trona

English

Etymology

From Swedish trona or from Spanish trona, both derived from Arabic أَطْرُون (ʔaṭrūn), from نَطْرُون (naṭrūn), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron), ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj:

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trona

Wikipedia

Noun

trona (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, Na₃HCO₃CO₃·2H₂O.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Trona”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “trona”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Anagrams

• NOTAR, Raton, Taron, Tonra, natro-, orant, rat on, rotan, toran

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin tribuna. Doublet of tribuna.

Noun

trona f (plural trones)

1. pulpit

   Synonym: púlpit

2. highchair
3. (colloquial, figurative) top hat

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish trona, ultimately from Egyptian by way of Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron); see English trona for more.

Noun

trona f (plural trones)

1. (chemistry) trona (dihydrate mineral form of sodium sesquicarbonate, formula Na₃H(CO₃)₂ · 2H₂O)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

trona

1. inflection of tronar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “trona” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (of noun) tronen
• (of verb) tronet

Noun

trona m or f

1. definite feminine singular of trone

Verb

trona

1. inflection of trone:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

trona f

1. definite singular of trone

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

trona

1. to sit on a throne

Conjugation

Descendants

• Swedish: trona

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French trôner.

Verb

a trona (third-person singular present tronează, past participle tronat) 1st conj.

1. (intransitive) to sit on a throne

Conjugation

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Swedish trona, from Arabic اَطْرُون (aṭrūn), which derives from نَطْرُون (naṭrūn), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron), from Egyptian nṯrj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɔna/

Noun

trona f (genitive singular trony, declension pattern of žena)

1. (mineralogy) trona

Declension

References

• “trona”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾona/
• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: tro‧na

Noun

trona f (plural tronas)

1. highchair

Further reading

• “trona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trûːna/
• Hyphenation: tron‧a

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish trona, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “chair, throne”). By surface analysis, tron (“throne”) +‎ -a (used to form verbs).

Verb

trona (present tronar, preterite tronade, supine tronat, imperative trona)

1. to occupy an elevated or prominent position (literally or figuratively), such as on a throne

   Du tronar på minnen från fornstora dar

   You "throne" upon memories from great days of yore (part of the (de facto) Swedish national anthem)

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Arabic أَطْرُون (ʔaṭrūn), from نَطْرُون (naṭrūn), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron), from Egyptian nṯrj.

Noun

trona c

1. (mineralogy) trona

Descendants

• English: trona

References

• trona in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• trona in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• trona in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• arton, notar, tonar