coronet

English

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”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒɹənɪt/, /kɒɹəˈnɛt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹənɪt/, /kɔɹəˈnɛt/

Noun

coronet (plural coronets)

An earl's coronet.

1. A small crown, such as is worn by a noble.
   • 1813, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Canto I”, in Queen Mab; […], London: […] P. B. Shelley, […], →OCLC, page 6:

     [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.

   • 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “Lady Clara Vere de Vere”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 158:

     Kind hearts are more than coronets, / And simple faith than Norman blood.

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 of species Craniophora ligustri of moths.

Synonyms

(junior commissioned officer):

• ensign (infantry equivalent of the cavalry coronet)
• second lieutenant (OF-1), first NATO commissioned officer grade above OF-0 trainee officer

Derived terms

• coronetted
• coronitis
• semicoronet

 

Translations

A small crown worn by a noble

• Bulgarian: диадема (bg) f (diadema)
• German: Adelskrone

ring of tissue between a horse's hoof and leg

• Finnish: ruunu
• French: couronne (fr) f

Anagrams

• Crotone

Latin

Verb

corōnet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of corōnō