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See also:Corona,coroná,andcoronà

English

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Pronunciation

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TheBarbarossa Chandelier inAachen Cathedral,Aachen,Germany, an example of a corona(sense 1).
TheSun’s corona(sense 4.1) andprominences during atotalsolar eclipse.
Artemis, the largest corona(sense 4.2)identified on thesurface ofVenus.
Narcissusflowers with anouterwhitecorolla and acentralyellow corona(sense 6.1).
Anillustration of themorphology of acoronavirus, with its corona(sense 6.3)formed by surfaceprojections(red).
Alunar corona(sense 8) as seen fromMinnesota,United States.

Etymology 1

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Thenoun is borrowed fromLatincorōna(crown; garland, wreath),[1] fromAncient Greekκορώνη(korṓnē,type of crown; curved object (door handle, tip of a bow, stern of a ship, etc.)), fromProto-Indo-European*(s)ker-(to turn, bend). The English word is adoublet ofcrown,korona,koruna,krona,króna, andkrone.

Theplural formcoronae is borrowed fromLatincorōnae.

Theverb is derived from the noun.

Noun

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corona (pluralcoronasorcoronaeor(obsolete)coronæ)

  1. Alarge,round,pendentchandelier, withspikes around itsupperrim toholdcandles orlamps, usuallyhung from theroof of achurch.
    Synonym:corona lucis
    • 1865 February,J[ohn] H[enry] Parker, “Aix-la-Chapelle: A Letter from J. H. Parker, Esq.”, in Sylvanus Urban[pseudonym], editor,The Gentleman’s Magazine and Historical Review, volume XVIII (New Series; volume CCVIII overall), London: John Henry and James Parker,→OCLC,page133:
      The magnificent bronzecorona, orluminaria, which still hangs in the central octagon, shews the skill of the workmen in bronze of that period.
  2. (anatomy) An upper orcrownlikeportion of certainparts of thebody.
    1. Aregion of theskulllocated along thecoronal suture, at thejunction between thefrontal bone and thetwoparietal bones.
      • 1863 September,John Thurnam, “XXII.—On Synostosis of the Cranial Bones, Especially the Parietals, Regarded as a Race-character in One Class of Ancient British and in African Skulls”, inG[eorge] Busket al., editors,The Natural History Review: A Quarterly Journal of Biological Science, number XVIII, London, Edinburgh:Williams and Norgate, [], published April 1865,→OCLC,page265:
        Is it probable that this depression has arisen from the distorting effect of some form of head dress, similar perhaps to that which is still applied to the heads of infants in various parts of France, as described by Drs. Foville and Lunier? This consists of a neckerchief passed twice round the head from thecorona either to the back of the neck, when the resulting deformity (which is that of the Charlcombe skull) is designatedannular by Dr. Gosse; or is carried under the chin and jaw, when it is termedbilobed by the same writer.
      • 2013, Eric S. Hsu, Charles Argoff, Katherine E. Galluzzi, Raphael J. Leo, Andrew Dubin, “Head Pain: Trigeminal Neuralgia”, inProblem-Based Pain Management, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire:Cambridge University Press,→ISBN, section 2 (Head Pain),page27:
        The ophthalmic division supplies sensation from the eyebrows to the coronal suture. The sensory innervation stops at thecorona, not at the hairline, and this fact may help one to differentiate a true abnormality from a factitious one, since people who are “faking” sensory loss more often lose sensation at the hairline.
    2. Theexternal (supragingival) portion of thetooth, covered byenamel; thecrown.
      • 1817, J. Fred. Blumenbach [i.e.,Johann Friedrich Blumenbach], “Sect. III. Of the Solids in General, and of the Mucous Web in Particular.”, inJohn Elliotson, transl.,The Institutions of Physiology [], 2nd edition, London: [] Bensley and Son, [], for E. Cox and Son, [],→OCLC, paragraph 17,page12:
        The solids are derived from the fluids. In the first rudiments of the gelatinous embryo, they gradually commence in their respective situations, and differ infinitely in their degrees of cohesion, from the soft and almost pulpy medullary matter of the brain, to the vitreous substance of thecorona of the teeth.
    3. Thecircumference of thebase of theglans penis inhumanmales.
