different between colonel vs coroner
colonel
English
Alternative forms
- coronel (obsolete)
- COL., Col. (abbreviation)
Etymology
First attested 1548, from Middle French coronnel, from Old Italian colonnello (“the officer of a small company of soldiers (column) that marched at the head of a regiment”), from compagna colonnella (“little column company”), from Latin columna (“pillar”), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”), o-grade form from a Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to rise, be elevated, be prominent”). See hill, holm.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k??n?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?n?l/
- Rhymes: -??(?)n?l
- Homophone: kernel
The anomalous pronunciation is probably a holdover of the pronunciation of the earlier, obsolete form coronel.
Noun
colonel (plural colonels)
- A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines).
- The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. […] But there was not a more lascivious reprobate and gourmand in all London than this same Greystone.
Usage notes
- When used as a title, it is always capitalized.
Related terms
- bird colonel
- colonel-general
- lieutenant-colonel
- royal colonel
Translations
Verb
colonel (third-person singular simple present colonels, present participle coloneling or colonelling, simple past and past participle coloneled or colonelled)
- (intransitive) To act as or like a colonel.
French
Alternative forms
- colonnel, coronel, coronnel (obsolete)
Etymology
From Italian colonnello. Compare Middle French coronel, borrowed earlier from the same source. See English colonel for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?.l?.n?l/
Noun
colonel m (plural colonels, feminine colonelle)
- A colonel, highest commissioned officer below generals.
- An ice cream dessert consisting of lemon sherbet and vodka.
Related terms
- colonel-général
- lieutenant-colonel
Further reading
- “colonel” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French colonel, from Middle French coronel, which see.
Noun
colonel m (plural colonei)
- A colonel (military officer above lieutenant-colonel and below all generals)
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from German Kolonel.
Noun
colonel n (uncountable)
- A glyph (A letter in a type of font.)
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coroner
English
Etymology
From Middle English coroner, from Old French curuner, from Medieval Latin custos placitorum coronae (“guardian of the crown's pleas”). The function was originally to protect royal properties.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?.??.n?(?)/
- Rhymes: -???n?(?)
Noun
coroner (plural coroners)
- A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths, cases of treasure trove, and debris from shipwrecks.
- (Canada, US) A medical doctor who performs autopsies and determines time and cause of death from a scientific standpoint.
- The administrative head of a sheading.
Hyponyms
- (who presides over an inquest): medical examiner, ME (if he or she performs autopsies)
Synonyms
- autopsier (rare)
Translations
Further reading
- coroner on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- crooner
French
Noun
coroner m (plural coroners)
- coroner (in English-speaking countries)
Latin
Verb
cor?ner
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cor?n?
Middle English
Alternative forms
- corowner, crouner, crowner, coronour, coronier, corounere
Etymology
From Old French curuner; equivalent to coroune +? -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku?ru?ne?r/, /?kru?ne?r/, /kuru?ne?r/, /?kurun?r/
Noun
coroner (plural coroners)
- A (medieval) coroner (a royal officer who helps administer law and the courts)
Descendants
- English: coroner (obsolete crowner)
- Scots: crownar (obsolete)
References
- “cor?un???r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-20.
Old French
Alternative forms
- coroner
- courouner
- corouner
Etymology
From Latin cor?n?re, present active infinitive of cor?n? (“I crown”).
Verb
coroner
- to crown (make into a monarch)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Descendants
- French: couronner
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