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A coronal stop is a stop consonant articulated with the front part of the tongue (whence "coronal"). Depending on the precise place of articulation, several
Coronal_stop
Topics referred to by the same term
The coronal direction on a tooth Coronal consonant, a consonant that is articulated with the front part of the tongue Coronal stop, a type of stop consonant
Coronal
Latin-script digraph
letter theta ⟨Θ, θ⟩ in loans from Greek. Theta was pronounced as an aspirated stop /tʰ/ in Classical and early Koine Greek. ⟨th⟩ is used in academic transcription
Th_(digraph)
Phone used to pronounce a single phoneme
in stop. glottalized (or rather substituted by the glottal stop) [ʔ] as in button, but many speakers preserve at least an unreleased coronal stop [ t̚]
Allophone
Rhaeto-Romance language of northeast Italy
clusters in word initial position. obstruent stop or fricative followed by a liquid (excluding coronal stops followed by a lateral liquid or [v] followed
Ladin_language
Hausa-language sound law
forms of the Hausa language. The four sound changes affect the velar stops, coronal stops, labial obstruents, and the bilabial nasal. Only the first two are
Klingenheben's_law
Phonological theory based on connecting segments
[p], the voiceless bilabial stop, is indicated [−sonorant, −continuant, −voice, labial], and the set of voiced coronal stops can be indicated [−sonorant
Autosegmental_phonology
Reconstructed sound system of a proto-language
marginal phoneme. The standard reconstruction identifies three coronal, or dental, stops: *t, *d, *dʰ. They are symbolically grouped with the cover symbol
Proto-Indo-European_phonology
Type of consonant sound involving tongue placement
delimiters. Coronals are consonants articulated with the flexible front part of the tongue. Among places of articulation, only the coronal consonants can
Coronal_consonant
English language as it is used in Hong Kong
(2016). "Sociolinguistic Variation in Asian Englishes: The Case of Coronal Stop Deletion". English World-Wide. 37 (2): 138–167. doi:10.1075/eww.37.2
Hong_Kong_English
Sound made by stopping airflow in the glottis
A glottal stop or glottal plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages, produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract or,
Glottal_stop
Eskimo–Aleut language
on the distribution of consonants: a stop or /s/, followed by a continuant other than /s/ or /z/ a coronal stop or /s/, followed by a postlingual continuant
Aleut_language
Phonology of the Cantonese language
Some linguists analyze a /ʔ/ (glottal stop) in place of the null initial when a vowel begins a syllable. A coronal consonant's position varies from dental
Cantonese_phonology
End of the penis
corona glandis, overhanging a deep retroglandular groove known as the coronal sulcus. Behind the corona is the neck of the penis, which separates the
Glans_penis
Phone (speech sound)
Dart, Sarah N.; Nihalani, Paroo (1999). "The articulation of Malayalam coronal stops and nasals". Journal of the International Phonetic Association. 29 (2)
Laminal_consonant
Phonological assimilation
more common harmony processes is coronal harmony, which affects coronal fricatives, such as s and sh. Then, all coronal fricatives belong to the [+anterior]
Consonant_harmony
Vernacular Arabic spoken in Morocco
as follows: Before a coronal stop /t/, /tˤ/, /d/ or /dˤ/, /ne-/ and /te-/ are always reduced to /n-/ and /t-/. Before a coronal fricative /s/, /sˤ/, /z/
Moroccan_Arabic
Consonant sound
say that Hawaiian and colloquial Samoan do not distinguish velar and coronal stops than to say they lack one or the other. Yanyuwa distinguishes nasals
Occlusive
Articulation of consonants or vowels
"emphatic" coronal consonants. (Uvularized consonants are not distinguished from pharyngealized.) pharyngealized voiceless alveolar stop [tˤ] (in Chechen
Pharyngealization
Consonant that begins as a stop and releases as a fricative
a stop and releases as a fricative, generally with the same place of articulation (most often coronal). It is often difficult to decide if a stop and
Affricate
Language comparison
[kɫaunˠ] in the north and [kɫoːdnˠ] in the south. In addition, slender coronal stops (/tʲ/ and /tʲʰ/ in Scottish Gaelic; /tʲ/ and /dʲ/ in Irish), are affricated
Comparison of Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic
