crown
pronunciation
How to pronounce crown in British English:
UK [kraʊn]
How to pronounce crown in American English:
US [kraʊn]
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- Noun:
- the enamel covered part of a tooth above the gum
- a wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory
- an ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty
- the part of a hat (the vertex) covering the crown of the head
- an English coin worth 5 shillings
- the upper branches and leaves of a tree
- the top point of a mountain or hill
- the award given to the champion
- the top of the head
- the center of a cambered road
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- Verb:
- invest with regal power; enthrone
- be the culminating event
- form the topmost part of
- put an enamel cover on
Word Origin
- crown
- crown: [12] Crowns appear to have been named essentially from their circular shape. The word’s ultimate source, Greek korónē, simply meant ‘something curved’ (it came from the adjective korōnos ‘curved’, which was a relative of Latin curvus ‘curved’). Latin borrowed it as corōna ‘circular garland’, and passed it on via Old French corone and Anglo-Norman corune to English.Latin also derived a verb from it, corōnāre, which ultimately became the English verb crown and also, of course, formed the basis of English coronation [14]. Other English descendants of Latin corōna (which itself became an English word in the 16th century) are the two diminutives coronet [15] and corolla [17] (source of corollary), coroner [14] (originally an ‘officer of the crown’), and coronary.The use of crown for certain coins (based of course on their being stamped with the figure of a crown) dates in English from the 14th century; it is also reflected in such coin names as Swedish krona and Danish and Norwegian krone.=> corollary, coronation, coroner, coronet, curve
- crown (v.)
- late 12c., from Old French coroner, from corone (see crown (n.)). Related: Crowned; crowning. The latter in its sense of "that makes complete" is from 1650s.
- crown (n.)
- early 12c., "royal crown," from Anglo-French coroune, Old French corone (13c., Modern French couronne), from Latin corona "crown," originally "wreath, garland," related to Greek korone "anything curved, kind of crown." Old English used corona, directly from Latin. Extended to coins bearing the imprint of a crown (early 15c.), especially the British silver 5-shilling piece. Also monetary units in Iceland, Sweden (krona), Norway, Denmark (krone), and formerly in German Empire and Austria-Hungary (krone). Meaning "top of the skull" is from c. 1300. Crown-prince is 1791, a translation of German kronprinz.
Antonym
Example
- 1. With no claim to scientific accuracy , game theorypresents four possible pretenders to the unwanted crown .
- 2. As part of the renovation , workers removed spikes from the crown , above .
- 3. Yet today , wheat is losing its crown .
- 4. The portuguese monarchy was stable , and we were heirs to the portuguese crown .
- 5. God still looks down on the crown of my head .