Meaning

4 senses

  1. (not comparable)Having a crest or a crownlike appendage, a corona.

  2. (not comparable)Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished.

  3. (not comparable)Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines.

  4. (not comparable, obsolete)(as a participial adjective) Having or wearing a crown, crowned; (as a participle) crowned, coronated.

Origin

Borrowed from New Latin coronātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). From Middle Engli

Borrowed from New Latin coronātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

From Middle English coronat(e), borrowed from Latin corōnātus (“wearing a crown, crowned”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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Word family

4 related words
RelatedcoronaB2incoronate
Derivedamphicoronatesemicoronate

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
coronaB2coronarycoronationcoronaviruscoronercorporalB2

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