different between caroon vs caron

English

Etymology

A corruption of the Sabir and Italian corona (“crown”).

Noun

caroon (plural caroons)

1. (Britain, obsolete slang) A crown (coin); its value, 5 shillings.
   • 1859, J.C. Hotten, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words

     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.

Derived terms

• madza caroon
• tusheroon, tosheroon, tossaroon

Anagrams

• Corona, corona, racoon

English

Etymology

Etymology unknown; first known use is the United States Government Printing Office Style Manual of 1967, where it apparently referred to an inverted caret. Possibly derived from caret after its similar shape (^), and with -on either from macron or as an augmentative after reanalysis of -et as a diminutive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæ??n/
• Homophone: Karen

Noun

caron (plural carons)

1. há?ek

Usage notes

The term caron gained usage through the computer world, through usage at Adobe and later in Unicode. As such, it is the most common name in many computer environments, whereas some form of há?ek is more common in linguistic circles.

Translations

Anagrams

• Carno, Coran, Corna, acorn, acron, coran, narco, narco-, racon

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Noun

caron

1. accusative singular of caro

French

Etymology

From English caron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.???/

Noun

caron m (plural carons)

1. há?ek (the há?ek diacritic)

Anagrams

• arçon, coran, Coran

Latin

Noun

caron

1. accusative singular of caros

Welsh

Alternative forms

• carasom (literary, first-person plural)
• carasant (literary, third-person plural)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /?kar?n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?ka?r?n/, /?kar?n/

Verb

caron

1. (colloquial) first-person plural preterite of caru
2. (colloquial) third-person plural preterite of caru

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