharge, often seen as a bluish glow in the air adjacent to pointed metal conductors carrying high voltages.
  8. (meteorology) A circle or set of circles visible around a bright celestial object, especially the Sun or the Moon, attributable to an optical phenomenon produced by the diffraction of its light by small water droplets or tiny ice crystals.
  9. (mineralogy) A mineral zone, consisting of one or more minerals, which surrounds another mineral or lies at the interface of two minerals, typically in a radial arrangement; a reaction rim.
  10. (pathology) A manifestation of secondary syphilis, consisting of papular lesions along the hairline, often bordering the scalp in the manner of a crown.
    Synonyms: corona veneris, crown of Venus
  11. (Ancient Rome, historical) A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
  • → Japanese: コロナ (korona)
Translations

Verb

corona (third-person singular simple present coronas, present participle coronaing, simple past and past participle coronaed)

  1. (transitive, rare) To surround with a luminous or crownlike ring like the solar corona.
Derived terms
  • coronaed (adjective)
Translations

Etymology 2

A clipping of coronavirus, ultimately from etymology 1.

Noun

corona (countable and uncountable, plural coronas)

  1. (informal, also attributively) A coronavirus, especially SARS-CoV-2.
    Synonym: (SARS-CoV-2, informal) rona
  2. (informal, also attributively) A disease caused by a coronavirus, especially COVID-19.
Alternative forms
  • Corona
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian corona.

Noun

corona (plural coronas or corone)

  1. (poetry) A series of sonnets linked together such that the last word of each is the first word of the next.
Translations

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Spanish La Corona (literally “The Crown”), a brand of cigars from Havana, Cuba.

Noun

corona (plural coronas)

  1. A long, straight-sided cigar with a blunt, rounded end.
Alternative forms
  • Corona
Translations

References

Further reading

  • coronavirus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • stellar corona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • corona (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • caroon, racoon

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin corōna (“crown”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈɾona/
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Syllabification: co‧ro‧na

Noun

corona f (plural coronas)

  1. crown

References

  • Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “corona”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [kuˈɾo.nə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [koˈɾo.nə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [koˈɾo.na]
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Hyphenation: co‧ro‧na

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”). Compare Occitan corona, French couronne.

Noun

corona f (plural corones)

  1. crown (decorative headgear)
  2. crown (imperial or regal power, or those who wield it)
  3. crown (various currencies)
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

corona

  1. inflection of coronar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “corona” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “corona” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkoːˈroː.naː/
  • Hyphenation: co‧ro‧na
  • Rhymes: -oːnaː

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē). Doublet of kroon and kruin.

Noun

corona f (plural corona's)

  1. (astronomy) corona
Derived terms
  • coronium
Related terms
  • kroon

Etymology 2

Clipping of coronavirus.

Noun

corona f or n (uncountable)

  1. (informal, usually without definite article) coronavirus or coronavirus disease, particularly COVID-19
  2. (informal, usually without definite article) the 2019-2021 COVID-19 pandemic
    Veel bedrijven gingen failliet tijdens corona. ― Many companies went bankrupt during the 2019-2021 COVID-19 pandemic.
Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.ʁɔ.na/

Noun

corona m (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Clipping of coronavirus.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈro.na/
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Hyphenation: co‧ró‧na

Etymology 1

From Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”). Compare also cruna, probably from a derivative of the same Latin word.

Noun

corona f (plural corone)

  1. crown (of a king, pope etc.) (also of a tooth)
  2. crown (various units of currency)
  3. coronet
  4. wreath, chaplet
  5. (astronomy) corona (of a star etc.)
Derived terms
  • corona solare
  • coronare
  • coronato
  • incoronare
  • incoronazione
Descendants
  • → Byzantine Greek: κορόνα (koróna)
    • Greek: κορώνα (koróna), κορόνα (koróna)
      • →? Bulgarian: корона (korona)
      • →? Romanian: coroană

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

corona

  1. inflection of coronare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

  • Corano, ancoro, ancorò, canoro, corano

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “a type of sea-bird, perhaps shearwater; a crow; anything curved or hooked (like a door handle or the tip of a bow); a type of crown”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /koˈroː.na/, [kɔˈroːnä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /koˈro.na/, [koˈrɔːnä]

Noun

corōna f (genitive corōnae); first declension

  1. chaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead
  2. crown
  3. garland
  4. circle (of people), assembly

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

Borrowings

References

  • “corona”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “corona”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "corona", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • corona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[11], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • “corona”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎[12]
  • “corona”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “corona”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Leonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin corōna.

Noun

corona f (plural coronas)

  1. crown

References

  • AEDLL

Old English

Etymology

From Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈko.roː.nɑ/

Noun

corōna m

  1. crown

Declension

Weak:

Derived terms

  • ġecorōnian

References

  • Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “corōna”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[13], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”).

Noun

corona f (oblique plural coronas, nominative singular corona, nominative plural coronas)

  1. crown

Descendants

  • Occitan: corona, courouno

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: co‧ro‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin corōna (“crown”). Doublet of coroa.

Noun

corona f (plural coronas)

  1. (botany) Synonym of coroa
  2. (astronomy) Synonym of coroa

Etymology 2

Noun

corona m (plural coronas)

  1. Clipping of coronavírus.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈɾona/ [koˈɾo.na]
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Syllabification: co‧ro‧na

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish corona, from Latin corōna (“crown”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”).

Noun

corona f (plural coronas)

  1. crown
  2. (heraldry) crown
  3. crown (various units of currency)
  4. (of a star) corona
  5. wreath; ring, circle
    una corona de Navidad ― a Christmas wreath
  6. sprocket; (bicycle sprockets) cassette
  7. (mechanics) larger part of a pair of gear wheels
    Synonym: rueda dentada
    Antonym: piñón
  8. washer
    Synonym: arandela
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
  • → Karao: korona

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

corona

  1. inflection of coronar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

Clipping of coronavirus.

Noun

corona m (uncountable)

  1. (informal) coronavirus

Further reading

  • “corona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /kɔˈrɔna/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /kɔˈroːna/

Verb

corona

  1. inflection of coroni:
    1. (literary) third-person singular present
    2. (colloquial) first-person singular future

Mutation


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