tron
English
Noun
tron (plural trons)
- Obsolete form of trone (weighing machine)
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tron in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos).
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tron” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “tron”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “tron” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “tron” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cornish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /troːn/
Mutation
Cornish consonant mutation | |||||
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unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
tron | dron | thron | unchanged | unchanged | unchanged |
Danish
Middle English
Norman
Etymology 1
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Etymology 2
From Old French tronc (“alms box, tree trunk, headless body”), from Latin truncus (“a stock, lopped tree trunk”), from truncus (“cut off, maimed, mutilated”).
Norwegian Bokmål
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/
Audio (file)
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old High German t(h)rōn, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /trɔn/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔn
- Syllabification: tron
Declension
Related terms
- tronowy
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tron/
Declension
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtruːn/
Etymology 1
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Declension
Declension of tron | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tron | tronen | troner | tronerna |
Genitive | trons | tronens | troners | tronernas |
Derived terms
- tronarvinge
- tronavsägelse
- tronföljare
- tronföljd
- tronhimmel
- tronpretendent
- tronskifte
- trontal
- trontillträde
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.