      • 1907, C. H. Shutt, “A New Simple Technique for Circumcision and Some Advantages Gained in Genito-urinary Work—a Practical Demonstration of the Technique”, in Tho[ma]s A. Hopkins, editor,The Medical Fortnightly, St. Louis, Mo.: Fortnightly Press Co.,→OCLC,page233, column 1:
        The first line of injection with a clean 1% solution of cocain, or 2% eucain is began, posterior to the ridge caused by thecorona, on the dorsum.
      Synonyms:corona glandis penis,(by ellipsis)corona glandis
  3. (architecture) The large,flat,projectingmember of acornice whichcrowns theentablature,situated above thebed moulding and below thecymatium.
    Synonyms:drip,larmier
    • 2018, John Milnes Baker, “Georgian 1715–1780”, inAmerican House Styles: A Concise Guide, The Countryman Press,W[illiam] W[arder] Norton & Company,→ISBN,page39:
      Though somewhat verbose, the author is specific in his instruction that the S-shaped crown molding, the cymarecta, caps the top of the pediment and is not returned on the horizontalcorona.
  4. (astronomy)
    1. Theluminousplasmaatmosphere of theSun (thesolar corona) or otherstar,extendingmillions ofkilometres intospace, most easilyseen during atotalsolar eclipse.
    2. (also geology) Anoval-shapedastrogeologicalfeature,present on both theplanetVenus andUranus's moonMiranda, probablyformed byupwellings ofwarmmaterialbelow thesurface.
      • 2007,Gunter Faure, Teresa M. Mensing, “Uranus: What Happened Here?”, inIntroduction to Planetary Science: The Geological Perspective, Dordrecht:Springer,→ISBN,page379, column 1:
        The area density of impact craters on the surfaces of thecoronas suggests that the episode of tidal heating occurred approximately one billion years ago [].
  5. (by extension) Any luminous or crownlike ring around anobject orperson.
    • 1980,Philip Caputo,Horn of Africa, 1st Vintage Contemporaries edition, New York, N.Y.:Vintage Books, published February 2002,→ISBN,page446:
      It looked like a miniaturized version of Hiroshima. Fires burned here and there.[] His once and future presidential palace was a crater ringed by acorona of flaming debris.
    • 2005 summer, Lauren Wilcox, “Dale Hawkins: That’s Guitar Playing”, inOxford American: A Magazine of the South (Southern Music Issue; 7)‎[1], number50, Oxford, Miss.: Oxford American,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on27 October 2020, pages16–20:
      [Dale] Hawkins is a tall man, angular and knobby, with a rubbery, animated face and acorona of wavy gray hair, which he wears wet-combed back in a modified old-time pompadour.
    • 2015, Rawles Marie Lumumba, chapter4, inDuskfall (Nightshade; book 1),[s.l.]: Takaboo Books,→ISBN:
      Vigil sat across from her, leaning against the wall of what looked like a cave, hiscorona glowing dimly.
  6. (biology) Anyappendage of anorganism thatresembles a crown or corona(sense 4.1).
    • 1740,[Patrick] Blair, “TheOsteology of anElephant, with a Brief Account of Its Parts”, in Baddam,Memoirs of the Royal Society; Being a New Abridgment of the Philosophical Transactions: [], volume V, London: [] G. Smith, [], and sold by T[homas] Cooper, []; and W[alter] Shropshire, [],→OCLC,pages317 and 318:
      [page 317] The lower jaw conſiſts of one large bone, with fore and hinder part, and five proceſſes;viz. twoCondyles [], two proceſſes of theCorona [], and one proceſs of the chin[] [page 318] [T]hisSinus deſcends obliquely nine inches from the neck of the condyle, till it comes to the root of the teeth []; which ſpace does not appear ſo large in the figure, becauſe of the poſition of the jaw; and from the fore-part of theCoronæ backwards, till the jaw become thick, five inches and ⅓;[]
    1. (botany) Aring orset of appendages ofadaxialtissuearising from thecorolla or theouteredge of thestamens, present in someplants (Narcissus,Passiflora, etc.); aparaperigonium.
      • 1838,George Don,A General History of the Dichleamydeous Plants, [], volume IV (Corollifloræ), London: [] [Gilbert & Rivington] forJ. G. and F. Rivington; [],page122, column 2:
        Pentándria,Digynia. All as inStapèlia; but the corolla is tuberculate, and the branches of the plant warted; and the outercorona of the corolla lacerately multifid.
    2. (zoology)
      1. Anannularciliatedorgan on thehead ofrotifers,used forlocomotion andsweepingfood into themouth.
