corona

Meanings

Noun

• A large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.
• An upper or crownlike portion of certain parts of the body.
• The large, flat, projecting member of a cornice which crowns the entablature, situated above the bed moulding and below the cymatium.
• Any luminous or crownlike ring around an object or person.
• Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona (sense 4.1).
• A luminous appearance caused by corona discharge, often seen as a bluish glow in the air adjacent to pointed metal conductors carrying high voltages.
• A circle or set of circles visible around a bright celestial object, especially the Sun or the Moon, attributable to an optical phenomenon produced by the diffraction of its light by small water droplets or tiny ice crystals.
• A mineral zone, consisting of one or more minerals, which surrounds another mineral or lies at the interface of two minerals, typically in a radial arrangement; a reaction rim.
• A manifestation of secondary syphilis, consisting of papular lesions along the hairline, often bordering the scalp in the manner of a crown.
• A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
• A coronavirus, especially SARS-CoV-2.
• A disease caused by a coronavirus, especially COVID-19.
• A series of sonnets linked together such that the last word of each is the first word of the next.
• A long, straight-sided cigar with a blunt, rounded end.

Verb

• To surround with a luminous or crownlike ring like the solar corona.

Origin

• The noun is borrowed from Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. The English word is a crown.
• The plural form coronae is borrowed from Latin corōnae.
• The verb is derived from the noun.
• A , ultimately from etymology 1.
• Borrowed from Italian corona.
• Borrowed from Spanish la ("Corona"), a brand of cigars from Havana, Cuba.