coronis
French, noun\kɔ.ʁɔ.nis\
coronis is spelled C-O-R-O-N-I-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 187,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coronis is a French masculine noun meaning “tree grayling (butterfly Hipparchia statilinus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Diacritique (᾽) utilisée en grec en cas de crase”.
What does coronis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetree grayling (butterfly Hipparchia statilinus)
noun
- 1
femininecoronis (diacritic)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Diacritique (᾽) utilisée en grec en cas de crase. 2. Synonyme de faune.
noun: 1. Variante de coronis.
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 coronis
- corônis
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coronis?
- \kɔ.ʁɔ.nis\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is coronis in French?
coronis appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).