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coronet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kɔɹəˈnɛt/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkɒɹənɪt/ (UK)
• /kɒɹəˈnɛt/ (UK)
• /ˈkɔɹənɪt/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle French couronnette, from Old French coronete, diminutive of corone (“crown”), from Latin corona, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “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”).

Meanings

1. A small crown, such as is worn by a noble.
   • [T]he fair star / That gems the glittering coronet of morn, / Sheds not a light so mild, so powerful, / As that which, bursting from the Fairy's form, / Spread a purpureal halo round the scene, / Yet with an undulating motion, / Swayed to her outline gracefully. 1813, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Canto I”, in Queen Mab; […], London: […] P. B. Shelley, […], →OCLC, page 6:
   • Kind hearts are more than coronets, / And simple faith than Norman blood. 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “Lady Clara Vere de Vere”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 158:
2. The ring of tissue between a horse's hoof and its leg.
3. The traditional lowest regular commissioned officer rank in the cavalry.
4. Any of several hummingbirds in the genus Boissonneaua.
5. Any member of the species Craniophora ligustri of moths.

Forms

Deriveds

semicoronet · coronetted · coronitis

Synonyms

second lieutenant · first NATO commissioned officer grade above OF-0 trainee officer · ensign

Translations (6)

fr couronne (ring of tissue between a horse's hoof and leg) · pl koronka (A small crown worn by a noble) · de Adelskrone (A small crown worn by a noble) · fi ruunu (ring of tissue between a horse's hoof and leg) · bg диадема (A small crown worn by a noble) · pl koronka (ring of tissue between a horse's hoof and leg)