trone
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹəʊn/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊn
Etymology 2
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”).
Alternative forms
Noun
trone (plural trones)
Derived terms
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “trone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Danish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “seat, throne”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /troːnə/, [ˈtˢʁ̥oːnə]
Inflection
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French trone, trosne, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtrɔːn(ə)/, /ˈtroːn(ə)/
Noun
trone (plural trones)
- A throne; a royal seat or chair:
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 4:4, page 118v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- ⁊ in þe cumpas of þe ſeete.· weren foure ⁊ twentı ſmale ſeetıs ⁊ abouen þe troones foure ⁊ twentı eldere men ſıttynge. hılıd aboute wıþ whıte cloþıs.· ⁊ in þe heedıs of hem golden coꝛouns
- And around the perimeter of the seat there were twenty-four small seats, and on those seats twenty-four elders sat, wearing white clothing and having golden crowns on their heads.
- (specifically) The heavenly throne of the Christian God.
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 4:5, page 118v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- ⁊ leıtıs ⁊ voıces ⁊ þundꝛıngıs camen out of þe troone. ⁊ ſeuene laumpıs bꝛennynge bıfoꝛe þe troone.· whıche ben þe ſeuene ſpırıtıs of god
- And lightning, sounds, and thunder came out of the throne, and seven lamps were burning in front of the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.
- (figuratively) Royal, ecclesiastical, or divine power.
- (ethics) The divinely assigned position of a virtue.
- (theology) A throne (rank of angel).
- (rare) The resting place of an idol.
Related terms
References
- “trōne, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.
Etymology 2
From Anglo-Norman trone, tron, from Late Latin trona, from Latin trutina (“balance”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtrɔn(ə)/, /ˈtrɔːn(ə)/
Noun
trone (plural tronys) (rare)
- A set of scales or balance; a machine used to weigh.
- The location of weighing equipment used as a place to humiliate criminals.
- One of the planks used to make the Holy Cross.
References
- “trō̆n(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “chair”, “throne”).
Noun
trone f or m (definite singular trona or tronen, indefinite plural troner, definite plural tronene)
Derived terms
Verb
trone (imperative tron, present tense troner, simple past and past participle trona or tronet)
- To sit in a manner which commands obedience; to sit in a dominating way (as if on a throne).
Synonyms
References
- “trone” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “chair, throne”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²truːnə/
Derived terms
References
- “trone” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “chair; throne”).
Noun
trone oblique singular, m (oblique plural trones, nominative singular trones, nominative plural trone)
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (trone, supplement)