coronal
/ˈkɔɹənəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.66 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Relating to a crown or coronation.
adj
Relating to the external (supragingival) portion of the tooth.
adj
Relating to the corona glandis.
Example Sentences
- "The law and his coronal oath require his undeniable assent to what laws the Parliament agree upon."
- "The coronal light during the eclipse is faint."
- "Coronal holes are darker, cooler regions of the sun's atmosphere, or corona, containing little solar material. In these gaps, magnetic field lines whip out into the solar wind rather than looping back to the sun's surface. Coronal holes can affect space weather, as they send solar particles streaming off the sun about three times faster than the slower wind unleashed elsewhere from the sun's atmosphere, according to a description from NASA."
- "Therfore aryse and dresse the thow gloton / For this day shall thou dye of my hand / Thenne the gloton anone starte vp and tooke a grete clubbe in his hand / and smote at the kynge that his coronal fylle to the erthe"
- "That shall embellish more your beautie bright, / And crowne your heades with heavenly coronall, / Such as the Angels weare before Gods tribunall!"
- "The bowl is in the Renaissance style, with winged figures supporting coronals and wreaths of flowers, and on the edge is an emblematic figure pouring out water."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-der. Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē)bor. Latin corōna Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin corōnālisder. Anglo-Norman coronalbor. Middle English coronal English coronal From Middle English coronal, from Anglo-Norman coronal, from Latin corōnālis (“related to a crown”), from corōna (“a crown”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: coronal, corōnālis
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɔɹənəl/
- British English: /ˈkɒɹənəl/