"crowning" meaning in English

See crowning in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɹaʊnɪŋ/ Forms: more crowning [comparative], most crowning [superlative]
Rhymes: -aʊnɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English crowninge, crounende, equivalent to crown + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|crowninge}} Middle English crowninge, {{af|en|crown|-ing|id2=participial}} crown + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} crowning (comparative more crowning, superlative most crowning)
  1. Supreme; of a surpassing quality or quantity. Derived forms: crowning achievement, crowning glory
    Sense id: en-crowning-en-adj-g4lgojyK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun), English terms suffixed with -ing (participial), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 2 6 13 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 50 2 9 12 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (participial): 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 2 6 8 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 2 5 5 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɹaʊnɪŋ/ Forms: crownings [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊnɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English crouninge, crounynge, coroning, coronyng, equivalent to crown + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|crouninge}} Middle English crouninge, {{af|en|crown|-ing|id2=gerund noun}} crown + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} crowning (plural crownings)
  1. A coronation.
    Sense id: en-crowning-en-noun-zfzMWu5j
  2. The act of one who crowns (in various senses).
    Sense id: en-crowning-en-noun-eBzRXmpK
  3. (obstetrics) The stage of vaginal childbirth when the infant's head remains consistently visible at the vulva. Categories (topical): Obstetrics
    Sense id: en-crowning-en-noun-Po4fgrZd Topics: medicine, obstetrics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɹaʊnɪŋ/
Rhymes: -aʊnɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English crowninge, crounende, equivalent to crown + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|crowninge}} Middle English crowninge, {{af|en|crown|-ing|id2=participial}} crown + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} crowning
  1. present participle and gerund of crown Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: crown
    Sense id: en-crowning-en-verb-8VTB4Wqu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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