coroune
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman coroune, curune, corone, from Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē).
Alternative forms
- croune, crowne, croun, crune, corone, coroun, corowne, crown, corown, corune, kroune
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈruːn(ə)/, /ˈkruːn(ə)/
Noun
coroune (plural corounes)
- An important, symbolic, or significant piece of headwear:
- A crown; a piece or item of royal headgear.
- A coronet or tiara; headgear of lesser (religious or secular) leaders.
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 4:4, page 118v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- ⁊ in þe cumpas of þe ſeete.· weren foure ⁊ twentı ſmale ſeetıs ⁊ abouen þe troones foure ⁊ twentı eldere men ſıttynge. hılıd aboute wıþ whıte cloþıs.· ⁊ in þe heedıs of hem golden coꝛouns
- And around the perimeter of the seat there were twenty-four small seats, and on those seats twenty-four elders sat, wearing white clothing and having golden crowns on their heads.
-
- A garland or circlet (often as a prize for victory).
- A nimb or halo; a metaphysical crown.
- That which belongs or pertains to a monarch:
- Kingly power, might, authority, or legitimacy.
- A monarch's property or owndom; that which a king owns.
- (rare) A monarch; a ruler of a kingdom.
- (rare) The act and ritual of crowning.
- The crown, peak or apex of one's head.
- A patch of shaved hair (usually of a monk).
- The capitulum of a flower or the area of a fruit corresponding to it.
- A depiction, likeness, or representation of a crown.
- A piece of non-British currency with a crown on it.
- (Judaism, historical) A golden stripe surrounding important historic Jewish artifacts.
- (rare) A candle holder; a candelabrum.
Related terms
- coronacioun
- coronal
- coronement
- coroner
- corounen
- crownynge
Descendants
- English: crown
- → Japanese: クラウン (kuraun)
- → Korean: 크라운 (keuraun)
- → Maori: karauna
- Scots: croun, croon
- → Welsh: coron
References
- “corǒune, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-17.
Etymology 2
From Old French coroner.
Verb
coroune
- Alternative form of corounen