trona

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See also: Trona, troná, tronà, and trôna

English

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Trona

Etymology

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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:

R9

. Doublet of natron and niter.

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Noun

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trona (uncountable)

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

Further reading

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  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Trona”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • trona”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin tribuna. Doublet of tribuna.

Noun

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trona f (plural trones)

  1. pulpit
    Synonym: púlpit
  2. highchair
  3. (colloquial, figurative) top hat

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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trona f (plural trones)

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

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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trona

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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trona m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of trone

Verb

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trona

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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trona f

  1. definite singular of trone

Old Swedish

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Etymology

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

Verb

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trona

  1. to sit on a throne

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Swedish: trona

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French trôner.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to sit on a throne

Conjugation

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Slovak

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Trona

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. (mineralogy) trona

Declension

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References

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  • 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, 2003–2024

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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trona f (plural tronas)

  1. highchair

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Swedish

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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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

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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
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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trona c

  1. (mineralogy) trona
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