English

Noun

trone ‎(plural trones)

1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A small drain.

Etymology 2

Late Latin trona, from Latin trutina a balance.

Noun

trone ‎(plural trones)

1. (Britain, dialect) A steelyard.
2. (Britain, dialect, Scotland, obsolete) 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.

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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. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of tronen

Anagrams

• toren

Middle English

Noun

trone (plural trones)

1. throne

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

trone f, 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
• 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.

Old French

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. throne

Descendants

• French: trône

References

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