coronal

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

coronal (plural coronals)

1. A crown or coronet.
   • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur:

     Then anon the gyant start up, and took a great club in his hand, and smote at the king that his coronall fell to the earth.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.5:

     That shall embellish more your beautie bright, / And crowne your heades with heavenly coronall, / Such as the Angels weare before Gods tribunall!

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 (comparative more coronal, superlative most coronal)

1. relating to a crown or coronation
   • Milton

     The law and his coronal oath require his undeniable assent to what laws the Parliament agree upon.

2. (astronomy) relating to the corona of a star
   • Abney

     The coronal light during the eclipse is faint.

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,‎ distofacial,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ 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

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French

Etymology

From Latin coronalis

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔ.ʁɔ.nal/

Adjective

coronal m (feminine coronale, masculine plural coronaux, feminine plural coronales)

1. coronal