        • 1979,R[obert] McNeill Alexander, “Rotifers”, inThe Invertebrates, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire:Cambridge University Press,→ISBN,page230:
          It [Epiphanes] has a ciliatedcorona at its anterior end and tapers to a narrow foot at the posterior end. The cilia of thecorona are arranged more or less in two rings, with the mouth in the gap between them.
      2. Themain body of thetest of anechinoid,consisting ofambulacral andinterambulacralareas.
        • 1983, D. K. Richter, R. Sedat, “Brackish-water Oncoids Composed of Blue-green and Red Algae from a Pleistocene Terrace near Corinth, Greece”, in Tadeusz M. Peryt, editor,Coated Grains, Berlin, Heidelberg:Springer-Verlag,→DOI,→ISBN, part IV (Oncoids),page306:
          Incoronae of the sea urchinEchinocyamus pusillus in the marine bed overlying the oncoid layer, an original Mg0.10–0.13-calcite was gradually replaced during diagenesis by a Mg0.03–0.05-calcite [].
      3. The crown of acrinoid, consisting of acuplikecentral body (theca) and a set ofarms.
    3. (virology) Afringe of large,bulbous surface projections oncoronaviruses, formed byviral spikepeplomers,creating anappearancereminiscent of thesolar corona.
      • 1972 October, Lawrence S. Sturman, Kenneth K. Takemoto, “Enhanced Growth of a Murine Coronavirus in Transformed Mouse Cells”, inInfection and Immunity[2], volume 6, number 4, Washington, D.C.:American Society for Microbiology,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on22 March 2020,page501, column 1:
        Coronaviruses are medium-sized, enveloped, ribonucleic acid viruses which, in negatively stained preparations, appear round and bear acorona of irregular, petal-shaped surface projections.
  7. (electricity) A luminous appearancecaused bycorona discharge, often seen as abluishglow in theairadjacent topointedmetalconductorscarryinghighvoltages.
    • 2004, U[lrich] Kogelschatz, Yu S. Akishev, A. P. Napartovich, “History of Non-equilibrium Air Discharges”, in K. H. Becker, U[lrich] Kogelschatz, K. H. Schoenbach, R. J. Barker, editors,Non-equilibrium Air Plasmas at Atmospheric Pressure (Institute of Physics Series in Plasma Physics), Bristol, Philadelphia, Pa.:Institute of Physics Publishing,→ISBN,page42:
      An appearance of acorona may produce useful or undesirable effects. For instance, acorona arising spontaneously around high-voltage wires of an electrical power transmission line results in a loss of electrical energy. On the other hand,coronas are widely used in many practical applications like dust collection with electrical precipitators, atmospheric pressure non-thermal plasma surface treatment of polymers, cleaning of exhausted gases, etc.
  8. (meteorology) Acircle or set of circlesvisible around abrightcelestial object, especially the Sun or theMoon,attributable to anopticalphenomenonproduced by thediffraction of itslight bysmallwaterdroplets ortinyicecrystals.
    • 1854, Walter Stanhope Sherwill, “Notes upon Some Atmospherical Phenomena Observed at Darjiling in the Himalayah Mountains, during the Summer of 1852”, inJournal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, volume XXIII, number LXV, Calcutta: [] J. Thomas, Baptist Mission Press, published1855,→OCLC,pages49 and 50:
      [page 49] Upon this true "mackarel sky" was depicted one of those gloriouscoronæ, only seen at great elevations or in high Latitudes.[] [page 50] Thecorona was composed of two colours, violet on the edge nearest to the sun and red on the outer edge, the two colours blending together and forming a neutral tint in the middle of thecorona; the order here observed with regard to the colours is similar to that observed in the rainbow.
    • 1868,Elias Loomis, “Optical Meteorology”, inA Treatise on Meteorology. [], New York, N.Y.:Harper & Brothers, [],→OCLC, section IV (Coronæ),pages214 and 215:
      [page 214, paragraph 423] The sun and moon, when partially covered by light, fleecy clouds, are often seen encircled by one or more colored rings, which are calledcoronæ.[] In order to examinecoronæ about the sun, it is best to view them by reflection from a blackened mirror, by which means the brilliancy of the sun's light is very much reduced.[] [page 215, paragraph 425]Coronæ are produced by the diffraction of the rays of light in their passage through the small intervals between the particles of condensed vapor in a cloud.
