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coronal¹

  • /ˈkɒɹənəl/ UK
  • /kəˈɹəʊnəl/ UK
  • /ˈkɔɹənəl/ US
  • /ˈkɑɹənəl/ US
  • /kəˈɹoʊnəl/ US

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

adjective more coronal · most coronal

  1. Relating to a crown or coronation. The law and his coronal oath require his undeniable assent to what laws the Parliament agree upon.
  2. Relating to the corona of a star. The coronal light during the eclipse is faint.
  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 duties and findings.

    Similar: coronial

noun coronals

  1. A crown or coronet. Therfore aryse and dresse the thow gloton / For this day shall thou dye of my hand / Thenne the gloton anone starte vp and tooke a grete clubbe in his hand / and smote at the kynge that his coronal fylle to the erthe
  2. A wreath or garland of flowers. The bowl is in the Renaissance style, with winged figures supporting coronals and wreaths of flowers, and on the edge is an emblematic figure pouring out water.
  3. The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronae or garlands. Oxycephaly results from the fusion of both coronal sutures and of the sagittal suture; trigonocephaly from a fusion of both coronals; […]
  4. A consonant produced with the tip or blade of the tongue. This structurally accounts for a number of phenomena that treat coronals asymetrically with respect to other places of articulation.

coronal²

noun coronals

  1. alternative Alternative form of cronel (“lance-part”). By Mr. Neville's kindness an accurate drawing of this relic has been obtained, and, considering the circumstances of its discovery, it has been conjectured that it may have been the coronal of a tilting lance.

coronal³

noun coronals

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of colonel

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adj produced with tip or blade of tongue

Españolcoronal
Portuguêscoronal
Françaiscoronal
Deutschkoronal
Italianocoronale

noun consonant produced with tip or blade of tongue

Españolcoronal
Portuguêscoronal
Françaiscoronale
DeutschKoronal
Italianocoronale

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@misc{coronal_2026,
  title = {coronal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/coronal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}