couronne

See also: Couronne and couronné

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French corone, inherited from Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ku.ʁɔn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

couronne f (plural couronnes)

  1. crown (item of headgear)
  2. (by extension) funereal wreath
    • 1961, Christiane Rochefort, Les petits enfants du siècle, Grasset, page 12:
      La plupart avaient des tumeurs, et on se demandait toujours si c'était cancéreux ou pas, quand c'était cancéreux ils mouraient, et on donnait pour la couronne.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. crown (royalty in general)
  4. crown (various units of currency)
  5. (heraldry) crown
  6. (anatomy) corona (circumference of the base of the glans penis in humans)
  7. (dentistry) crown, cap

Derived terms

Further reading

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French corone, from Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, garland, wreath).

Noun

couronne f (plural couronnes)

  1. (Jersey) crown

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

couronne m (definite singular couronnen, indefinite plural couronner, definite plural couronnene)

  1. alternative spelling of kurong

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

couronne m (definite singular couronnen, indefinite plural couronnar, definite plural couronnane)

  1. alternative spelling of kurong