coronet

C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈkɔrəˌnɛt/ UK /ˈkɒrənɛt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a small crown worn by nobility below the rank of sovereign

The duchess wore a jeweled coronet to the coronation.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a small crown worn by... crown diadem circlet tiara

Word family

Related forms crown corona coronation

Etymology

From Old French 'coronete', a diminutive of 'corone' ('crown'), from Latin 'corona' ('crown, garland').

coronete Old French corona Spanish

View etymology graph ->

Topics

General Vocabulary

External links

# coronet

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkɔrəˌnɛt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkɒrənɛt/

## Meanings
1. a small crown worn by nobility below the rank of sovereign

## Examples
- The duchess wore a jeweled coronet to the coronation.

## Synonyms
- crown
- diadem
- circlet
- tiara

## Related Forms
- crown
- corona
- coronation

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: coronete
- Root: corona

## Etymology
From Old French 'coronete', a diminutive of 'corone' ('crown'), from Latin 'corona' ('crown, garland').

## AI Etymology
Coronet is from Old French 'coronete', a diminutive of 'corone' ('crown'), from Latin 'corona' ('crown, garland'). The ancestry passes through Old French coronete and Latin corona. In present use as a noun, it means "a small crown worn by nobility below the rank of sovereign", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include crown, corona, and coronation. The surrounding word family keeps the same base visible in crown, corona, and coronation, showing how the headword belongs to a larger cluster rather than standing alone.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

markdown