koruna

English

Etymology

From Czech and Slovak koruna; cognate with krone and German Krone. Doublet of corona, crown, korona, krona, króna, and krone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈɹuːnə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːnə

Noun

koruna (plural korun or korunas or koruny)

1. (historical) The currency of the former Czechoslovakia, divided into 100 hellers.
2. The currency of the Czech Republic, divided into 100 hellers.
3. The former currency of Slovakia, divided into 100 haliers.

Derived terms

• Eurokoruna

Translations

currency

• Czech: koruna (cs) f
• Dutch: kroon (nl) f
• Finnish: koruna (fi)
• Georgian: კრონა (ḳrona)
• Greek: κορώνα (el) f (koróna)
• Hungarian: korona (hu)
• Indonesian: koruna
• Japanese: コルナ
• Marathi: कोरुना f (korunā)
• Polish: korona (pl) f
• Russian: кро́на (ru) f (króna)
• Slovak: koruna f

See also

• Czech koruna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Czechoslovak koruna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Slovak koruna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech korona, koruna, borrowed from Latin corona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkoruna]
• Rhymes: -una

Noun

koruna f

1. crown (royal, imperial, or princely headdress)
2. crown, monarchy
3. koruna (Czech currency)
4. coin or banknote with the value of one Czech koruna
5. (botany) crown
6. corolla
7. (music) fermata

Declension

Declension of koruna (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	koruna	koruny
genitive	koruny	korun
dative	koruně	korunám
accusative	korunu	koruny
vocative	koruno	koruny
locative	koruně	korunách
instrumental	korunou	korunami

Derived terms

• desetikoruna
• desetikorunka
• dvacetikoruna
• dvacetikorunka
• dvoukoruna
• dvoukorunka
• dvousetkoruna
• dvoutisícikoruna
• Kč
• koruna česká
• korunka
• korunní
• korunní princ
• korunovace
• korunovační
• korunovat
• korunový
• padesátikoruna
• padesátikorunka
• pětikoruna
• pětikorunka
• pětisetkoruna
• pětitisícikoruna
• stokoruna
• stokorunka
• tisícikoruna
• trojkoruna
• tříkoruna

Further reading

• “koruna”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “koruna”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “koruna”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Indonesian

Etymology

From Czech koruna and Slovak koruna; cognate with krone and German Krone. Doublet of korona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈruna]
• Hyphenation: ko‧ru‧na

Noun

koruna (plural koruna-koruna)

1. koruna:
   1. the currency of the former Czechoslovakia, divided into 100 hellers
   2. the currency of the Czech Republic, divided into 100 hellers
   3. the former currency of Slovakia, divided into 100 haliers

Further reading

• “koruna” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From English koruna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko.ru.na]
• Hyphenation: ko‧ru‧na
• Rhymes: -na

Noun

koruna (Jawi spelling کورونا, plural koruna-koruna)

1. koruna

References

• “koruna” in Kamus Dewan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2021, →ISBN, page 1159.

Further reading

• “koruna” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔruna]

Noun

koruna f (relational adjective korunový or korunný, diminutive korunka)

1. crown (royal, imperial, or princely headdress)
2. crown, monarchy
3. koruna (Slovak currency)
4. coin with the value of one Slovak koruna
5. (botany) crown
6. corolla
7. (music) fermata

Declension

Declension of koruna
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	koruna	koruny
genitive	koruny	korún
dative	korune	korunám
accusative	korunu	koruny
locative	korune	korunách
instrumental	korunou	korunami

Derived terms

• slovenská koruna
• korunovať

Further reading

• “koruna”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025