coronate

== English == === Pronunciation === adjective (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒɹənət/, /ˈkɒɹəˌneɪt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɹənɪt/, /ˈkɔɹəˌneɪt/ verb (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒɹəˌneɪt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɹəˌneɪt/ === Etymology 1 === First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin corōnātus (“crowned”), perfect passive participle of corōnō (“to crown”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from corōna (“crown”) + -ō. ==== Verb ==== coronate (third-person singular simple present coronates, present participle coronating, simple past and past participle coronated) (rare) To crown (a sovereign or champion). 1657, Tomlinson, translating Jean de Renou's A Medicinal Dispensatory, page 475: […] and instead of Coronating your deserved Worth […] 2023, USA Today On a soggy London day in June 1953, a bright-eyed 27-year-old married mother named Elizabeth was coronated as queen of England. ===== Usage notes ===== Most speakers prefer crown. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== coronation corona crown ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from New Latin coronātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). ==== Alternative forms ==== coronated ==== Adjective ==== coronate (not comparable) (zoology) Having a crest or a crownlike appendage, a corona. (zoology) Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished. (zoology, of a spiral shell) Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 3 === From Middle English coronat(e), borrowed from Latin corōnātus (“wearing a crown, crowned”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). ==== Adjective ==== coronate (not comparable) (obsolete) (as a participial adjective) Having or wearing a crown, crowned; (as a participle) crowned, coronated. ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === “coronate”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. “coronate”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “coronate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “coronate”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. === Anagrams === otocrane == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== coronate inflection of coronare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== coronate f pl feminine plural of coronato === Anagrams === corteano, cotonare, cotonerà == Latin == === Verb === corōnāte second-person plural present active imperative of corōnō == Spanish == === Verb === coronate second-person singular voseo imperative of coronar combined with te