Couronne — meaning in English
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English meaning
- annulus noun A ring- or donut-shaped area, object, or structure.
- cap noun A soft, close-fitting hat, often with a brim or peak, and no full brim all the way round.
- corona noun The glowing outer atmosphere of the sun, visible as a bright ring during a total solar eclipse.
- coronet noun A small crown, such as is worn by a noble.
- crown noun An ornamental headpiece worn by a monarch as a symbol of royal power.
- wreath noun A ring-shaped arrangement of flowers, leaves, or other material, used for decoration or as a mark of honour or remembrance.
Senses
Couronne is used for these senses in English:
- annulus (botany) A structure surrounding a sporangium (or part of it) which shrinks and causes it to rupture for spore dispersal; specifically, in a fern: a structure around about two-thirds of the sporangium consisting of differentially thick-walled cells which dry and distort the sporangium; and in a moss: a complete ring of cells around the tip of the sporangium which dissolves to cause the tip to detach.
- cap A crown for covering a tooth.
- coronet The ring of tissue between a horse's hoof and its leg.
- crown (religion) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.
- crown Splendor; culmination; acme.
- diadem A crown.
- diadem Regal power; sovereignty; empire—considered as symbolized by the crown.
- krona The official currency of Sweden.
annulus — full definition
- noun A ring- or donut-shaped area, object, or structure.
- noun A ring of fibrous tissue; specifically (cardiology), such a ring around an opening of a heart valve, to which the valve leaflets and muscle fibres of the atria and ventricles are attached; an annulus fibrosus cordis.
- noun A ring of light in a celestial body, especially when caused by an annular eclipse (for example, when the Sun and Moon are in line with the Earth, but the Moon does not completely cover the Sun's disc).
- noun A structure surrounding a sporangium (or part of it) which shrinks and causes it to rupture for spore dispersal; specifically, in a fern: a structure around about two-thirds of the sporangium consisting of differentially thick-walled cells which dry and distort the sporangium; and in a moss: a complete ring of cells around the tip of the sporangium which dissolves to cause the tip to detach.
cap — full definition
- noun A soft, close-fitting hat, often with a brim or peak, and no full brim all the way round.
- noun A cover or seal that fits over the top or end of something to protect or close it.
- noun An upper limit set on an amount, price, or quantity.
- noun Informal: an exaggeration or outright lie.
- verb To put a cover on something, or to set an upper limit on it.