coronal
French, adjective/kɔ.ʁɔ.nal/
coronal is spelled C-O-R-O-N-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 154,162nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coronal is a French adjective meaning “coronal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caractérise ce qui est disposé en couronne”.
What does coronal mean in English?
adjective
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coronal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Caractérise ce qui est disposé en couronne. 2. Relatif à l’os qui forme la partie antérieure du crâne ou le front. 3. Qualifie en phonétique articulatoire une consonne qui a l'apex ou la lame de la langue comme articulateur. 4. Qui concerne la couronne solaire.
noun: 1. Désigne quelquefois l’os frontal ou os coronal.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of coronal
- coronale feminine
- coronaux masculine plural
- coronales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coronal?
- /kɔ.ʁɔ.nal/
- \kɔ.ʁɔ.nal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to coronal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is coronal in French?
coronal appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).