English Explanatory Dictionary

coronal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to a crown or coronation.
  2. Relating to the corona of a star.
  3. Relating to the corona of a flower.
  4. Relating to a sound made with the tip or blade of the tongue.
  5. Relating to the coronal plane that divides a body into dorsal (back) and ventral (front).
  6. Relating to the external (supragingival) portion of the tooth.
  7. Relating to the corona glandis.
  8. Relating to a coroner's findings.
noun
  1. A crown or coronet.
  2. A wreath or garland of flowers.
  3. The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronae or garlands.
  4. A consonant produced with the tip or blade of the tongue.
noun
  1. Alternative form of cronel (“lance-part”).
noun
  1. Obsolete form of colonel.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒɹənəl/ /kəˈɹəʊnəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-coronal1.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-coronal2.wav /ˈkɔɹənəl/ /ˈkɑɹənəl/ /kəˈɹoʊnəl/ kŏr'ə-nəl kə-rōn'əl

Word forms

coronal more coronal most coronal coronals

Etymology

From Middle English coronal, from Anglo-Norman coronal, from Latin corōnālis (“related to a crown”), from corōna (“a crown”).

Derived words

apicocoronal bicoronal coronal hole coronally coronal mass ejection coronal plane coronal rain coronal suture distocoronal extracoronal geocoronal hemicoronal infracoronal intercoronal intracoronal midcoronal pearly coronal papules pericoronal precoronal unicoronal
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