corona
A large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles…A large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.
» I will not take the Corona vaccine.
Meaning
23 sensesA large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.
An upper or crownlike portion of certain parts of the body.
A region of the skull located along the coronal suture, at the junction between the frontal bone and the two parietal bones.
The external (supragingival) portion of the tooth, covered by enamel; the crown.
The circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males.
The large, flat, projecting member of a cornice which crowns the entablature, situated above the bed moulding and below the cymatium.
The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun (the solar corona) or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse.
Korona
коро́наkoróna
коро́наkoróna
the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
(also)An oval-shaped astrogeological feature, present on both the planet Venus and Uranus's moon Miranda, probably formed by upwellings of warm material below the surface.
(broadly)Any luminous or crownlike ring around an object or person.
one or more circles of light seen around a luminous object
Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona (sense 4.1).
(anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape
Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona (sense 4.1).
A ring or set of appendages of adaxial tissue arising from the corolla or the outer edge of the stamens, present in some plants (Narcissus, Passiflora, etc.); a paraperigonium or paracorolla.
коро́наkoróna, ве́нчикvénčik
An annular ciliated organ on the head of rotifers, used for locomotion and sweeping food into the mouth.
The main body of the test of an echinoid, consisting of ambulacral and interambulacral areas.
Examples
10 sentencesI will not take the Corona vaccine.
During Corona period every person was praying at home.
The Sun's corona is the outermost part of the Sun's atmosphere.
deDie Sonnenkorona ist der äußerste Teil der Atmosphäre der Sonne.
Biotech and Moderna have a lead in the Corona or Covid vaccination.
deBioNTech und Moderna haben eine Vorreiterstellung bei der Corona- oder COVID-Impfung.
A corona is an aura of plasma that surrounds the Sun and other stars.
Translations
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Origin
The noun is borrowed from Latin corōna (“crown; garland, wreath”), from Ancient Greek κορώThe noun is borrowed from Latin corōna (“crown; garland, wreath”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “type of crown; curved object (door handle, tip of a bow, stern of a ship, etc.)”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). The English word is a doublet of crown, korona, koruna, krona, króna, and krone.
A clipping of coronavirus, ultimately from etymology 1.
Borrowed from Italian corona.
Borrowed from Spanish La Corona (literally “The Crown”), a brand of cigars from Havana, Cuba.
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Forms
plural: coronas / coronae / coroneSynonyms
26 synonyms- the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse:aureole
- an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere:corona dischargecorposantSt. Elmo-ap-s fireSaint Elmo-ap-s fireSaint Elmo-ap-s lightSaint Ulmo-ap-s fireSaint Ulmo-ap-s lightelectric glow
- a viral disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that caused a global pandemic in 2020:COVID-19coronavirus disease 20192019-nCoV acute respiratory diseasenovel coronavirus pneumoniaWuhan coronavirusWuhan virusWuhan pneumoniaWuhan flu
Word family
40 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular