coroner

English

Etymology

Latin corona (“crown”) +‎ -er. This is because coroners originally worked for the crown.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒ.ɹə.nə(r)/, X-SAMPA: /"kQ.r\@.n@(r\)/
• Rhymes: -ɒrənə(r)

Noun

coroner (plural coroners)

1. A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths.
2. (Canada) A medical doctor who performs autopsies and determines time and cause of death from a scientific standpoint.
3. The administrative head of a sheading.

Hyponyms

• (who presides over an inquest): medical examiner, ME (if he performs autopsies)

Translations

who presides over an inquest

• Bulgarian: съдебен следовател (bg) m (sǎdeben sledovatel)
• Dutch: lijkschouwer (nl) m, patholoog-anatoom (nl) m
• Finnish: kuolemansyyntutkija (fi)
• French: médecin légiste

• Hungarian: halottkém (hu)
• Interlingua: coroner
• Japanese: 検死官 (けんしかん, kenshikan)
• Serbo-Croatian: patolog (sh) m

who performs autopsies

• Portuguese: legista (pt) m and f, médico-legista (pt) m, médica-legista (pt) f

head of a sheading

External links

• Coroner on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• crooner

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Latin

Verb

corōner

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of corōnō

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Old French

Alternative forms

• coroner
• courouner
• corouner

Etymology

Latin corōnō (“I crown”).

Verb

coroner

1. to crown (make into a monarch)

Conjugation

• Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of coroner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		coroner			avoir coroné, coronez
gerund		en coronant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		coronant
past participle		coroné, coronez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	corone, coron	corones, corons	corone, coron	coronons	coronez, coronés	coronent
	imperfect	coronoe, coroneie, coronoie	coronoes, coroneies, coronoies	coronot, coroneit, coronoit	coronions, coroniions	coroniez, coroniiez	coronoent, coronient, coronoient
	past historic	coronai	coronas	corona	coronames	coronastes	coronerent
	future	coronerai	coroneras	coronera	coronerons	coronerez, coronereiz	coroneront
	conditional	coroneroe, coronereie, coroneroie	coroneroes, coronereies, coroneroies	coronerot, coronereie, coroneroie	coronerions, coroneriions	coroneriez, coroneriiez	coroneroent, coronereient, coroneroient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	corone, coron	corones, corons	corone, coron	coronons	coronez	coronent
	imperfect	coronasse	coronasses	coronast	coronissons	coronissez, coronissiez	coronassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	corone	—	coronons	coronez	—

Descendants

• French: couronner