tron

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tron"

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

tron (plural trons)

1. Obsolete form of trone (“weighing machine”).

References

• “tron”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• ront, torn

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈtɾo̞n]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈtɾɔn]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

tron m (plural trons)

1. throne

Derived terms

• entronitzar

Further reading

• “tron”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “tron”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “tron” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “tron”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Cornish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /troːn/

• Audio (Revived Middle Cornish):

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Etymology 1

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From Old Cornish trein, from Proto-Celtic *trognī- (possibly related to Proto-Celtic *srognā). Cognate with Breton stroen, Gaulish trugna (whence French trogne), and Welsh trwyn.

Noun

tron m (plural tronow or tronyow)

1. nose, snout, trunk

   Synonyms: dewfrik, frigow

2. point (of land)

Derived terms

• tron-droghya (“nosy”)
• tronek (“nasal, nosy, curious”)
• tronekter (“curiosity”)
• trongornvil (“rhinoceros”)

Etymology 2

From English throne.

Noun

tron m (plural tronys)

1. throne

   Synonyms: se, tron-sedha

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tron m (plural tronow or tronyow)

1. (Revived Late Cornish) tunnel

   Synonym: kowfordh

Mutation

Mutation of tron

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
tron	dron	thron	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Danish

Verb

tron

1. imperative of trone

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian trono.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɔːn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːn

Noun

tron m (plural tronijiet)

1. throne

Related terms

• ddetronizza
• tronett

Middle English

Noun

tron

1. alternative form of trone (“throne”)

Norman

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

tron m

1. (Jersey) blunt

Etymology 2

From Old French tronc (“alms box, tree trunk, headless body”), from Latin truncus (“the stem, stock, bole, trunk”, noun), from truncus (“maimed, mutilated, mangled, dismembered, disfigured”, adjective).

Noun

tron m (plural trons)

1. (Jersey) trunk

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tron

1. imperative of trone

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Catalan tro), from Latin tonus (“thunderclap; sound, tone”) (possibly through a Late Latin or Vulgar Latin *tronus), incremented with an -r- due to influence from *tronitus < tonitrus). Compare also Portuguese trom, Spanish trueno).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tru/

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Noun

tron m (plural trons)

1. thunder

Related terms

• tronar

Old Occitan

Noun

tron m (oblique plural trons, nominative singular trons, nominative plural tron)

1. throne.
2. firmament.
3. thunder.

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• trun

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /truŋ/

Noun

tron m (plural tron)

1. thunder

Polish

tron (sense 1)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos)bor.

Latin thronuslbor.

Old Polish tron

Polish tron

Inherited from Old Polish tron, a learned borrowing from Latin thronus. Compare German Thron.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɔn/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈtrɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Syllabification: tron

Noun

tron m inan (diminutive (rare) tronik, related adjective tronowy)

2. throne (an impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions)

   Hypernyms: krzesło < mebel

3. (figurative) throne (leadership; particularly: the position of a monarch)

   Hypernyms: rządy < władza

   kandydat do tronu ― a candidate for the throne

   tron absolutny ― an absolute throne

   tron dziedziczny ― a hereditary throne

   tron elekcyjny ― an election throne

5. (euphemistic, humorous) throne (a toilet)

   Synonym: toaleta

Declension

Declension of tron

	singular	plural
nominative	tron	trony
genitive	tronu	tronów
dative	tronowi	tronom
accusative	tron	trony
instrumental	tronem	tronami
locative	tronie	tronach
vocative	tronie	trony

Derived terms

nouns

• elekcyjność tronu
• następca tronu m pers, następczyni tronu f
• sojusz ołtarza z tronem, sojusz tronu i ołtarza, sojusz tronu z ołtarzem, sojusz ołtarza i tronu

verbs

• być na tronie impf (“to be a monarch: to rule; to reign”)
• objąć tron pf, obejmować tron impf
• osadzić na tronie pf, osadzać na tronie impf
• podać do tronu pf, podawać do tronu impf (transitive, e.g. adres, petycję, skargę)
• powołać na tron pf, powoływać na tron impf
• siedzieć na tronie impf (“to be a monarch: to rule; to reign”)
• strącić z tronu pf, strącać z tronu impf (transitive)
• ułożyć do tronu pf, układać do tronu impf (transitive, e.g. adres, petycję, skargę)
• umieścić na tronie pf, umieszczać na tronie impf
• wstąpić na tron pf, wstępować na tron impf
• wynieść na tron pf, wynosić na tron impf
• wystosować do tronu pf, wystosowywać do tronu impf (transitive, e.g. adres, petycję, skargę)
• zasiadać na tronie impf (“to be a monarch: to rule; to reign”)
• zasiąść na tronie pf, zasiadać na tronie impf
• złożyć z tronu pf, składać z tronu impf (transitive)
• zrzec się tronu pf, zrzekać się tronu impf
• zrzucić z tronu pf, zrzucać z tronu impf (transitive)

Further reading

• “tron”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “tron”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, et al., editors (2010-2023), “tron”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “*TRON”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 18 February 2015
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1812), “tron”, in Słownik języka polskiego, volume 3, page 655
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “tron”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861, volume II, page 1719
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “tron”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 114
• Zygmunt Saloni, et al., editors (2020), “tron”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish]‎^[3], 4. online edition, Warszawa

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French trône, Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tron/

Noun

tron n (plural tronuri)

1. throne
2. (humorous) toilet

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	tron	tronul	tronuri	tronurile
genitive-dative	tron	tronului	tronuri	tronurilor
vocative	tronule		tronurilor

See also

• scaun
• jeț

Further reading

• “tron”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

• tro + an

Preposition

tron

1. through the

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of tronco (“guy, dude”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾon/ [ˈt̪ɾõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: tron

Noun

tron m (plural trones)

1. (Spain, colloquial, dated) guy, dude, bro

   Synonyms: tronco, tío

Swedish

troner

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtruːn/
• Rhymes: -uːn
• Hyphenation: tron

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Swedish tron m (compare Old Danish thron), from Middle Low German trōn (corresponding to Middle Dutch troon, Middle High German trōn), from Old French trone, throne (from Latin thronus) and directly from Latin thronus (“throne”), from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “a seat, chair”).

Noun

tron c

1. a throne (chair of state, also more or less figuratively)

   bestiga tronen

   ascend the throne

Declension

Declension of tron

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tron	trons
	definite	tronen	tronens
plural	indefinite	troner	troners
	definite	tronerna	tronernas

Derived terms

• detronisera
• retronisera
• trona
• tronarvinge
• tronavsägelse
• tronföljare
• tronföljd
• tronhimmel
• tronpretendent
• tronskifte
• trontal
• trontillträde

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tron

1. definite singular of tro

References

• “tron”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “tron”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “tron”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• torn

Volapük

Noun

tron (genitive trona, plural trons)

1. throne

Declension

Declension of tron

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tron	trons
Genitive	trona	tronas
Dative	trone	trones
Accusative	troni	tronis
Predicative1	tronu	tronus
Vocative	o tron	o trons

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Derived terms

• tronön

Further reading

• “tron”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)