Comparison_of_Irish,_Manx,_and_Scottish_Gaelic
Indo-Aryan language of India
dental-retroflex distinction among the coronal stops. Historically, the dental and retroflex series merged into alveolar stops. This makes Assamese resemble non-Indic
Assamese_language
Isolate language spoken in Australia
Australian languages, Tiwi has four phonetically distinct series of coronal stops. (See Coronals in Indigenous Australian languages.) There are contrasting alveolar
Tiwi_language
Japanese words of Chinese origin
k, q) are primarily due to two reasons: MC voiced stops/affricates become Mandarin aspirated stops/affricates (p, t, k, etc.) when the syllable had the
Sino-Japanese_vocabulary
Star at the centre of the Solar System
Discoveries included the first observations of coronal mass ejections, then called "coronal transients", and of coronal holes, now known to be intimately associated
Sun
Branch of linguistics studying how humans make sounds
anatomical variation, the precise articulation of palato-alveolar stops (and coronals in general) can vary widely within a speech community. Dorsal consonants
Articulatory_phonetics
Speeches of President of the United States
"'My Presiden(t) and Firs(t) Lady Were Black': Style, Context, and Coronal Stop Deletion in the Speech of Barack and Michelle Obama." American Speech:
Speeches_of_Barack_Obama
"'My Presiden(t) and Firs(t) Lady Were Black': Style, Context, and Coronal Stop Deletion in the Speech of Barack and Michelle Obama." American Speech:
Bibliography_of_Barack_Obama
Consonant in which the vocal tract is blocked so that all airflow ceases
[t], and [k]. However, there are exceptions: Colloquial Samoan lacks the coronal [t], and several North American languages, such as the Iroquoian languages
Plosive
Language of Shetland
consonants: The coronal stops are true dentals (not alveolars). However, Shetlanders are consistent in their code switching: the coronals are consistently
Shetland_dialect
Phonology of the Tamil language
cluster with another stop and when geminated. They are voiced otherwise. Tamil is characterized by its use of more than one type of coronal consonants: like
Tamil_phonology
Consonantal sound
A labial–alveolar ejective stop is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. It is a [t] and [p] pronounced simultaneously and as an ejective
Labial–alveolar_ejective_stop
Language in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia
but not distinguished from ⟨d⟩ elsewhere, is a laminal post-alveolar coronal stop that is indeterminate as to voicing. The phonemic status of [ʔ] is unclear;
Gorontalo_language
Phone (speech sound)
a rotated dental diacritic, U+033A ◌̺ COMBINING INVERTED BRIDGE BELOW. Coronal consonant Laminal consonant Index of phonetics articles Voiceless apicoalveolar
Apical_consonant
Group of mid-14th century poems
(representing [w] or [β], wysage for visage) Loss of nasals before coronal stops: fowden for founden, powde for pound h-dropping in words like is for
Kildare_Poems
Consonant with two simultaneous primary places of articulation of the same manner
allophonic voiceless labial–velar stop with a trilled release, [k͡ʙ̥] (only present in Efe). A second possibility, labial–coronal, is attested phonemically by
Doubly_articulated_consonant
Consonants articulated at or in front of the alveolar ridge
Victoria Balboa; Maddieson, Ian (1994), Acoustic Characteristics of Tiwi Coronal Stops (PDF), UCLA Working Papers in Phonetics, vol. 87, p. 136 Chomsky, Noam;
Anterior_consonant
Consonant followed by a strong burst of air
Mycenaean Greek, likely had a labialized velar aspirated stop /kʷʰ/, which later became labial, coronal, or velar depending on dialect and phonetic environment
Aspirated_consonant
Consonant produced with tongue against the upper lip
is drawn downward to meet the tongue. They represent one extreme of a coronal articulatory continuum that extends from labio-lingual to subapical-palatal
Linguolabial_consonant
Premature fusion of bones in the skull
plagiocephaly is a clinical description of unilateral coronal synostosis. Children born with unilateral coronal synostosis develop due to compensatory mechanisms
Craniosynostosis
Overview of English-learners' pronunciation
levels of aspiration of voiceless stops /p t k/, that might sound like /b d g/. Loss of contrast between coronal stops /t d/ and post-alveolar affricates