    • 2013, Alfred Grossmith Mason, “14 September 1942”, in Julie Grossmith Deltrice, editor,Arctic Warriors: A Personal Account of Convoy PQ18, Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Maritime,Pen & Sword Books,→ISBN,page55:
      The increasing light eventually erases the moon's glowingcorona, her pendant chandelier of light pales into insignificance as the new day breaks.
  9. (mineralogy) Amineralzone, consisting of one or more minerals, whichsurrounds another mineral orlies at theinterface of two minerals, typically in aradialarrangement; areaction rim.
    • 2017, J. Theo Kloprogge, Robert Lavinsky, “Introduction: Geological Examples”, inPhoto Atlas of Mineral Pseudomorphism, Amsterdam, Kidlington, Oxfordshire:Elsevier,→ISBN, figure 1.45 caption,page67:
      Green hornblende is abundant at the rims of chloritecoronas in contact with amphibole-filled cracks, whereas it is minor (but not absent) incoronas in contact with chlorite-filled cracks.
  10. (pathology) Amanifestation ofsecondarysyphilis, consisting ofpapularlesions along thehairline, oftenbordering thescalp in the manner of a crown.
    Synonyms:corona veneris,crown of Venus
    • [1750?],[John Arbuthnot], “[The History of John Bull.]Jack’s Charms, or the Method by which He GainedPeg’s Heart.”, inThe History of John Bull. [], London: D[aniel] Midwinter and A. Tonson [],→OCLC, part II,page60:
      Jack had a moſt ſcandalous tongue, and perſuadedPeg that all mankind, beſides himſelf, were pox'd by that ſcarlet-faced whore,Signiora Bubonia. “As for his brother LordPeter, the tokens were evident on him, blotches, ſcabs, and thecorona. []
  11. (Ancient Rome, historical) A crown orgarlandbestowed among theRomans as areward fordistinguishedservices.
    • 1842,Leonhard Schmitz, “λημνίσκος [lēmnískos,LEMNISCUS]”, inWilliam Smith, editor,A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: [] [Samuel Bentley] for Taylor and Walton, [],→OCLC,page557, column 2:
      From the remark of Servius [i.e.,Maurus Servius Honoratus] (ad Aen. v. 269) it appears thatcoronae adorned with lemnisci were a greater distinction than those without them.
    • 1997 January, Lawrence Keppie, “Military Service in the Late Republic: The Evidence of Inscriptions and Sculpture”, inJournal of Roman Military Equipment Studies, volume 8, Ryton, Tyne and Wear: M. C. Bishop,→ISSN,→OCLC, page 8, column 1:
      Funerary inscriptions of soldiers under the Empire are frequently accompanied by representation of the dona militaria awarded during service. We instantly recognise depictions of torques, armillae, phalerae (often attached to a special harness), and various types ofcoronae.
    • 2004, Sara Pendergast, Tom Pendergast, edited by Sarah Hermsen,Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages, volume 1, Detroit, Mich.: UXL,→ISBN, page183:
      Though men typically did not wear hats, they could wear a ceremonial form of headwear known as acorona, or crown. Like many areas of Roman dress, there were strict rules about wearingcoronas.
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Translations
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large, round pendent chandelier
upper or crownlike portion of certain parts of the body
region of the skull located along the coronal suture
external portion of the tooth, covered by enamelseecrown
circumference of the base of the glans penis in human malessee alsocorona glandis penis
large, flat, projecting member of a cornice which crowns the entablature
luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star
oval-shaped astrogeological feature
appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona
ring or set of appendages of adaxial tissue arising from the corolla or the outer edge of the stamens, present in some plantssee alsoparaperigonium
annular ciliated organ on the head of rotifers
main body of the test of an echinoid
crown of a crinoid
fringe of large, bulbous surface projects on coronaviruses
luminous appearance caused by corona discharge
circle or set of circles visible around a bright celestial object
luminous or crownlike ring around an object or person
mineral zone which surrounds another mineral or lies at the interface of two minerals
manifestation of secondary syphilis
crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services

