different between chronic vs krona

English

Alternative forms

• chronick (obsolete)

Etymology

From chronical, from Old French cronike, from Latin chronicus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (khronikós, “of time”), from ?????? (khrónos, “time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??n?k/
• Rhymes: -?n?k

Adjective

chronic (comparative more chronic, superlative most chronic)

1. Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
   • 1980, Ruth Harriet Jacobs, Integrating Displaced Homemakers into the Economy (page 14)

     Peer group support is important to displaced homemakers. The Displaced Homemakers' Network has done excellent work in helping women see that their problems do not have to be chronic.
2. (medicine) Prolonged or slow to heal.

3. Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.

4. Inveterate or habitual.

5. (slang) Very bad, awful.

6. (informal) Extremely serious.

7. (slang) Good, great; "wicked".

Synonyms

• (that continues over an extended period of time): diuturnal, prolonged; see also Thesaurus:lasting
• (very bad, awful): abysmal, terrible; see also Thesaurus:bad
• (good, great): gnarly, splendid; see also Thesaurus:excellent

Antonyms

• (prolonged or slow to heal): acute, transient

Translations

Noun

chronic (countable and uncountable, plural chronics)

1. (slang) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
2. (medicine) A condition of extended duration, either continuous or marked by frequent recurrence. Sometimes implies a condition which worsens with each recurrence, though that is not inherent in the term.
3. A person who is chronic, such as a criminal reoffender or a person with chronic disease.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:marijuana

References

• chronic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “chronic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Interlingua

Adjective

chronic (not comparable)

1. chronic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish krona (“crown”).

Noun

krona (plural kronor)

1. The official currency of Sweden.

Usage notes

Krona is the Swedish spelling, plural: kronor. Króna is the Icelandic spelling, plural: krónur. Krone is the Danish and Norwegian spelling, plural: kroner.

Translations

Anagrams

• Akron, Koran, Ranko

Latvian

Etymology

A borrowing from the respective Scandianavian languages: Swedish krona, Danish krone, Icelandic króna, Faroese króna, all ultimately from Latin cor?na (“crown”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kr??na]

Noun

krona f (4th declension)

1. krona (monetary units of the Scandinavian countries (Swedish krona, Danish and Norwegian krone, Icelandic króna))

Declension

Lithuanian

Etymology

A borrowing from the respective Scandianavian languages: Swedish krona, Danish krone, Icelandic króna, Faroese króna, all ultimately from Latin cor?na (“crown”).

Noun

kronà f (plural krònos) stress pattern 2

1. krona (currencies of Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Sweden)

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• kronen

Noun

krona m or f

1. definite feminine singular of krone

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse krýna, from Middle Low German kr?nen, from Latin cor?nare (“crown”).

Verb

krona (present tense kronar, past tense krona, past participle krona, passive infinitive kronast, present participle kronande, imperative kron)

1. to crown

Derived terms

• kroning

Etymology 2

Noun

krona f

1. definite singular of krone

References

• “krona” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Slovak

Etymology

From Swedish krona, from Latin cor?na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?krona]
• IPA^(key): [?kru?na]

Noun

krona f (genitive singular krony, nominative plural krony, genitive plural kron, declension pattern of žena)

1. (numismatics) krona (currency of Sweden)

Declension

References

• krona in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin cor?na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kró?na/

Noun

kr??na f

1. crown (headdress)

Inflection

Derived terms

• kr??nati

Further reading

• “krona”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin cor?na, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kor?n?). Doublet of korona and corona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kru??na/

Noun

krona c

1. crown
2. krona, crown (the Swedish currency unit), abbreviated to kr or kr.
3. krone (Danish and Norwegian currencies)
4. króna (currencies)
5. heads (of a coin)

   Krona eller klave?

   Heads or tails?

Declension

Usage notes

Krona is the Swedish spelling, plural: kronor. Króna is the Icelandic spelling, plural: krónur. Krone is the Danish and Norwegian spelling, plural: kroner.

Antonyms

• (side of coin): klave

Descendants

• ? Estonian: kroonu
• ? Finnish: kruunu

Anagrams

• ankor, kanor, korna, orkan