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crown¹
- /kɹaʊ̯n/ US, UK
- /kɹæʊ̯n/
- /kɹaːn/
Sounds like crayon (Mid-Atlantic US) · Rhymes with -aʊn
Where it comes from
Inherited 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”).
The paper sizes (etymology 1, noun sense 18) are so called because the papers were originally watermarked with a crown.
noun crowns
- A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem. Before so many of Europe's crowns came tumbling off the heads of their royal owners, Continental Europe could show a rich variety in the matter of royal trains.
- A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.
- Any reward of victory or mark of honor. the martyr’s crown
- Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.
- The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state. A parliament may be diſſolved by the demiſe of the crown.
- The state, the government (headed by a monarch). Treasure recovered from shipwrecks automatically becomes property of the Crown.
- The police (referring to Crown Victoria police cars).
- The topmost part of the head. [...]if he awake, / From toe to crowne hee'l fill our skin with pinches, / Make vs ſtrange ſtuffe.
- During childbirth, the appearance of the baby's head from the mother's vagina.
- A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.
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The highest part of a hill.
Huge Trunks of Trees, fell'd from the ſteepy Crown / Of the bare Mountains, rowl with Ruin down.
Similar: apex, crest, hillcrest, peak, summit, top · Opposite: base, bottom, foot
- The top section of a hat, above the brim.
- The raised centre of a road. Watt was beginning to tire of running his eyes up and down this highway, when a figure, human apparently, advancing along its crown, arrested, and revived, his attention.
- The highest part of an arch. The arch failed first at the crown, then at the quarterings, and finally at the springings.
- The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.
- The dome of a furnace.
- The upper part of certain fruits, as the pineapple or strawberry, that is removed before eating.
- The top of a tree. Holonym: canopy
- A kind of spire or lantern formed by converging flying buttresses.
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Splendor; culmination; acme.
[…] happie in our mutual help/ And mutual love, the Crown of all our bliſs/ Ordain'd by thee, […]
Similar: completion, culmination, finish, splendor
- Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the korona, koruna, krona, króna, krone.
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A former predecimalization British coin worth five shillings.
Half-a-crown is known as an alderman, half a bull, half a tusheroon, and a madza caroon; whilst a crown piece, or five shillings, may be called either a bull, or a caroon, or a cartwheel, or a coachwheel, or a thick-un, or a tusheroon.
Similar: caser, tusheroon, tush, tosheroon, tosh, bull, bullseye, caroon, thick-un, coachwheel, cartwheel
- A coin or note worth five shillings in various countries that are or were in the British Commonwealth, such as Ireland or Jamaica. There is no difficulty getting married in Jamaica, is there? No, it only costs half a crown.
- The part of a plant where the root and stem meet.
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The part of a tooth above the gums.
Similar: corona
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A prosthetic covering for a tooth.
Similar: dental crown, dental cap
- A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling.
- The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet. The honest, rough piece of iron, so simple in appearance, has more parts than the human body has limbs: the ring, the stock, the crown, the flukes, the palms, the shank. All this, according to the journalist, is “cast” when a ship arriving at an anchorage is brought up.
- The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.
- A standard size of printing paper measuring 20 × 15 inches.
- A standard size of writing paper measuring 19 × 15 inches.
- A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location.
- A rounding or smoothing of the barrel opening.
- The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters.
- A whole bird with the legs and wings removed to produce a joint of white meat. When these TV chefs show you that they can cook a turkey crown in less than two hours; they aren't magicians or have secret turkey suppliers. The twenty minute per pound rule is based on our grandparents' ovens.
- A formal hat worn by women to Sunday church services; a church crown. "His [Barack Obama's] unofficial slogan 'fired up and ready to go!' was borrowed from an 'old lady in a church crown [Sunday best hat]."
- The knurled knob or dial, on the outside of a watch case, used to wind it or adjust the hands.
adjective
- Of, related to, or pertaining to a crown. crown prince
- Of, related to, pertaining to the top of a tree or trees. a crown fire
verb crowns · crowning · crowned
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To place a crown on the head of.
The king of the Huns was crowned with steel, and rode a stallion red,/Saying: “Proud must my father’s spirit feel of me who crowned my head […]”
Similar: coronate
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To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.
Her, vvho faireſt does appear, / Crovvn her Queen of all the year.
Similar: coronate, enthrone · Opposite: decrown, uncrown, dethrone
- To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify. Thou […] hast crowned him with glory and honour.
- To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect. the grove that crowns yon tufted hill
- To declare (someone) a winner. New Zealand were crowned world champions for the first time in 24 years after squeezing past an inspired France team by a single point.
- 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.
- To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley.
- To hit on the head. ‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. We nearly crowned her we were so offended. She saw
- 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.
- To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.
- To lay the ends of the strands of (a knot) over and under each other.
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To have its topmost part emerge partially from the body, as a result of heightened internal pressure in the bowels.
Similar: turtle head, prairie dog, grow a tail
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To struggle to hold back an imminent, crowning bowel movement.
Where's the bathroom, I'm crowning here!
Similar: turtle head, prairie dog, grow a tail
- To shoot (someone) in the head.
crown²
- /kɹoʊn/
Sounds like crone · Rhymes with -əʊn
Where it comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
verb
- past participle of crow The cock had crown.
Crown³
Where it comes from
From crown.
proper noun the Crown
- The sovereign of a monarchy; often with reference to that of the Commonwealth realms.
- The government of a monarchy; often with reference to one that is a member of the Commonwealth realms.