Verb

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corona (third-person singular simple presentcoronas,present participlecoronaing,simple past and past participlecoronaed)

  1. (transitive, rare) Tosurround with aluminous orcrownlikering like thesolar corona.
    • 1977, Richard Beilby,Gunner: A Novel of the Retreat from Crete, London:Angus and Robertson,→ISBN, page285:
      The belly dancer shimmied on to the tiny floor, all flashing eyes, black haircoronaed with winking brilliants, undulating bare flesh with tasselled breasts and a turquoise G-string and an imitation ruby in her navel: she was barefooted, wearing a massive glittering anklet which made her look very Circassian and wanton.
    • 2010,China Miéville, chapter 39, inKraken: An Anatomy, New York, N.Y.:Ballantine Books,→ISBN,page234:
      He was surrounded, encauled,coronaed with whispering figures. They fleeted in and out of visibility, made of dark light. They entered his body and exited it, they faded up, they ebbed out.
    • 2015,China Miéville, “In the Slopes”, inThree Moments of an Explosion: Stories, London:Picador,→ISBN,pages64–65:
      The creatures lay with the humans, dead islanders alongside them. They'd worked with them. Worshipped with them, the scientists said, looking anew at the shards of illustration still visible, the extraterrestrial and the human at prayer together,coronaed, altar-top boxes glowing.
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to surround with a luminous or crownlike ring like the solar corona

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Aclipping ofcoronavirus, ultimately frometymology 1.[2]

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corona (countable anduncountable,pluralcoronas)

  1. (informal, also attributively) Acoronavirus, especiallySARS-CoV-2.
    Synonym:(SARS-CoV-2, informal)rona
    The recent surge of deaths due tocorona reveals the shortcomings of our current healthcare system.
    • 1981 January, W. Arnold with M. Klein, J. B. Wang, W. A. K. Schmidt, and H. J. Trampisch, “Coronavirus-associated Antibodies in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma and Infectious Mononucleosis”, inEuropean Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology[3], volume232, number 2, Berlin, Heidelberg:Springer,→DOI,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on9 May 2020,page175:
      Similar to the way in which EBV nuclear antigens can be identified by immunofluorescence microscopy in NPC tumor cells with the EBNA test,corona antigens can be demonstrated in the cytoplasm of tumor cells of the same patient. A possible non-specific reaction could be excluded by use of animalcorona antisera.
    • 2015 April 16, Ben Berkhout, Formijn van Hemert, “On the Biased Nucleotide Composition of the Human Coronavirus RNA Genome”, inVirus Research: An International Journal of Molecular and Cellular Virology[4], volume202, Amsterdam:Elsevier,→DOI,→ISSN,→OCLC,→PMID, archived fromthe original on16 March 2021, page46:
      Although this study was restricted to the human coronaviruses, these basic properties apply to all known animal and humancoronas (results not shown).
    • 2020 May 5,Sankarshan Thakur, “A mildewed life: State of play: The migrant is trapped between the home and the world”, inThe Telegraph[5], Kolkata, West Bengal:ABP,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on10 May 2020:
      He collapsed at the approach to his village. The villagers would not help, not admit him anywhere in. They were spooked, he may have been carryingcorona. He died, and his remains were not let in either. Doctors were called, a test was done. The cadaver tested negative.
  2. (informal, also attributively) Adiseasecaused by a coronavirus, especiallyCOVID-19.
    She caughtcorona last week.
    • 2018 March–April, Adel F. Almutairi, Abdallah A. Adlan, Hanan H. Balkhy, Oraynab A. Abbas, Alexander M. Clark, “‘It feels like I’m the dirtiest person in the world.’: Exploring the Experiences of Healthcare Providers who Survived MERS-CoV in Saudi Arabia”, inJournal of Infection and Public Health[6], volume11, number 2, Amsterdam:Elsevier,→DOI,→ISSN,→OCLC, page188, column 2:
      The MERS outbreak in the hospital created widespread fear and panic among healthcare providers and other employees.[] For example, participants’ traumatic experience is illustrated by the quote below: /“Neglect is pain … prejudice is there, it hurts, also … unbelievable human ignorance. There was one person who is in administration here, who was scared to call me because she might getCorona over the phone.”
    • 2020 May 8, Nazia Parveen, “Six-week-old baby believed to be England’s youngest coronavirus victim”, inKatharine Viner, editor,The Guardian[7], London:Guardian News & Media,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on9 March 2021:
      His wife, Varda, told Geo News: “Tariq passed away in the blessed month of Ramadan in the line of duty. Even after he had developed symptoms ofcorona and isolated at home, he continued to do telephone clinics.”
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coronavirusseecoronavirus
SARS-CoV-2seeSARS-CoV-2
(informal) disease caused by a coronavirus
COVID-19seeCOVID-19