Non-native pronunciations of English
Non-native_pronunciations_of_English
Variety of Selkup language
/q/ when occurring before nasals and liquids, respectively. The non-coronal stops /p/, /k/, /q/ have optional fricative allophones [f], [x], [χ] when
Northern_Selkup
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʈ⟩ in IPA
A voiceless retroflex plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. This consonant is found as a phoneme mostly (though
Voiceless_retroflex_plosive
Type of doubly articulated consonant
A labial–coronal consonant is a consonant produced with two simultaneous articulators: with the lips ('labial'; a [p], [b], or [m] sound), and with the
Labial–coronal_consonant
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨c⟩ in IPA
A voiceless palatal plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that
Voiceless_palatal_plosive
Index of articles associated with the same name
bilabial stop is a type of consonantal sound, made with both lips (hence bilabial), held tightly enough to block the passage of air (hence a stop consonant)
Bilabial_stop
Language of South Africa
effects: the Mpapa Phuthi dialect (the only one to retain labialised coronal stops) leans much more heavily towards Sesotho lexicon and morphology (and
Phuthi_language
Series of intense solar storms in 2024
produced an X1.0-class and multiple M-class solar flares and launched several coronal mass ejections (CMEs) toward Earth. On 9 May, the active region produced
May_2024_solar_storms
Consonants articulated with the tongue against or close to the superior alveolar ridge
symbols for the alveolar consonants. Rather, the same symbol is used for all coronal places of articulation that are not palatalized like English palato-alveolar
Alveolar_consonant
Diaphonemic transcription of Chinese
velar-initial series, but not all in the others. In Cantonese, after coronal stops and sibilants, rounded finals such as -on and -uan produce front rounded
General_Chinese
Consonants produced with a single muscle contraction
non-contiguous, non-simultaneous points of articulation". The only common non-coronal flap is the labiodental flap, found throughout central Africa in languages
Tap_and_flap_consonants
Type of consonant
with pre-palatal consonants, are intermediate in articulation between the coronal and dorsal consonants, or which have simultaneous alveolar and palatal
Alveolo-palatal_consonant
Mixed Gurindji–Kriol language of Australia
Kriol consonants. Words of Gurindji origin contain a three-way coronal contrast for stops, nasals and laterals, and a distinction between a post-alveolar
Gurindji_Kriol_language
Cartilage plate in the neck of a long bone
osteochondrodysplasias among others. This applies to bone and joint deformities in the coronal – medial/lateral – plane or genu varum/genu valgum plane and in the sagittal
Epiphyseal_plate
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨k⟩ in IPA
A voiceless velar plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in almost all spoken languages. It is familiar to English-speakers as the "k" sound
Voiceless_velar_plosive
Place in the mouth consonants are articulated
major categories labial, coronal, dorsal and pharyngeal. The only common doubly articulated consonants are labial–velar stops like [k͡p], [ɡ͡b] and less
Place_of_articulation
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɟ⟩ in IPA
A voiced palatal plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents
Voiced_palatal_plosive
Native American language
the affricate /t͡ʃ/, which patterns phonologically as a palatal stop. The coronal stops differ not so much in the location of the contact against the top
Kashaya_language
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨k͡p⟩ in IPA
A voiceless labial–velar plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. It is a [k] and [p] pronounced simultaneously and
Voiceless labial–velar plosive
Voiceless_labial–velar_plosive
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨b⟩ in IPA
A voiced bilabial plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages. It is familiar to English-speakers as the "b" sound in
Voiced_bilabial_plosive
Type of consonant articulation
A retroflex (/ˈrɛtrəflɛks, -roʊ-/ ) consonant is a coronal consonant where the tongue has a flat, concave, or even curled shape, and is articulated between
Retroflex_consonant
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨θ⟩ in IPA
fricative, the so-called s coronal or s plana because of the relatively flat shape of the tongue body.... To this writer, the coronal [s̄], heard throughout
Voiceless_dental_fricative
Indigenous languages of Australia
languages with a glottal stop. Both stops and nasals occur at all six places, and in many languages laterals occur at all four coronal places. A language which
Australian Aboriginal languages
Australian_Aboriginal_languages
Rare consonant
§ Brackets and transcription delimiters. A voiceless upper-pharyngeal plosive or stop is a rare consonant. No language is known to have a phonemic upper pharyngeal
Voiceless upper-pharyngeal plosive
Voiceless_upper-pharyngeal_plosive
Study of how humans produce and perceive sounds
anatomical variation, the precise articulation of palato-alveolar stops (and coronals in general) can vary widely within a speech community. Dorsal consonants
Phonetics
Speech sound produced with continuous non-turbulent airflow
complex sonorant systems recorded in linguistics, with 12 coronal sonorants alone. Coronal laterals, nasals, and rhotics had both a fortis–lenis and a
Sonorant
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨q⟩ in IPA
A voiceless uvular plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. It is pronounced like a voiceless velar plosive [k],
Voiceless_uvular_plosive
Consonantal sound
Augustin. Al-Gariri, Husam Saeed Salem Al-Gariri (2022). Prenasalized Stops in Iha: an acoustic analysis of allophonic variation (PDF). University of
Voiceless labial–uvular plosive
Voiceless_labial–uvular_plosive
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʙ̥⟩ in IPA
labialized voiceless alveolar stop /tʷ/ of Abkhaz and Ubykh, but in those languages it is more often realised by a doubly articulated stop [t͡p]. In the Chapacuran
Voiceless_bilabial_trill
Consonantal sounds represented by ⟨d⟩ in IPA
Voiced alveolar and dental plosives (or stops) are a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages. The alveolar is familiar to English-speakers
Voiced dental and alveolar plosives
Voiced_dental_and_alveolar_plosives
In phonetics and phonology, an alveolar stop is a type of consonantal sound, made with the tongue in contact with the alveolar ridge located just behind
Alveolar_stop
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨p⟩ in IPA
A voiceless bilabial plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in most spoken languages. It is familiar to English-speakers as the "p" sound
Voiceless_bilabial_plosive
Consonantal sound
bilabial ejective stop [pʷʼ] (in Adyghe) pharyngealized bilabial ejective stop [pˤʼ] (in Ubykh) prenasalized bilabial ejective stop [mpʼ] (in isiXhosa)
Ejective_consonant
Consonantal sounds represented by ⟨tʼ⟩ in IPA
Alveolar and dental ejective stops are consonantal sounds, usually described as voiceless, that are pronounced with a glottalic egressive airstream. In
Dental and alveolar ejective stops
Dental_and_alveolar_ejective_stops
Phonological system of the Japanese language
morphological process such as verb inflection would place a coronal obstruent phoneme before /i/, the coronal is replaced with an alveolo-palatal sibilant, resulting
Japanese_phonology
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɡ⟩ in IPA
A voiced velar plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages. It is familiar to English-speakers as the "g" sound in "against"
Voiced_velar_plosive
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɖ⟩ in IPA
A voiced retroflex plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that
Voiced_retroflex_plosive
Afro-Asiatic language of Ethiopia
end of a word. Lateralization: non-glottalized, non-sibilant, oral coronal stops (ie. t, d) are totally assimilated if followed by a lateral. Oralization:
Arbore_language
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʡ⟩ in IPA
An epiglottal or pharyngeal plosive (or stop) is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet
Epiglottal_plosive
(hence a stop consonant). A stop consonant made with the tip of the tongue curled back against the palate is called a retroflex stop. Palatal stops are less
Palatal_stop
Phonetic symbol chart
