different between corona vs coronary

English

Pronunciation

• Singular:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?????n?/
  • (General American) enPR: k?r?'n?, IPA^(key): /k???o?n?/
  • Rhymes: -??n?
  • Hyphenation: co?ro?na
• Plural (coronae):
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?????ni?/, /-a?/, /-e?/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /k???o?ni?/, /-a?/, /-e?/
  • Hyphenation: co?ron?ae

Etymology 1

The noun is borrowed from Latin cor?na (“crown; garland, wreath”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (kor?n?, “type of crown; curved object (door handle, tip of a bow, stern of a ship, etc.)”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). The English word is a doublet of crown.

The plural form coronae is borrowed from Latin cor?nae.

The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

corona (plural coronas or coronae or (obsolete) coronæ)

1. A large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.

   Synonym: corona lucis
2. (anatomy) An upper or crownlike portion of certain parts of the body.
   1. A region of the skull located along the coronal suture, at the junction between the frontal bone and the two parietal bones.
   2. The external portion of the tooth, covered by enamel; the crown.
   3. The circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males.
3. (architecture) The large, flat, projecting member of a cornice which crowns the entablature, situated above the bed moulding and below the cymatium.

   Synonyms: drip, larmier
4. (astronomy)
   1. The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun (the solar corona) or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse.
   2. (also geology) An oval-shaped astrogeological feature, present on both the planet Venus and Uranus's moon Miranda, probably formed by upwellings of warm material below the surface.
5. (by extension) Any luminous or crownlike ring around an object or person.
6. (biology) Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona (sense 4.1).
   1. (botany) A ring or set of appendages of adaxial tissue arising from the corolla or the outer edge of the stamens, present in some plants (Narcissus, Passiflora, etc.); a paraperigonium.
   2. (zoology)
      1. An annular ciliated organ on the head of rotifers, used for locomotion and sweeping food into the mouth.
      2. The main body of the test of an echinoid, consisting of ambulacral and interambulacral areas.
      3. The crown of a crinoid, consisting of a cuplike central body (theca) and a set of arms.
   3. (virology) A fringe of large, bulbous surface projections on coronaviruses, formed by viral spike peplomers, creating an appearance reminiscent of the solar corona.
7. (electricity) A luminous appearance caused by corona discharge, often seen as a bluish glow in the air adjacent to pointed metal conductors carrying high voltages.
8. (meteorology) A circle or set of circles visible around a bright celestial object, especially the Sun or the Moon, attributable to an optical phenomenon produced by the diffraction of its light by small water droplets or tiny ice crystals.
9. (mineralogy) A mineral zone, consisting of one or more minerals, which surrounds another mineral or lies at the interface of two minerals, typically in a radial arrangement; a reaction rim.
10. (pathology) A manifestation of secondary syphilis, consisting of papular lesions along the hairline, often bordering the scalp in the manner of a crown.

    Synonyms: corona veneris, crown of Venus
11. (Ancient Rome, historical) A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??? (korona)

Translations

Verb

corona (third-person singular simple present coronas, present participle coronaing, simple past and past participle coronaed)

1. (transitive, rare) To surround with a luminous or crownlike ring like the solar corona.

Derived terms

• coronaed (adjective)

Translations

Etymology 2

A clipping of coronavirus, ultimately from etymology 1.

Noun

corona (countable and uncountable, plural coronas)

1. (informal, also attributively) A coronavirus, especially SARS-CoV-2.

   Synonym: (SARS-CoV-2, informal) rona
2. (informal, also attributively) A disease caused by a coronavirus, especially COVID-19.

Alternative forms

• Corona

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian corona.

Noun

corona (plural coronas or corone)

1. (poetry) A series of sonnets linked together such that the last word of each is the first word of the next.

Translations

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Spanish La Corona (literally “The Crown”), a brand of cigars from Havana, Cuba.

Noun

corona (plural coronas)

1. A long, straight-sided cigar with a blunt, rounded end.

Alternative forms

• Corona

Translations

References

Further reading

• coronavirus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• stellar corona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• corona (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• caroon, racoon

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin corona (“crown”).

Noun

corona f (plural coronas)

1. crown

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) , “corona”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, ?ISBN

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ko??o.n?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ku??o.n?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ko??o.na/

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan corona, from Latin cor?na, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kor?n?, “garland, wreath”).

Noun

corona f (plural corones)

1. crown (decorative headgear)
2. crown (imperial or regal power, or those who wield it)
3. crown (various currencies)

Related terms

• coronar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

corona

1. third-person singular present indicative form of coronar
2. second-person singular imperative form of coronar

Further reading

• “corona” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ko??ro?.na?/
• Hyphenation: co?ro?na
• Rhymes: -o?na?