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Borrowed fromItaliancorona.

Noun

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corona (pluralcoronasorcorone)

  1. (poetry) Aseries ofsonnetslinked together such that thelastword of each is thefirst word of the next.
    • 1889 May, F. M. Warren, “The Sonnet.Morfologia del Sonetto nei secoli xiii e xiv. L. Biadene[Studj di Filologia Romanza, Fasc. 10.]”, in A. Marshall Elliott, editor,Modern Language Notes, volume IV, Baltimore, Md.: [Johns Hopkins University Press],→ISSN,→OCLC,column308:
      A favorite and most attractive combination is that of thecorona or series of sonnets, employed to frame or develop some one theme. A list of thesecorone is given byBiadene, who selects and publishes from among them a series of three byPetrarch, and the famouscorona of the months byFolgore da San Gemignano.
    • 1997, Michael R. G. Spiller,The Sonnet Sequence: A Study of Its Strategies (Studies in Literary Themes and Genres;13), New York, N.Y.:Twayne Publishers,→ISBN, page144:
      But the poets of Siena, and particularly the Academy of the Intronati, found the proper way of constructingcoronas—since the ones mentioned above should really be called sequences ['catene'] rather thancoronas.
    • 2000, Mary B. Moore, “The Labyrinth of Style: Lady Mary Wroth and the Idea ofPetrarchism”, inDesiring Voices: Women Sonneteers and Petrarchism, Carbondale, Edwardsville, Ill.:Southern Illinois University Press,→ISBN,page125:
      [Lady Mary] Wroth alludes to these contexts as thecorona of sonnets that crowns the sequence opens: "In this strang labourinth how shall I turne?" (Wroth,Poems 127).
    • 2015, Mary B. Moore, “Robert Sidney’s Poetry”, in Margaret P. Hannay, Mary Ellen Lamb, Michael G. Brennan, editors,The Ashgate Research Companion to The Sidneys, 1500–1700, volume 2 (Literature), Farnham, Surrey, Burlington, Vt.:Ashgate Publishing,→ISBN, part VI (Poetry),page250:
      Both sets of echoes derive from the poets' first poems, and since first poems inPetrarchan sequences set stylistic, tonal, and thematic expectations,Robert [Sidney]'s double allusion to first poems should color readings of this, the first poem of hiscorona.
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series of linked sonnets

Etymology 4

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Borrowed fromSpanishLaCorona(literallyThe Crown), a brand of cigars fromHavana,Cuba.[3]

Noun

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corona (pluralcoronas)

  1. Along,straight-sidedcigar with ablunt,roundedend.
    • 1977, Samuel Birnkrant,Mama, Say ‘I Do’: (Formerly Titled ‘A Whisper in God’s Ear’): A Comedy in Three Acts, Schulenburg, Tex.: I. E. Clark Publications,→ISBN, act I,page22:
      HOWARD:[Entering; cheerfully] Got yourcoronas, Mr. Goldman! / GOLDMAN:[Glumly, taking the proffered cigars] Thanks, Howie.[Puts all but one in pocket.] / HOWARD: Where's Ma? / GOLDMAN:[Indicating with cigar] Inside the bedroom.
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long, straight-sided cigar with a blunt, rounded end

References

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  1. ^corona,n.1”, inOED OnlinePaid subscription required, Oxford:Oxford University Press, March 2021;corona1,n.”, inLexico,Dictionary.com;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.
  2. ^corona,n.3”, inOED OnlinePaid subscription required, Oxford:Oxford University Press,July 2020;corona2,n.”, inLexico,Dictionary.com;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.
  3. ^Corona,n.2”, inOED OnlinePaid subscription required, Oxford:Oxford University Press, December 2020;corona3,n.”, inLexico,Dictionary.com;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.

