tron

See also: Tron, tròn, trọn, trón, trôn, trộn, trốn, trơn, trợn, trớn, and -tron

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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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): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtɾɔn]

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], 2007 April
• “tron”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “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/

• Audio (Revived Middle Cornish):

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Etymology 1

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

   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

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
tron	dron	thron	unchanged	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/

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 (“a stock, lopped tree trunk”), from truncus (“cut off, maimed, mutilated”).

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/

• Audio:

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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

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German t(h)rōn, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Syllabification: tron

Noun

tron m inan (related adjective tronowy)

1. throne
2. (humorous, euphemistic) toilet

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

Further reading

• tron in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tron in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

Declension of tron

	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), 2004–2025

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

• tro + an

Preposition

tron

1. through the

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tron m (plural trones)

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

   Synonyms: tronco, tío

Swedish

troner

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtruːn/

Etymology 1

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

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

• 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 (SO)
• tron in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tron in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• torn