trone

See also: Trone, troné, trône, and trôné

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/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊn

Noun

trone (plural trones)

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

Derived terms

• trone stone

References

• “trone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

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

Danish

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trone

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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

Declension of trone

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	trone	tronen	troner	tronerne
genitive	trones	tronens	troners	tronernes

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