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Etymology

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FromLatincorōna(crown).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /koˈɾona/
  • Rhymes:-ona
  • Syllabification:co‧ro‧na

Noun

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corona f (pluralcoronas)

  1. crown

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Etymology 1

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Inherited fromLatincorōna, fromAncient Greekκορώνη(korṓnē,garland, wreath). CompareOccitancorona,Frenchcouronne.

Noun

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corona f (pluralcorones)

  1. crown(decorative headgear)
  2. crown(imperial or regal power, or those who wield it)
  3. crown(various currencies)
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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

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corona

  1. inflection ofcoronar:
    1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
    2. second-personsingularimperative

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Dutch

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DutchWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedianl

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromLatincorōna, fromAncient Greekκορώνη(korṓnē).Doublet ofkroon andkruin.

Noun

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corona f (pluralcorona's)

  1. (astronomy)corona
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Etymology 2

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Clipping ofcoronavirus.

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corona f orn (uncountable)

  1. (informal, usually without definite article)coronavirus or coronavirusdisease, particularlyCOVID-19
  2. (informal, usually without definite article) the 2019-2021COVID-19pandemic
    Veel bedrijven gingen failliet tijdenscorona.Many companies went bankrupt during the2019-2021 COVID-19 pandemic.
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corona m (uncountable)

  1. (informal)Clipping ofcoronavirus.
    • 2020 June 1, “« Le corona, c’est en Europe ou en Chine, pas ici » : à Kinshasa, la difficile sensibilisation au Covid-19”, inLe Monde[8], archived fromthe original on14 January 2021:
      « Ici au Congo, il n’y a que la malaria et la simple fièvre. Lecorona, c’est en Europe, en Chine. Nous avons des anticorps depuis nos ancêtres » affirme l’un d’entre eux, Hussein, à l’AFP.
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2020 July 18, “« Il est là le corona ! »: au canal Saint-Denis, un millier de migrants sans mesures barrière”, inL'Express[9], archived fromthe original on14 January 2021:
      « Regardez ici, il n’y a pas un mètre, on est les uns sur les autres ! Ici c’est du concentré decorona (…) Il est là lecorona ! », déplore Abdul Qahar, Afghan âgé de 20 ans, en montrant les tentes à touche-touche, les détritus au sol et les toilettes à ciel ouvert.
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    • 2020 September 24, “Coronavirus: ces célébrités, dont "la fille la plus détestée des Pays-Bas", qui lancent une campagne anti-mesures COVID-19”, inRTBF[10], archived fromthe original on10 November 2020:
      Que dit-elle ? "Alleen samen krijgen wij de overheiden[sic] [should be "overheid"] onder controle" (Ensemble, nous pouvons avoir le contrôle des autorités) un slogan détourné de celui lancé au printemps par le gouvernement et qui disait : "Ensemble, nous pouvons avoir le contrôle sur lecorona".
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /koˈro.na/
  • Rhymes:-ona
  • Hyphenation:co‧ró‧na

Etymology 1

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FromLatincorōna, fromAncient Greekκορώνη(korṓnē,garland, wreath). Compare alsocruna, probably from a derivative of the same Latin word.

Noun

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corona f (pluralcorone)

  1. crown (of a king, pope etc.) (also of a tooth)
  2. crown (various units of currency)
  3. coronet
  4. wreath,chaplet
  5. (astronomy)corona (of a star etc.)
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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corona

  1. inflection ofcoronare:
    1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
    2. second-personsingularimperative

Anagrams

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Latin

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corōna (chaplet, wreath)

Etymology

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Borrowed fromAncient Greekκορώνη(korṓnē,a type of sea-bird, perhapsshearwater; acrow; anything curved or hooked (like a door handle or the tip of a bow); a type ofcrown), fromProto-Indo-European*(s)ker-(to turn, bend).

