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Definitions and meaning of trone

trone

English

Alternative forms

• tron

Etymology

From Middle English trone (“a wooden beam or post used in public weighing, scale, balance”), from Anglo-Norman trone, tron (whence also Anglo-Latin trona), from Old Norse trönur (“a frame or framework on which trunks of trees are laid to be cut by the saw”), plural of trana, trani (“trunk, snout, name of a ship or sword”, literally “crane”). Cognate with Danish trane (“crane”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹəʊn/
• Rhymes: -əʊn

Noun

trone (plural trones)

1. (UK, dialect) A steelyard.
2. (UK, dialect, Scotland, obsolete or historical) 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.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Norte, Toner, noter, tenor, toner, torne

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /troːnə/, [ˈtˢʁ̥oːnə]

Noun

trone c (singular definite tronen, plural indefinite troner)

1. throne

Inflection

Verb

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

1. to throne

Dutch

Verb

trone

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of tronen

Anagrams

• toren

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French trone, trosne, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos).

Alternative forms

• throne, troone, troun, throun, tron, tronne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɔːn(ə)/, /ˈtroːn(ə)/

Noun

trone (plural trones)

2. A throne; a royal seat or chair:
3. (specifically) The heavenly throne of the Christian God.
4. (figuratively) Royal, ecclesiastical, or divine power.
5. (ethics) The divinely assigned position of a virtue.
6. (theology) A throne (rank of angel).
7. (rare) The resting place of an idol.

Related terms

• tronen
• intronizen

Descendants

• English: throne
• Scots: throne

References

• “trōne, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman trone, tron, from Late Latin trona, from Latin trutina (“balance”).

Alternative forms

• tronn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɔn(ə)/, /ˈtrɔːn(ə)/

Noun

trone (plural tronys) (rare)

2. A set of scales or balance; a machine used to weigh.
3. The location of weighing equipment used as a place to humiliate criminals.
4. One of the planks used to make the Holy Cross.

Descendants

• English: tron, trone
• Scots: tron, trone

References

• “trō̆n(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• tronarving
• tronfølge
• tronpretendent
• trontale

Verb

trone (imperative tron, present tense troner, simple past 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.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²truːnə/

Noun

trone f (definite singular trona, indefinite plural troner, definite plural tronene)

1. a throne

Derived terms

• tronfølge, tronfølgje, tronfylgje
• tronfylgjar, tronfølgjar, tronfølgjer

References

• “trone” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. throne (ornamental seat)

Descendants

• Middle French: throne, trosne
  • French: trône
    • → Romanian: tron
• → Middle Dutch: trone
  • Dutch: troon
    • Negerhollands: troon
• → Middle English: trone, throne, troone, troun, throun, tron, tronne
  • English: throne
  • Scots: throne
• → Middle High German: thrōn, trōn
  • German: Thron
    • → Estonian: troon
    • → Hungarian: trón
  • Luxembourgish: Troun
  • → Polish: tron

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (trone, supplement)