coronation

See also: Coronation and coronâtion

English

Coronation of the Virgin (1375) by Venetian painter Catarino

Etymology

From Middle English coronacion, coronacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman coronacion, coronation, from coroner or from Late Latin coronatio, coronationem, from Latin corono, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “a type of sea-bird, perhaps shearwater; a crow; anything curved or hooked (like a door handle or the tip of a bow); a type of crown”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒɹəˈneɪʃən/
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(US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔɹəˈneɪʃən/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

coronation (plural coronations)

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.
(figuratively) A success in the face of little or no opposition.

Derived terms

coronation chicken

Related terms

coronate
corona
crown

Translations

the act or solemnity of crowning

Afrikaans: bekroning
Arabic: تَتْوِيج‎ m (tatwīj)
Armenian: թագադրութիւն (tʿagadrutʿiwn)
Basque: koroatze, koroazio
Belarusian: карана́цыя f (karanácyja)
Bulgarian: коронация f (koronacija)
Catalan: coronació (ca) f, coronament m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 加冕 (zh) (jiāmiǎn)
Czech: korunovace (cs) f
Danish: kroning c
Dutch: kroning (nl) f
Esperanto: kronado, enposteniĝo
Estonian: kroonimine
Finnish: kruunajaiset (fi)
French: couronnement (fr) m
Georgian: კორონაცია (ḳoronacia), გვირგვინის დადგმა (gvirgvinis dadgma), მეფედ კურთხევა (meped ḳurtxeva)
German: Krönung (de) f
Greek: στέψη (el) f (stépsi)
Hebrew: הכתרה‎ f (hakhtará), המלכה‎ f (hamlakhá)
Hindi: राजतिलक (hi) (rājtilak)
Hungarian: koronázás (hu), megkoronázás (hu)
Indonesian: penobatan (id), penabalan (id)
Italian: incoronazione (it) f, coronazione (it) f
Japanese: 戴冠式 (たいかんしき, taikanshiki), 即位式 (そくいしき, sokuishiki)
Kashubian: kòrónacjô f
Khmer: ពិធីជប់លៀង (pĭthichbliĕng), អភិសេក (km) (ʼɑɑphiseek)
Korean: 대관식 (daegwansik)
Lao: ອະພິເສກ (ʼa phi sēk), ຣາຊາພິເສກ (rā sā phi sēk), ລາຊາພິເສກ (lā sā phi sēk)
Latvian: kronēšana f
Lithuanian: karūnavimas m
Macedonian: крунисување n (krunisuvanje)
Malay: penabalan
Manx: crooinaghey
Maori: karaunatanga, whakakaraunatanga
Middle English: coronement, coronacioun
Norman: couronnâtion f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kroning m or f
Nynorsk: kroning f
Old English: ġewuldorbēagung f
Persian: تاجگذاری‎ (tâjgozâri)
Polish: koronacja (pl) f
Portuguese: coroação (pt) f
Quechua: pilluku
Romanian: încoronare (ro) f
Russian: корона́ция (ru) f (koronácija)
Scottish Gaelic: crùnadh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: крунидба f, крунисање n
Roman: krunidba (sh) f, krunisanje n
Slovak: korunovácia f
Slovene: krunanje n
Spanish: coronación (es) f
Swedish: kröning (sv) c
Tamil: முடிசூட்டு விழா (ta) (muṭicūṭṭu viḻā)
Telugu: పట్టాభిషేకము (te) (paṭṭābhiṣēkamu)
Thai: ราชาภิเษก (th) (raa-chaa-pí-sèek)
Turkish: taç giyme
Ukrainian: корона́ція (uk) f (koronácija)
Welsh: coroniad f
West Frisian: kroaning
Zulu: ukugcotshwa

success in the face of little or no opposition

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