crown
To place a crown on the head ofTo place a crown on the head of.
» The king always wears a crown.
Der König trägt immer eine Krone. — MUIRIEL
Der König hat immer eine Krone auf. — raggione
Король всегда носит корону. — shanghainese
Король завжди носить корону. — aandrusiak
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17 sensesTo place a crown on the head of.
krönen
коронова́тьkoronovátʹ, уве́нчиватьuvénčivatʹ
To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.
коронова́тьkoronovátʹ, венча́ть
To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
form the topmost part of
To declare (someone) a winner.
To have its head's surface appear in the vaginal opening during the birthing process.
The mother was in the second stage of labor and the fetus had just crowned, prompting a round of encouragement from the midwives.
(transitive)To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley.
bombieren, wölben
To hit on the head.
To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.
In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.
“Crown me!” I said, as I moved my checker to the back row.
To spread to the crowns of the trees and thence move from tree to tree independent of the surface fire.
To widen the opening of the barrel.
Examples
137 sentencesThe king always wears a crown.
Король завжди носить корону. — aandrusiak
ruКороль всегда носит корону. — shanghainese
deDer König trägt immer eine Krone. — MUIRIEL
The girl in the picture is wearing a crown not of gold but of flowers.
На фотографії в дівчини корона не з золота, а з квітів. — deniko
ruНа фотографии у девушки корона не из золота, а из цветов. — al_ex_an_der
I see the crown.
Я бачу корону. — deniko
ruЯ вижу корону. — odexed
I see a crown.
deIch sehe eine Krone. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
You have to have a new crown.
Вам потрібна нова корона. — ascolto
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English coroune, from Anglo-Norman corone, from Latin corōna (“crownInherited from Middle English coroune, from Anglo-Norman corone, from Latin corōna (“crown, wreath”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē). Doublet of corona, korona, koruna, krona, króna, and krone. Displaced Old English corenbēag (“crown”) and Middle English kinehelm, kynehelm, from Old English cynehelm (“crown”, literally “kinhelm” or “king's helm”).
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Forms
crowns, crowning, crowned, crownedSynonyms
3 synonymsAntonyms
3 antonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle