crown
Forms
- Plural
- crowns
- present (v1)
- crown
- past (v2)
- crowned
- past participle (v3)
- crowned
- present participle
- crowning
- 3rd person singular
- crowns
Definitions
1.A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
- Before so many of Europe's crowns came tumbling off the heads of their royal owners, Continental Europe could show a rich variety in the matter of royal trains.
2.A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.
3.Any reward of victory or mark of honor.
4.Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.
1.Of, related to, pertaining to the top of a tree or trees.
2.Of, related to, or pertaining to a crown.
1.To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.
2.To place a crown on the head of.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4026
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English coroune, from Anglo-Norman corone, from Latin corōna (“crown, wreath”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē). Doublet of corona, korona, koruna, krona, króna, and krone. Displaced Old English corenbēag (“crown”) and Middle English kinehelm, kynehelm, from Old English cynehelm (“crown”, literally “kinhelm” or “king's helm”).