coronation
English
/ˌkɒɹəˈneɪʃən/, /ˌkɔɹəˈneɪʃən/
noun
Definitions
- The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of investing a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty.
- (figuratively) A success in the face of little or no opposition.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English coronacion borrowed from coronacion derived from Latin coronatio, coronationem, corono.
Origin
Latin
corono
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- coronational English
- decoronation English
- coronatio, coronationem Latin
- corono Latin
- corōna Latin
- coronazione Italian
- coronación Spanish, Castilian
- coroação Portuguese
- coronacion Middle English
- corounen Middle English
- coronacion Old French
- coronacion xno