- A Crown attorney.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: diadem, coronate, pate, tip, crest, summit, top, peak, treetop, pennant, capitulum, poll, tiara, coronet, taj, collar
Translations
Every language
noun topmost part of the head — see also scalp
| Español | coronilla, corona, cocorota |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 정수리 jeongsuri, 두정 dujeong |
| 日本語 | 頭頂 tōchō |
| 中文 | 頭頂 /头顶 tóudǐng |
| हिन्दी | सिर sir, कपाल kapāl, शीर्ष śīrṣ |
| Português | topo, alta, moleira |
| Français | sommet |
| Deutsch | Scheitel |
| Italiano | cocuzzolo, calotta cranica |
| Ελληνικά | κορυφή koryfí, κορφή korfí |
| Română | creștet, sinciput |
| Русский | те́мя témja, маку́шка makúška, ма́ковка mákovka |
| Tiếng Việt | thóp, đỉnh |
| العربية | يَافُوخ yāfūḵ |
| עברית | קודקוד kodkód, קָדְקוֹד kodkód, קָדְקֹד kodkód |
noun upper part of a tree
| Español | copa |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 樹冠 /树冠 shùguān |
| Português | copa |
| Français | cime, houppier, houpier |
| Русский | кро́на króna |
noun royal headdress
| Español | corona |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 왕관 wanggwan, 크라운 keuraun |
| 日本語 | 王冠 ōkan, かぶり kaburi, クラウン kuraun |
| 中文 | 王冠 wángguān, 冠 guān |
| हिन्दी | ताज tāj, मुकुट mukuṭ |
| Kiswahili | taji, kirauni |
| Português | coroa |
| Français | couronne |
| Deutsch | Krone |
| Italiano | corona |
| Ελληνικά | κορώνα koróna |
| Română | coroană, cunună |
| Русский | коро́на koróna, вене́ц venéc |
| Tiếng Việt | mũ miện, vương miện, miện |
| العربية | تَاج tāj, إِكْلِيل ʔiklīl |
| עברית | כֶּתֶר kéter |
noun representation of such a headdress
| Español | corona |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | मुकुट mukuṭ |
| Kiswahili | taji, kirauni |
| Português | coroa |
| Français | couronne |
| Deutsch | Krone |
| Italiano | corona |
| Ελληνικά | στέμμα stémma |
| Română | coroană |
| Русский | коро́на koróna |
noun wreath or band for the head — see also garland
| Español | corona |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | taji |
| Português | grinalda, guirlanda, coroa |
| Français | couronne |
| Italiano | serto, ghirlanda |
| Русский | вено́к venók, вене́ц venéc |
noun reward
| 中文 | 榮冠 /荣冠 róngguān |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | taji |
| Português | medalha de honra |
| Français | lauriers |
| Русский | вене́ц venéc |
noun imperial or regal power
| Español | corona |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 王權 /王权 wángquán |
| Kiswahili | taji |
| Português | coroa |
| Français | couronne |
| Deutsch | Krone |
| Русский | коро́на koróna, короле́вская власть korolévskaja vlastʹ |
noun highest part of a hill
| Español | cumbre, corona, pico |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 頂峰 /顶峰 dǐngfēng |
| हिन्दी | शिखर śikhar, चोटी coṭī |
| Kiswahili | taji |
| Português | cume, topo |
| Français | sommet, faîte |
| Italiano | cima, vetta, cocuzzolo, sommità |
| Русский | верши́на veršína |
noun highest part of an arch
| Kiswahili | taji |
|---|---|
| Français | clef |
| Italiano | chiave di volta |
noun splendor, culmination, acme
| Kiswahili | taji |
|---|---|
| Français | couronnement |
| Italiano | coronamento |
noun former British coin worth five shillings
| Español | corona |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | taji |
| Português | coroa |
| Italiano | corona |
| Русский | кро́на króna |
noun anatomy: part of tooth
| Español | corona |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 齒冠 /齿冠 chǐguān |
| Kiswahili | taji |
| Português | coroa |
| Italiano | corona |
| Русский | коро́нка korónka |
noun dentistry: prosthetic covering for a tooth
| 中文 | 鑲假齒冠 /镶假齿冠 xiāngjiǎ chǐguān |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | taji |
| Português | coroa |
| Français | couronne |
| Italiano | capsula |
| Ελληνικά | κορώνα koróna |
| Русский | коро́нка korónka |
noun geometry: area enclosed between two concentric perimeters
| Español | corona |
|---|
noun horology: kurled winding knob or dial of a watch
| Français | couronne |
|---|
adj of, related to, or pertaining to a crown
| Português | da coroa |
|---|---|
| Français | de la couronne |
| Deutsch | kronen- |
| Русский | насле́дный naslédnyj, коро́нный korónnyj, крон-при́нц kron-prínc |
verb to place a crown on the head of
| Español | coronar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 加冕 jiāmiǎn |
| Português | coroar |
| Français | couronner |
| Deutsch | krönen |
| Italiano | incoronare |
| Română | încorona, încununa |
| Русский | коронова́ть koronovátʹ, уве́нчивать uvénčivatʹ |
verb to formally declare one a monarch
| 中文 | 加冕 jiāmiǎn |
|---|---|
| Português | coroar |
| Français | couronner |
| Italiano | incoronare |
| Română | încorona, încununa |
| Русский | коронова́ть koronovátʹ, венча́ть |
| עברית | הכתיר hikhtír |
verb to declare one a winner
| Español | coronar |
|---|---|
| Português | coroar |
| Français | couronner |
| Italiano | incoronare |
name Translations
| Français | Couronne |
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title = {crown},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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