couronnement
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French coronement. By surface analysis, couronner + -ment.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcouronnement m (plural couronnements)
- (literally) a coronation, crowning ceremony
- (figuratively) any similar investiture, triumph etc.
- a crest, something physically in prominent top-position
- (figuratively) a culmination
Further reading
edit- “couronnement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.