tronie

Borrowed from Dutch tronie.

tronie (plural tronies)

1. (art) A kind of painting that depicts an exaggerated or characteristic facial expression.

From Middle Dutch troenie, from Middle French trogne, possibly ultimately from a Celtic language, for which a Gaulish *trugna has been proposed (compare Welsh trwyn).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtroː.ni/

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• Hyphenation: tro‧nie
• Rhymes: -oːni

tronie f (plural tronies, diminutive tronietje n)

1. (informal, Netherlands, slightly derogatory) A face, especially one with an unpleasant or unprepossessing look or expression.
   • 2003, Arthur Japin, Een schitterend gebrek, Antwerpen: De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam, page 226:

     Deze redding, dacht ik, heb ik dus aan die tronie van mij te danken.

     This salvation, I thought, is due to this mug of mine.

2. (art) A depiction of a person’s face with an expressive, often unflattering expression; a tronie.[1]

• (face): aangezicht, bakkes, gezicht, gelaat, test, facie

• boeventronie

• Afrikaans: tronie

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɔ.ɲɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɲɛ
• Syllabification: tro‧nie

tronie m

1. locative singular of tron
2. vocative singular of tron