throne

See also: Throne

English

Etymology

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From Middle English trone, from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “chair, throne”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [θɹəʊn]
• (US) IPA^(key): [θɹoʊn]
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): [tɹoʊn]

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -əʊn
• Homophone: thrown

Noun

throne (plural thrones)

1. An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.

   He approached the throne reverently.

2. The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese.
3. (humorous) Other seats, particularly:
   1. (euphemistic) A seat used for urination or defecation, such as a chamber pot, toilet, or the seat of an outhouse.
      • 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things

        "If she has intestinal flu, you probably called while she was on the throne and she didn't want to admit it," Alan said dryly.

   2. (music) A kind of stool used by drummers.
4. (figuratively) Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.

   Elizabeth has sat upon the throne of England for six decades.

   • 1611, Bible (KJV), Genesis, 41:40:

     Thou shalt be ouer my house, and according vnto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater then thou.

5. (Christianity) A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.
   • 1611, Bible (KJV), Epistle of Paul to the Colossians, 1:16:

     For by him were all things created that are in heauen, and that are in earth, visible and inuisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.

Synonyms

• (seat used for urination and defecation): See Thesaurus:chamber pot, Thesaurus:toilet, and Thesaurus:bathroom

Hypernyms

• (furniture): seat
• (order of angels): angel

Derived terms

• dethrone
• enthrone
• power behind the throne
• thronal
• throne room
• throneship

 

Translations

ornate seat

• Albanian: fron (sq) m
• Arabic: عَرْش m (ʕarš), كُرْسِيّ m (kursiyy)
• Armenian: գահ (hy) (gah)
• Asturian: tronu m
• Azerbaijani: tron
• Bashkir: тәхет (təxet)
• Basque: tronu
• Belarusian: трон m (tron)
• Bulgarian: престо́л (bg) m (prestól)
• Burmese: ပလ္လင် (my) (pallang)
• Catalan: tron (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寶座／宝座 (zh) (bǎozuò), 宝座 (zh) (bǎozuò), 王座 (zh) (wángzuò), 御座 (zh) (yùzuò), 王位 (zh) (wángwèi), 皇位 (zh) (huángwèi)

• Czech: trůn (cs) m
• Danish: trone (da) c
• Dutch: troon (nl) m
• Egyptian: (nst f)
• Erzya: инезем (ińeźem)
• Esperanto: trono (eo)
• Estonian: troon
• Faroese: tróna f
• Finnish: valtaistuin (fi)
• French: trône (fr) m
• Galician: trono (gl) m
• Georgian: ტახტი (ṭaxṭi)
• German: Thron (de) m
• Greek: θρόνος (el) m (thrónos)

  Ancient Greek: θρόνος m (thrónos)

• Gujarati: સિંહાસન (sĩhāsan)
• Hebrew: כֵּס (he) m (kés), כִּיסֵּא מַלְכוּת m (kisé malkhút), כִּסֵּא הַכָּבוֹד m (kisé hakavód)
• Hindi: सिंहासन (hi) (sĩhāsan), राजसिंहासन (hi) (rājsĩhāsan)
• Hungarian: trón (hu), trónus, trónszék
• Icelandic: hásæti (is)
• Ido: trono (io)
• Indonesian: singgasana (id), tahta (id)
• Interlingua: throno
• Irish: ríchathaoir f, cathaoir ríoga f
• Italian: trono (it) m
• Japanese: 王座 (ōza), 玉座 (ja) (ぎょくざ, gyokuza)
• Khmer: បល្លង្ក (km) (pallang)
• Korean: 와좌 (wajwa), 옥좌 (okjwa)
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• Kurdish:
• Lao: ບັນລັງ (ban lang)
• Latin: thronus m, solium n
• Latvian: tronis m
• Lithuanian: sostas m
• Luxembourgish: Troun m
• Macedonian: престол m (prestol)
• Malay: singgahsana
• Maori: ahurewa, torōna
• Middle English: trone
• Nepali: गडी (ne) (gaḍī)
• Norwegian: trone c
• Novial: please add this translation if you can
• Occitan: tron (oc) m
• Old English: ġifstōl m, setl n, bregustol m, cynestol m, gumstol m, ealdorstol m
• Old Portuguese: trõo
• Old Turkic: 𐰈𐰼𐰏𐰃𐰤 (örgin), 𐰋𐰇𐰓 (böd)
• Pashto: پلاز (ps) m (plâz)
• Persian: تخت (fa) (taxt), اریکه (fa) (arike), سریر (fa) (sarir)
• Plautdietsch: Troon m
• Polish: tron (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: trono (pt) m
• Romanian: tron (ro) n, scaun (ro) n
• Russian: трон (ru) m (tron), престо́л (ru) m (prestól), стол (ru) m (stol)
• Scottish Gaelic: rìgh-chathair m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пријестоље m, трон m

