Meanings
plural coronachs · alternative coranach · alternative coranich · alternative corrinoch · alternative corronach · alternative cronach
- IrelandScotlandhistoricalA dirge or lamentation.
The village maids and matrons round / The dismal coronach resound.
1810, The Lady of the Lake, Walter Scott, 3.XV1 more example
[A] hired mourner, the Irish "Keener" at the conclamatio or coronach, where the Hullabaloo, Hulululu or Ululoo showed the survivors' sorrow.
1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XXX, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 311 footnoteSynonyms: ullaloo
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA dirge or lamentation.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
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Origin
- Irishcorānach
- Scottish Gaeliccorranach
- Englishcoronach
From Scottish Gaelic corranach and Irish corānach.
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Finnish surulaulu, valitusvirsi
- surulauludirge, lamentation
- valitusvirsidirge, lamentation
French coronach
- coronachdirge, lamentation
Scottish Gaelic corranach
- corranachdirge, lamentation
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coronach. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coronach
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