coronation

See also coronâtion

English

Coronation of the Virgin (1375) by Venetian painter Catarino

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒɹəneɪʃən/ X-SAMPA: /"kQr\@neIS@n/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

coronation (plural coronations)

1. The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of investing a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty.
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) The pomp or assembly at a coronation.
3. (figuratively) A success in the face of little or no opposition.

Translations

the act or solemnity of crowning

• Afrikaans: bekroning (af)
• Arabic: تتويج (ar) (tatwiij) m
• Bulgarian: коронация (bg) (koronacija) f
• Catalan: coronació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加冕 (cmn) (jiāmiǎn)

• Czech: korunovace (cs) f
• Danish: kroning (da) c
• Dutch: kroning (nl) f
• Esperanto: kronado (eo), enposteniĝo (eo)
• Finnish: kruunajaiset (fi)
• French: couronnement (fr)
• German: Krönung (de) f
• Hebrew: הכתרה (he) (hakhtará) f, המלכה (he) (hamlakhá) f

• Hindi: राजतिलक (hi) (rājtilak)
• Hungarian: koronázás (hu)
• Japanese: 戴冠式 (ja) (たいかんしき, taikanshiki), 即位式 (ja) (そくいしき, sokuishiki)
• Jèrriais: couronnâtion f
• Macedonian: крунисување (mk) (krunisúvanje) n
• Malay: penabalan (ms)
• Manx: crooinaghey (gv)
• Quechua: pilluku (qu)
• Russian: коронация (ru) (koronácija) f
• Scottish Gaelic: crùnadh (gd) m
• Spanish: coronación (es) f
• Tamil: முடிசூட்டு விழா (ta) (muṭicūṭṭu viḻā)
• Telugu: పట్టాభిషేకం (te) (paTTaabhishaekaM)
• West Frisian: kroaning (fy)

the pomp or assembly at a coronation

• Hungarian: koronázási szertartás (hu)

• Scottish Gaelic: crùnadh (gd) m

success in the face of little or no opposition