Labial–alveolar IPA help full chart template Voiceless bilabially post-trilled dental stop [t̪ʙ̥] Voiceless dentolabial fricative [f͆] Voiceless bidental fricative
International Phonetic Alphabet chart
International_Phonetic_Alphabet_chart
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʕ⟩ in IPA
glottal stop) has been variously described as a voiced epiglottal fricative [ʢ], an epiglottal approximant [ʕ̞], or a retracted tongue root glottal stop [ʔ̙]
Voiced_pharyngeal_fricative
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɢ⟩ in IPA
A voiced uvular plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. It is pronounced like a voiced velar plosive [ɡ], except
Voiced_uvular_plosive
Language
Labial Coronal Stop voiceless t voiced b d Fricative ɸ s
Biritai_language
Pronounced using the throat
neglected phonetic law: The assimilation of pretonic yod to a following coronal in North-West Semitic". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African
Guttural
Novel series by Robert Silverberg
Powers: an adoptive Coronal rules in a highly visible and symbolic manner from his palace atop Castle Mount; the previous Coronal retires to become the
Majipoor_series
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨p̪⟩ in IPA
A voiceless labiodental plosive or stop is a consonant sound produced like a [p], but with the lower lip contacting the upper teeth, as in [f]. This can
Voiceless_labiodental_plosive
Consonantal sound
§ Brackets and transcription delimiters. A voiced upper-pharyngeal plosive or stop is a rare consonant. No language is known to have a phonemic upper pharyngeal
Voiced upper-pharyngeal plosive
Voiced_upper-pharyngeal_plosive
Configuration and interaction of the articulators when making a speech sound
the tongue and how the airflow is directed over the teeth. Fricatives at coronal places of articulation may be sibilant or non-sibilant, sibilants being
Manner_of_articulation
Sounds and pronunciation of Icelandic
Maddieson 1996). Of the voiceless sonorants [l̥ r̥ n̥ m̥ ɲ̊ ŋ̊], only the coronal [l̥ r̥ n̥] occur in word-initial position, for example in hné [ˈn̥jɛː]
Icelandic_phonology
European space-based solar observatory
week, enabling studies of coronal loop physics, the formation and evolution of small-scale active region brightenings, and coronal rain dynamics. In 2022
Solar_Orbiter
Consonant that is articulated with the tongue against the upper teeth
velarization is generally associated with more dental articulations of coronal consonants. Thus, velarized consonants, such as Albanian /ɫ/, tend to be
Dental_consonant
Consonantal sound
In phonetics and phonology, a uvular stop is a type of consonantal sound, made with the back of the tongue in contact with the uvula, which hangs down
Uvular_stop
Sounds and pronunciation of the Burmese language
The 4 basic vowels /a/ /i/ /u̯a/ /u/ can all occur before the labial and coronal finals. In MSB before the -p and -t finals they are pronounced /æʔ/ /eɪʔ/
Burmese_phonology
Early form of the Polish language, spoken between the 10th and 16th centuries
instead, use of digraphs and trigraphs to distinguish between the various coronal fricatives and affricate. Parkoszowic's proposal was not adopted, as his
Old_Polish
Consonants like /k, w, x, g/ articulated with the back of the tongue
some cases, alveolo-palatal and palatal consonants. They contrast with coronal consonants, articulated with the flexible front of the tongue, and laryngeal
Dorsal_consonant
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨d̼⟩ in IPA
A voiced linguolabial plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that
Voiced_linguolabial_plosive
In phonetics and phonology, a velar stop is a type of consonantal sound, made with the back of the tongue in contact with the soft palate (also known as
Velar_stop
Consonants produced by forcing air through a narrow channel
not completely stopped in the production of fricative consonants. In other words, the airflow experiences friction. [s] voiceless coronal sibilant, as in
Fricative
Consonantal sounds represented by ⟨ɬ⟩ in IPA
counterpart in British English and Philadelphia English after voiceless coronal and labial stops, and it is velarized before back vowels; the allophone of /l/ after
Voiceless dental and alveolar lateral fricatives
Voiceless_dental_and_alveolar_lateral_fricatives
CORONAL STOP
CORONAL STOP
Boy/Male
English
College
Girl/Female
Greek
Mother of Aesculapius.
