coroner

English

Etymology

From Middle English coroner, from Old French curuner, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin custos placitorum coronae (“guardian of the crown's pleas”). The function was originally to protect royal properties.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒ.ɹə.nə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɒɹənə(ɹ)

Noun

coroner (plural coroners)

1. A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths, cases of treasure trove, and debris from shipwrecks.
2. (Canada, US) 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 m (sǎdeben sledovatel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 驗屍官／验尸官 (zh) (yànshīguān), 验尸官 (zh) (yànshīguān)

• Czech: koroner (cs) m
• Dutch: lijkschouwer (nl) m, patholoog-anatoom (nl) m
• Finnish: kuolemansyyntutkija (fi)
• French: médecin légiste (fr) m, coroner (fr) m (US, UK, etc.)
• German: Coroner m (US, UK, etc.), Gerichtsmediziner m
• Hindi: कारोनर (hi) m (kāronar)
• Hungarian: halottkém (hu), igazságügyi orvosszakértő
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingua: coroner
• Japanese: 検死官 (けんしかん, kenshikan)
• Maori: kaiwhakawā tūpāpaku
• Polish: koroner (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: isljednik (sh) m
• Swedish: coroner c, rättsläkare c

who performs autopsies

• Hungarian: boncmester (hu), boncnok (hu)
• Maori: kaitirotiro tūpāpaku
• Portuguese: legista (pt) m or f, médico-legista m, médica-legista f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: medic legist (ro) m
• Serbo-Croatian: sudski patolog m
• Swedish: rättsläkare c

head of a sheading

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Further reading

• coroner on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• crooner

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French

Noun

coroner m (plural coroners)

1. coroner (in English-speaking countries)

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) corōner

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of corōnō

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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 2019-03-20.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• coroner
• courouner
• corouner

Etymology

From Latin corōnāre, present active infinitive of corōnō (“I 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