trone

See also tron-, and trône

English

Etymology 1

Compare French trogne a belly.

Noun

trone (plural trones)

1. (obsolete, UK, dialect) A small drain.

Etymology 2

Late Latin trona, from Latin trutina a balance.

Noun

trone (plural trones)

1. (UK, dialect) A steelyard.
2. (UK, dialect, Scotland, obsolete) A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Danish

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “seat, throne”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /troːnə/, [ˈtˢʁ̥oːnə]

Noun

trone c (singular definite tronen, plural indefinite troner)

1. throne

Inflection

    Inflection of trone

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	trone	tronen	troner	tronerne
genitive	trones	tronens	troners	tronernes

Verb

trone (imperative tron, infinitive at trone, present tense troner, past tense tronede, past participle har tronet)

1. throne

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Dutch

Verb

trone

1. singular present subjunctive of tronen

Anagrams

• toren

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek θρόνος (tronos, “chair”, “throne”).

Noun

trone f, m (definite singular trona/tronen; indefinite plural troner; definite plural tronene)

1. (monarchy) throne
2. (biblical) throne; the third highest order of angels

Derived terms

• tronarving
• tronpretendent
• trontale

Verb

trone (present tense troner; past tense and past participle trona or tronet)

1. To sit in a manner which commands obedience; to sit in a dominating way (as if on a throne).

Synonyms

• ruve

References

• “trone” in The Bokmål Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Old French

Etymology

Latin thronus < Ancient Greek θρόνος (thronos, “chair”, “throne”).

Noun

trone m (oblique plural trones, nominative singular trones, nominative plural trone)

1. throne

Descendants

• French: trône

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881)