Girl/Female
Christian, French, German, Hindu, Indian, Spanish
Crown
Boy/Male
Australian, Celtic, Irish
High; Mighty
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Carnell.French : metonymic occupational name for a maker of latches and hinges, from Old Picard carnel, Old French charnel ‘hinge’.
Boy/Male
English Latin
College; name of a town.
Female
English
English name derived from the vocabulary word, Latin corona, CORONA means "crown, garland, wreath." The outer atmosphere of a star is called a corona.
Boy/Male
Irish Gaelic
Little dark one.
Boy/Male
English
College; name of a town.
Girl/Female
Indian
Semi-precious sea growth often Deep pink, Red
Girl/Female
Hindi
Kind.
Girl/Female
Irish
Constant.
Boy/Male
English
College; name of a town.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Muslim
Corolla; Blossom
Male
Romanian
Romanian form of Greek Kornelios, CORNEL means "of a horn."
Female
English
English name derived from the gem name, from Latin corallium, probably ultimately from Hebrew goral, CORAL means "small pebble."
Boy/Male
English American
Military rank.
Girl/Female
Spanish
Crowned.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Cordell.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Christian, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Latin, Portuguese, Swedish
Maiden
CORONAL STOP
CORONAL STOP
Boy/Male
Tamil
Priceless (Celebrity Name: Anu Malik)
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Muslim
Having a Beauty Spot
Female
Czechoslovakian
, hope.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Vilasin | விலாஸீந
Shining, Beaming, Radiant
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Hight.Americanized spelling of German Heit.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Lord Vishnu, One who loves Tulsi (Basil)
Girl/Female
Indian
Dew drops
Girl/Female
Muslim
Princess
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from a noun derivative of Middle English gull, Old Norse gulr ‘pale’.
Male
Babylonian
, my uncle is a leader.
CORONAL STOP
CORONAL STOP
CORONAL STOP
CORONAL STOP
CORONAL STOP
a.
Of or pertaining to the shell of a sea urchin.
n.
The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.
a.
Of or pertaining to a corona (in any of the senses).
pl.
of Corona
n.
A colonel.
n.
Any invigorating and stimulating preparation; as, a peppermint cordial.
n.
A secondary or inner corolla; a corona, as of the Narcissus.
n.
A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds. See Pappus.
n.
The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronae or garlands.
n.
A corolla.
a.
Of or pertaining to the top of the head or skull.
a.
Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars.
a.
Resembling, or situated like, a crown or circlet; as, the coronary arteries and veins of the heart.
pl.
of Corona
n.
Informal shortening of coronary thrombosis, also used generally to mean heart attack.
n.
An inner appendage to a petal or a corolla, often forming a special cup, as in the daffodil and jonquil.
n.
The iron head of a tilting spear; a coronel.
n.
Any species of the genus Cornus, as C. florida, the flowering cornel; C. stolonifera, the osier cornel; C. Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or bunchberry.
n.
A crown; wreath; garland.
n.
A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also corona lucis.