different between prone vs trone

English

Etymology

From Middle English prone, proone, proon, from Latin pr?nus (“turned forward, bent or inclined”), from pr? (“forward”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p?o?n/
• Rhymes: -??n

Adjective

prone (comparative proner or more prone, superlative pronest or most prone)

1. Lying face downward.

   Synonym: prostrate

   Antonym: supine
2. Having a downward inclination or slope.
3. (figuratively) Predisposed, liable, inclined.

Synonyms

• neveling
• nuel

Antonyms

• supine

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

prone (third-person singular simple present prones, present participle proning, simple past and past participle proned)

1. (medicine) To place in a prone position, to place face down.

Further reading

• prone position on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Peron, preon

Italian

Adjective

prone

1. feminine plural of prono

Anagrams

• perno

Latin

Adjective

pr?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of pr?nus

References

• prone in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• prone in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prone in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology 1

Compare French trogne (“a belly”).

Noun

trone (plural trones)

1. (Britain, dialect) A small drain.

Etymology 2

From Middle English trone (“balance”), from Anglo-Norman trone, tron, from Late Latin trona, from Latin trutina (“a balance”).

Noun

trone (plural trones)

1. (Britain, dialect) A steelyard.
2. (Britain, dialect, Scotland, obsolete) A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)

Anagrams

• Norte, Toner, noter, tenor, toner, torne

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (thrónos, “seat, throne”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tro?n?/, [?t???o?n?]

Noun

trone c (singular definite tronen, plural indefinite troner)

1. throne

Inflection

Verb

trone (imperative tron, infinitive at trone, present tense troner, past tense tronede, perfect tense har tronet)

1. to throne

Dutch

Verb

trone

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of tronen

Anagrams

• toren

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French trone, trosne, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (thrónos).

Alternative forms

• throne, troone, troun, throun, tron, tronne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tr??n(?)/, /?tro?n(?)/

Noun

trone (plural trones)

2. A throne; a royal or regal seat or chair:
   1. A throne which signifies the might and potency of a monarch.
   2. A throne which signifies the might and potency of a deity.
   3. (rare) A throne which signifies the authority of a cleric.
3. One's spot, stead or place in heaven.
4. One of several ranks of angels, being above "dominions" and below "cherubim".

Related terms

• tronen
• intronizen

Descendants

• English: throne
• Scots: throne

References

• “tr?ne, 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

• tronn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tr?n(?)/, /?tr??n(?)/

Noun

trone (plural tronys) (rare)

2. A set of scales or balance; a machine used to weigh.
3. The location of weighing equipment used as a place to humiliate criminals.
4. One of the planks used to make the Holy Cross.

Descendants

• English: tron, trone
• Scots: tron, trone

References

• “tr??n(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (thrónos, “chair”, “throne”).

Noun

trone f or m (definite singular trona or tronen, indefinite plural troner, definite plural tronene)

1. (monarchy) throne
2. (biblical) throne; the third highest order of angels

Derived terms

• tronarving
• tronfølge
• tronpretendent
• trontale

Verb

trone (imperative tron, present tense troner, simple past and past participle trona or tronet)

1. To sit in a manner which commands obedience; to sit in a dominating way (as if on a throne).

Synonyms

• ruve

References

• “trone” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (thrónos, “chair, throne”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²tru?n?/

Noun

trone f (definite singular trona, indefinite plural troner, definite plural tronene)

1. a throne

Derived terms

• tronfølge, tronfølgje, tronfylgje
• tronfylgjar, tronfølgjar, tronfølgjer

References

• “trone” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (thrónos, “chair”, “throne”).

Noun

trone m (oblique plural trones, nominative singular trones, nominative plural trone)

1. throne

Descendants

• ? Middle English: trone, throne, troone, troun, throun, tron, tronne
  • English: throne
  • Scots: throne
• Middle French: throne
  • French: trône

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (trone, supplement)