  Roman: prijestolje (sh) m, tron (sh) m

• Slovak: trón m
• Slovene: prestol (sl) m
• Southern Altai: ширее (širee)
• Spanish: trono (es) m
• Swahili: kiti cha enzi class 7/8
• Swedish: tron (sv) c
• Thai: บัลลังก์ (th) (ban-lang)
• Turkish: taht (tr)
• Ukrainian: трон m (tron)
• Vietnamese: ngai (vi)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: teyrngadair f, gorsedd f, teyrngadeiriau f pl

position

• Asturian: tronu m
• Bashkir: тәхет (təxet)
• Catalan: tron (ca) m
• Finnish: valtaistuin (fi), asema (fi)
• Galician: trono (gl) m
• Japanese: 王位 (ja) (おうい, ōi)
• Korean: 왕위 (wang'wi)
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• Luxembourgish: Troun m
• Portuguese: trono (pt) m
• Russian: трон (ru) m (tron), престо́л (ru) m (prestól)
• Scottish Gaelic: rìgh-chathair m
• Spanish: trono (es) m
• Swedish: tronen (sv)
• Turkish: taht (tr)

lavatory or toilet

• Dutch: gemak (nl) n
• Finnish: valtaistuin (fi)
• French: trône (fr) m
• Hebrew: כֵּס (he) m (kés), כִּסֵּא הַכָּבוֹד m (kisé hakavód)
• Italian: trono (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 便器 (べんき, benki), 便座 (ja) (べんざ, benza), トイレ (ja) (toire)
• Polish: tron (pl) m inan, sedes (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: trono (pt) m
• Romanian: scaun (ro) n
• Russian: трон (ru) m (tron)

third highest order of angel

• Catalan: tron (ca) m
• Dutch: troon (nl) m
• Finnish: valtaistuin (fi)
• French: trône (fr) m
• Italian: trono (it) m
• Japanese: 座天使 (ざてんし, zatenshi)
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• Norwegian: trone c
• Polish: tron (pl) m
• Russian: престо́л (ru) m (prestól)
• Swedish: tron (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} سرير (ar) m (sirīr)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} valdastóll m (1), ^{(please verify)} krúna f (2), ^{(please verify)} þrónn m (2)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} thronus m (1)
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• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} tron (ro) n (1, 2)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} tahta (tr)

Verb

1. (transitive, archaic) To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
2. (transitive, archaic) To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Milton

     True image of the Father, whether throned / In the bosom of bliss, and light of light.

3. (intransitive, archaic) To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.

Translations

enthrone — see enthrone

See also

• ophan

Anagrams

• Hornet, Rhoten, Theron, Thoren, Thorne, enhort, hornet, nother, other'n

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German

Verb

throne

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of thronen.
2. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of thronen.
3. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of thronen.
4. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of thronen.

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) throne

1. vocative singular of thronus

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Middle English

Noun

throne

1. Alternative form of trone (“throne”)

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos). The h was added back to reflect the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin thronus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “chair, throne”).

Noun

throne m (plural thrones)

1. throne

Descendants

• French: trône