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tron (plural trons)

1. Obsolete form of trone (“weighing machine”).

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

• ront, torn

From Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtɾɔn]

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tron m (plural trons)

1. throne

• entronitzar

• “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], April 2007
• “tron”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “tron” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “tron”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

• IPA^(key): /troːn/

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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.

tron m (plural tronow or tronyow)

1. nose, snout, trunk

   Synonyms: dewfrik, frigow

2. point (of land)

From English throne.

tron m (plural tronys)

1. throne

   Synonyms: se, tron-sedha

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

tron m (plural tronow or tronyow)

1. (Revived Late Cornish) tunnel

   Synonym: kowfordh

tron

1. imperative of trone

Borrowed from Italian trono.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɔːn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːn

tron m (plural tronijiet)

1. throne

tron

1. alternative form of trone (“throne”)

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tron m

1. (Jersey) blunt

From Old French tronc (“alms box, tree trunk, headless body”), from Latin truncus (“a stock, lopped tree trunk”), from truncus (“cut off, maimed, mutilated”).

tron m (plural trons)

1. (Jersey) trunk

tron

1. imperative of trone

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).

• IPA^(key): /tru/

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tron m (plural trons)

1. thunder

• tronar

tron m (oblique plural trons, nominative singular trons, nominative plural tron)

1. throne.
2. firmament.
3. thunder.

• trun

• IPA^(key): /truŋ/

tron m (plural tron)

1. thunder

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Syllabification: tron

tron m inan (related adjective tronowy)

1. throne
2. (humorous, euphemistic) toilet

• “tron”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “tron”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Borrowed from French trône, Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos).

• IPA^(key): /tron/

tron n (plural tronuri)

1. throne
2. (humorous) toilet

• scaun
• jeț

• “tron”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

• tro + an

tron

1. through the

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

tron m (plural trones)

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

   Synonyms: tronco, tío

• IPA^(key): /ˈtruːn/

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tron c

1. a throne (chair of state, also more or less figuratively)

   bestiga tronen

   ascend the throne

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tron

1. definite singular of tro

• “tron”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “tron”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “tron”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

• torn

tron (genitive trona, plural trons)

1. throne

• tronön

• “tron”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)