trona

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:

. Doublet of natron and niter.

trona (uncountable)

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

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025), “Trona”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “trona”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɾɔ.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɾɔ.na]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Inherited from Latin tribuna. Doublet of tribuna.

trona f (plural trones)

1. pulpit

   Synonym: púlpit

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

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

trona f (plural trones)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

trona

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

• “trona”, 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

• tronen (of noun)
• tronet (of verb)

trona m or f

1. definite feminine singular of trone

trona

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

trona f

1. definite singular of trone

Borrowed from Middle High German truhe with an epenthetic -n- possibly due to phonotactics and by analogy to struna. First attested in 1495.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /trɔ(ː)na/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /trɔna/, /trona/

trona f (diminutive tronka)

1. (attested in Lesser Poland) chest (type of box or container)

   Synonyms: archa, skrzynia, srena

   • 1898-2024 [1495], Rocznik Krakowski‎^[2], volume XVI, Krakow, page 62:

     Trona vacua parua

     [Trona vacua parua]

   • 1898-2024 [1495], Rocznik Krakowski‎^[3], volume XVI, Krakow, page 62:

     Trona parua, in qua sunt blachy al. lamine ferree in numero 148

     [Trona parua, in qua sunt blachy al. lamine ferree in numero 148]

   • 1898-2024 [1495], Rocznik Krakowski‎^[4], volume XVI, Krakow, page 62:

     Pallium nigrum […] , IIII-or linteamina et czyschka […] , callige parue pueriles et hec omnia continentur in predicta trona

     [Pallium nigrum […] , IIII-or linteamina et cyszka […] , callige parue pueriles et hec omnia continentur in predicta trona]

   • 1898-2024 [1499], Rocznik Krakowski‎^[5], volume XVI, Krakow, page 67:

     Item alie 2 ciste vacue et sedilc al. trona

     [Item alie 2 ciste vacue et sedilc al. trona]

• Polish: trumna (“coffin”)
• Silesian: truła (“coffin”)

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “trumna”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• Mańczak, Witold (2017), “trumna”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
• Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “truhła”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
• S. Urbańczyk, editor (1984), “trona”, in Słownik staropolski (in Polish), volume 9, Wrocław, Warsaw, Kraków, Gdańsk, Łódź: Polish Academy of Sciences, page 188
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “trona”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

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

trona

1. to sit on a throne

• Swedish: trona

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Northern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈtrɔ.na/
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈtrɔ.na/
• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈtrɔ.na/

trona f

1. (Northern Greater Poland, Golańcz, Czeszewo, Central Greater Poland, Kalisz Governorate, Far Masovian, Ciechanów) alternative form of trumna

• Jan Karłowicz (1907), “trumna”, in Jan Łoś, editors, Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 5: R S Ś T, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 425

Borrowed from French trôner.

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

1. (intransitive) to sit on a throne

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɔna/

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

1. (mineralogy) trona

• “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, 2003–2025

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

trona f (plural tronas)

1. highchair

• “trona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

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

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

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)

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

trona c

1. (mineralogy) trona

• English: trona

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

• arton, notar, tonar