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cor?na, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kor?n?).

Noun

corona f (plural corona's)

1. (astronomy) corona

Derived terms

• coronium

Related terms

• kroon

Etymology 2

A clipping of coronavirus.

Noun

corona f or n (uncountable)

1. (informal, usually without definite article) Coronavirus or coronavirus disease, particularly COVID-19.
2. (informal, usually without definite article) The 2019-2021 COVID-19 pandemic.

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.??.na/

Noun

corona m (uncountable)

1. (informal) Clipping of coronavirus.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cor?na, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kor?n?, “garland, wreath”). Compare also cruna, probably from a derivative of the same Latin word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko?ro.na/

Noun

corona f (plural corone)

1. crown (of a king, pope etc) (also of a tooth)
2. crown (various units of currency)
3. coronet
4. wreath, chaplet
5. (astronomy) corona (of a star etc)

Derived terms

• corona solare
• coronare
• coronato
• incoronare
• incoronazione

Descendants

• ? Byzantine Greek: ?????? (koróna)
  • Greek: ?????? (koróna), ?????? (koróna)
    • ?? Bulgarian: ?????? (korona)
    • ?? Romanian: coroan?

Verb

corona

1. third-person singular present indicative of coronare
2. second-person singular imperative of coronare

Anagrams

• ancoro, ancorò
• canoro
• corano, Corano

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (kor?n?, “a type of sea-bird, perhaps shearwater; a crow; anything curved or hooked (like a door handle or the tip of a bow); a type of crown”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ko?ro?.na/, [k???o?nä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko?ro.na/, [k?????n?]

Noun

cor?na f (genitive cor?nae); first declension

1. garland, chaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead
2. crown
3. circle (of people), assembly

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

• cor?lla
• cor?n?lis
• cor?n?mentum
• cor?n?rius
• cor?n?tus
• cor?n?

Descendants

Borrowings

Unsorted borrowings

References

• corona in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• corona in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• corona in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• corona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[11], London: Macmillan and Co.
• corona in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[12]
• corona in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• corona in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Leonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

corona f (plural coronas)

1. crown

References

• AEDLL

Old English

Etymology

From Latin cor?na, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kor?n?, “garland, wreath”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ko.ro?.n?/

Noun

cor?na m

1. crown

Declension

Derived terms

• ?ecor?nian

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “cor?na”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin cor?na, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kor?n?, “garland, wreath”).

Noun

corona f (oblique plural coronas, nominative singular corona, nominative plural coronas)

1. crown

Descendants

• Catalan: corona
• Occitan: corona, courouno

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko??ona/, [ko??o.na]

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish corona, from Latin cor?na (“crown”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (kor?n?, “garland, wreath”).

Noun

corona f (plural coronas)

1. crown
2. (heraldry) crown
3. crown (various units of currency)
4. (of a star) corona
5. wreath; ring, circle

6. sprocket; (bicycle sprockets) cassette
7. (mechanics) larger part of a pair of gear wheels

   Synonym: rueda dentada

   Antonym: piñón

8. washer

   Synonym: arandela

Derived terms

• coronal
• coroniblanco
• coronilla
• grupo corona
• La Corona
• moldura de corona

Related terms

• corola
• coronar
• coronel

Descendants

• ? Karao: korona

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

corona

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of coronar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of coronar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of coronar.

Etymology 3

Clipping of coronavirus.

Noun

corona m (uncountable)

1. (informal) coronavirus

Further reading

• “corona” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Latin cor?n?rius, from cor?na (“crown”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k???n??i/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k???n(?)?i/

Adjective

coronary (comparative more coronary, superlative most coronary)

1. (obsolete) Pertaining to a crown or garland.
   • 1659, John Pearson, Exposition of the Creed

     The coronary thorns did not only express the scorn of the imposers by that figure into which they were contrived, but did also pierce his tender and sacred temples to a multiplicity of pains, by their numerous acuminations.

   • 1684', Thomas Browne, Of Garlands and Coronary Plants

     The catalogue of coronary plants is not large in Theophrastus.

2. (anatomy) Encircling something (like a crown), especially with regard to the arteries or veins of the heart.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

coronary (plural coronaries)

1. (anatomy, medicine) Any of the coronary vessels; a coronary artery or coronary vein.
2. (medicine) Ellipsis of coronary thrombosis.

   Synonym: heart attack
3. A small bone in the foot of a horse.

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