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Meaning of coronis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
kɒˈɹəʊnɪs

Definitions

  1. Any of several figures from Greek mythology
  2. A device, curved stroke, or flourish formed with a pen, coming at the end of a book or chapter; a colophon. For example: ⸎, ۞.
  3. The conclusion of something; the end of something.
  4. A character similar to an apostrophe or the smooth breathing written atop or next to a non–word-initial vowel retained from the second word which formed a contraction resulting from crasis; see the usage note.
    Ancient-Greek

Equivalents

Français coronis
Italiano Coronide
Latina coronis
Português corônis
Русский Корони́да

Examples

“The coronis of this matter is thus ; some bad ones in this family were punish’d strictly, all rebuk’d, not all amended.”

CEFR level

B1
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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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