coronal

English

Etymology

From Latin coronalis (“related to a crown”), from corona (“crown”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈkɔrənəl/, /kəˈroʊnəl/
• (US) SAMPA: /"kOr@n@l/, /k@`"oUn@l/
• (US) enPR: /kôr'ə-nəl/, /kə-rōn'əl/

Noun

coronal

1. a crown or coronet
   • 1485: Thomas Malory, Le Morte D'Arthur (spelling modernized) - Then the glutton anon started up, and took a great club in his hand, and smote at the king that his coronal fell to the earth.
2. a wreath or garland of flowers
3. (obsolete) a variant of colonel
4. The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronae or garlands.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Hooper to this entry?)

Adjective

coronal

1. relating to a crown
2. (astronomy) relating to the corona of a star
3. (botany) relating to the corona of a flower
4. (phonetics) relating to a sound made with the tip or blade of the tongue
   • see Wikipedia article on coronal consonant
5. (anatomy) a "coronal plane" or a "coronal section" divides a body into dorsal (back) and ventral (front)
   • see Wikipedia article on anatomical terms of location

Coordinate terms

• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior, apical, axial, buccal, cervical, coronal, distal, distobuccal, distolingual, facial, gingival, incisal, inferior, labial, lingual, mandibular, maxillary, mesial, mesiobuccal, mesiolingual, occlusal, palatal, posterior, proximal, superior, vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

See also

• Coronal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

External links

• coronal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• coronal in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• coronal at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• caloron