diadem

Etymology

From Middle English diademe, dyademe, from Old French diademe, from Latin diadēma, from Ancient Greek διάδημα (diádēma, “band, especially worn around a tiara”), from διαδέω (diadéō, “bind around”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: dī'ədem, dī'ədəm, IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪ.ə.dɛm/, /ˈdaɪ.ə.dəm/

Noun

diadem (plural diadems)

1. An ornamental headband worn as a badge of royalty.
2. A crown.
3. Regal power; sovereignty; empire—considered as symbolized by the crown.
4. (heraldry) An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over its centre.

Verb

diadem (third-person singular simple present diadems, present participle diademing, simple past and past participle diademed)

1. To adorn with a diadem; to crown.

Anagrams

• Maddie, ad idem, mediad

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διάδημα (diádēma, “band, especially worn around a tiara”), from διαδέω (diadéō, “bind around”).

Noun

diadem n (singular definite diademet, plural indefinite diademer)

1. diadem, tiara

References

• “diadem” in Den Danske Ordbog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdja.dɛm/

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Noun

diadem m inan

1. diadem