corona

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Wikipedia corona (plural coronas or coronae or coronæ)

1. A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
2. (astronomy) The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse,
3. (biology) Any crown-like appendage of a plant or animal.
4. (electrical): a low energy discharge caused by ionization of a gas by an electric field [quite common at conductor bends of 12kV or higher].

Translations

crown

Bulgarian: корона (bg) f. German: Krone (de) f. Italian: corona (it) f.

Latin: corona (la) f. Spanish: corona (es) f.

of a star

Bulgarian: корона (bg) f. French: couronne (fr) f. German: Korona (de) f.

Italian: corona (it) f. Japanese: コロナ (ja) (korona) Spanish: corona (es) f.

botany

Italian: corona (it) f.

Japanese: 副花冠 (ja) (ふくかかん, fukukakan)

Derived terms

• coronagraph

Anagrams

• racoon

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Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin corōna.

Noun

corona f. (plural corones)

1. crown (decorative headgear)

Etymology 2

see the verb coronar.

Verb

corona

1. Third-person singular present indicative form of coronar.
2. Second-person singular imperative form of coronar.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin corōna.

Noun

corona f. (plural corone)

1. crown (of a king, pope etc) (also of a tooth)
2. coronet
3. wreath
4. corona (of a star etc)

Derived terms

• corona solare
• coronare
• coronato
• incoronare
• incoronazione

Verb

corona

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

Anagrams

• ancoro, ancorò
• canoro
• corano, Corano

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κορώνη (korōnē, “garland, wreath”).

Noun

corōna (genitive corōnae); f, first declension

1. A garland, chaplet or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead.
   • c. 254-184 BCE — Plautus, Menaechmi, 3.1.16

     sed quid ego video? Menaechmus cum corona exit foras

     But why do I see Menaechmus here? He's coming out of doors with a chaplet on?

2. A crown.
   • c. 254-184 BCE — Plautus, Menaechmi, 5.5.38

     at ego te sacram coronam surrupuisse Iovi scio

     And I know that you stole the sacred crown of Jupiter.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	corōna	corōnae
genitive	corōnae	corōnārum
dative	corōnae	corōnīs
accusative	corōnam	corōnās
ablative	corōnā	corōnīs
vocative	corōna	corōnae

Related terms

• corōlla
• corōnāmentum
• corōnārius
• corōnō

Descendants

Anglo-Norman: curune, coroune Aromanian: cãrunã, curunã Catalan: corona English: corona, crown French couronne

Galician: coroa Italian: corona Occitan: corona Old Portuguese: corõa Old Provençal: corona

Portuguese: coroa Romanian: coroană, cunună Russian: корона (koróna) Scots: croun Spanish: corona

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Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin corōna.

Noun

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

1. crown

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Noun

corona f. (plural coronas)

1. crown
2. (of a star) corona

Verb

corona (infinitive coronar)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of coronar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of coronar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of coronar.