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corōna f (genitivecorōnae);first declension

  1. chaplet,laurel, orwreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead
    • c. 200BCE,Plautus,Menaechmi3.1.16:
      sed quid egō videō? Menaechmus cumcorōnā exit forās
      But why do I see Menaechmus here? He's coming out of doors with achaplet on?
  2. crown
    • c. 200BCE,Plautus,Menaechmi5.5.38:
      at ego tē sacramcorōnam surrupuisse Iovī sciō
      And I know that you stole the sacredcrown of Jupiter.
  3. garland
    • 8CE,Ovid,Fasti4.945:
      mīlle venit variīs flōrum dea nexacorōnīs
      She comes, a goddess having been enwound with the variedgarlands of a thousand flowers
      (SeeFlora (mythology).)
  4. circle (of people),assembly

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First-declension noun.

singularplural
nominativecorōnacorōnae
genitivecorōnaecorōnārum
dativecorōnaecorōnīs
accusativecorōnamcorōnās
ablativecorōnācorōnīs
vocativecorōnacorōnae

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Borrowings

References

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  • corona”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • corona”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "corona", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • corona inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book[11], London:Macmillan and Co.
    • to elicit loud applause:clamores (coronae) facere, excitare
    • to sell a prisoner of war as a slave:aliquem sub corona vendere (B. G. 3. 16)
    • the free men are sold as slaves:libera corpora sub corona (hasta) veneunt (B. G. 3. 16. 4)
  • corona”, inThe Perseus Project (1999)Perseus Encyclopedia[12]
  • corona”, inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898),Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • corona”, inWilliam Smith et al., editor (1890),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Leonese

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Etymology

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Inherited fromLatincorōna.

Noun

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corona f (pluralcoronas)

  1. crown

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Old English

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Etymology

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FromLatincorōna, fromAncient Greekκορώνη(korṓnē,garland, wreath).

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Noun

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corōna m

  1. crown

Declension

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Weak:

singularplural
nominativecorōnacorōnan
accusativecorōnancorōnan
genitivecorōnancorōnena
dativecorōnancorōnum

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Old Occitan

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Etymology

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FromLatincorōna, fromAncient Greekκορώνη(korṓnē,garland, wreath).

Noun

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corona f (oblique pluralcoronas,nominative singularcorona,nominative pluralcoronas)

  1. crown

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Portuguese

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  • Hyphenation:co‧ro‧na

Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromLatincorōna(crown).Doublet ofcoroa.

Noun

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corona f (pluralcoronas)

  1. (botany)Synonym ofcoroa
  2. (astronomy)Synonym ofcoroa

Etymology 2

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Noun

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corona m (pluralcoronas)

  1. Clipping ofcoronavírus.

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /koˈɾona/[koˈɾo.na]
  • Audio(Peru):(file)
  • Rhymes:-ona
  • Syllabification:co‧ro‧na

Etymology 1

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Inherited fromOld Spanishcorona, fromLatincorōna(crown), fromAncient Greekκορώνη(korṓnē,garland, wreath).

Noun

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corona f (pluralcoronas)

  1. crown
  2. (heraldry)crown
  3. crown(various units of currency)
  4. (of a star)corona
  5. wreath;ring,circle
    unacorona de Navidada Christmaswreath
  6. sprocket; (bicycle sprockets)cassette
  7. (mechanics) larger part of a pair ofgear wheels
    Synonym:rueda dentada
    Antonym:piñón
  8. washer
    Synonym:arandela
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Verb

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corona

  1. inflection ofcoronar:
    1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
    2. second-personsingularimperative

Etymology 3

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Clipping ofcoronavirus.

Noun

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corona m (uncountable)

  1. (informal)coronavirus

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with theIPA then please add some!
Particularly: “corôna in SW”

Verb

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corona

  1. (literary)third-personsingularpresent ofcoroni
  2. (colloquial)first-personsingularfuture ofcoroni

Mutation

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Mutated forms ofcorona
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
coronagoronanghoronachorona

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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