coroner

English

Etymology

From Middle English coroner, from Old French curuner, from Medieval Latin custōs placitōrum corōnae (“guardian of the crown's pleas”). The function was originally to protect royal properties.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒ.ɹə.nə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹ.ə.nɚ/
• (New York City) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹ.ə.nɚ/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹaʊnə(ɹ)/ (see crowner)

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒɹənə(ɹ)

Noun

coroner (plural coroners)

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, Japan, law) A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths, and who may have (or historically had) additional powers such as investigating cases of treasure trove.

   The coroner confirmed the cause of death.

2. (Canada, US, medicine) A medical doctor who performs autopsies and determines time and cause of death from a scientific standpoint.

   A report from the coroner was presented in court.

3. (Isle of Man) The administrative head of a sheading.

Synonyms

• (medical doctor): autopsist, autopsier (rare)

Hyponyms

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

Derived terms

• coronership

Related terms

• coronial

Translations

who presides over an inquest

• Bulgarian: съде́бен сле́довател m (sǎdében slédovatel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 驗屍官 / 验尸官 (zh) (yànshīguān), 死因裁判官 (sǐyīn cáipànguān)

• Czech: koroner (cs) m
• Dutch: lijkschouwer (nl) m, patholoog-anatoom (nl) m
• Esperanto: enketisto
• Finnish: kuolinsyyntutkija, kuolemansyyntutkija (fi)
• French: médecin légiste (fr) m, coroner (fr) m (US, UK, etc.)
• German: Coroner m (US, UK, etc.), Gerichtsmediziner m
• Greenlandic: eqqartuussinermi nakorsaq
• Hindi: कारोनर (hi) m (kāronar)
• Hungarian: halottkém (hu), igazságügyi orvosszakértő
• Indonesian: koroner (id)
• Interlingua: coroner
• Japanese: 検死官 (けんしかん, kenshikan)
• Korean: 검시관(檢屍官) (geomsigwan)
• Macedonian: истра́жител m (istrážitel)
• Malay: koroner
• Maori: kaiwhakawā tūpāpaku
• Polish: koroner (pl) m, coroner (pl) m
• Portuguese: legista (pt) m
• Romanian: medic legist (ro) m
• Russian: ко́ронер (ru) m (kóronɛr) (US, UK, etc.), сле́дователь по уби́йствам m (slédovatelʹ po ubíjstvam), суде́бный сле́дователь m (sudébnyj slédovatelʹ), судмедэкспе́рт (ru) m (sudmedɛkspért)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: isljednik (sh) m

• Swedish: coroner (sv) c, rättsläkare (sv) c

who performs autopsies

• Catalan: metge forense m, forense (ca) m or f
• Czech: soudní lékař
• Greek: ιατροδικαστής (el) m or f (iatrodikastís)
• Hungarian: boncmester (hu), boncnok (hu)
• Macedonian: патоло́г m (patológ)
• Maori: kaitirotiro tūpāpaku
• Polish: coroner (pl) m, koroner (pl) m
• Portuguese: legista (pt) m or f, médico-legista m, médica-legista f
• Romanian: medic legist (ro) m
• Russian: судмедэкспе́рт (ru) m (sudmedɛkspért)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: sudski patolog m

• Spanish: forense (es) m or f
• Swedish: rättsläkare (sv) c

head of a sheading

Further reading

• coroner on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• crooner

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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Noun

coroner m (plural coroners)

1. coroner (in English-speaking countries)

Further reading

• “coroner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

corōner

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of corōnō

Middle English

Alternative forms

• corowner, crouner, crowner, coronour, coronier, corounere

Etymology

From Old French curuner; equivalent to coroune +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈruːneːr/, /ˈkruːneːr/, /kuruˈneːr/, /ˈkurunər/

Noun

coroner (plural coroners)

1. A (medieval) coroner (a royal officer who helps administer law and the courts)

Descendants

• English: coroner (obsolete crowner)
• Scots: crownar (obsolete)

References

• “corǒunẹ̄̆r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 March 2019.

Old French

Alternative forms

• courouner
• corouner

Etymology

From Latin corōnāre (“to crown”).

Verb

coroner

1. to crown (make into a monarch)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. 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
gerund		en coronant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		coronant
past participle		coroné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	coron	corones	corone	coronons	coronez	coronent
	imperfect	coronoie, coroneie, coronoe, coroneve	coronoies, coroneies, coronoes, coroneves	coronoit, coroneit, coronot, coroneve	coroniiens, coroniens	coroniiez, coroniez	coronoient, coroneient, coronoent, coronevent
	preterite	coronai	coronas	corona	coronames	coronastes	coronerent
	future	coronerai	coroneras	coronera	coronerons	coroneroiz, coronereiz, coronerez	coroneront
	conditional	coroneroie, coronereie	coroneroies, coronereies	coroneroit, coronereit	coroneriiens, coroneriens	coroneriiez, coroneriez	coroneroient, coronereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	coron	corons	coront	coronons	coronez	coronent
	imperfect	coronasse	coronasses	coronast	coronissons, coronissiens	coronissoiz, coronissez, coronissiez	coronassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	corone	—	coronons	coronez	—

Descendants

• French: couronner

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English coroner.

Noun

coroner m (plural coroneri)

1. coroner (public official)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	coroner	coronerul		coroneri	coronerii
genitive-dative	coroner	coronerului		coroneri	coronerilor
vocative	coronerule			coronerilor