trona

See also: Trona, troná, tronà, and trôna

English

Trona

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:

. Doublet of natron and niter.

Noun

trona (uncountable)

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

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

• tronen (of noun)
• tronet (of verb)

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

Conjugation of trona (weak)

	present			past
infinitive	trona			—
participle	tronandi, -e			tronaþer
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	tronar	troni, -e	—	tronaþi, -e	tronaþi, -e
þū	tronar	troni, -e	trona	tronaþi, -e	tronaþi, -e
han	tronar	troni, -e	—	tronaþi, -e	tronaþi, -e
vīr	tronum, -om	tronum, -om	tronum, -om	tronaþum, -om	tronaþum, -om
īr	tronin	tronin	tronin	tronaþin	tronaþin
þēr	trona	tronin	—	tronaþu, -o	tronaþin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	tronas	tronis, -es	—	tronaþis, -es	tronaþis, -es
þū	tronas	tronis, -es	—	tronaþis, -es	tronaþis, -es
han	tronas	tronis, -es	—	tronaþis, -es	tronaþis, -es
vīr	tronums, -oms	tronums, -oms	—	tronaþums, -oms	tronaþums, -oms
īr	tronins	tronins	—	tronaþins	tronaþins
þēr	tronas	tronins	—	tronaþus, -os	tronaþins

Descendants

• Swedish: trona

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French trôner.

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) to sit on a throne

Conjugation

    conjugation of trona (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a trona
gerund			tronând
past participle			tronat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	tronez	tronezi	tronează	tronăm	tronați	tronează
	imperfect	tronam	tronai	trona	tronam	tronați	tronau
	simple perfect	tronai	tronași	tronă	tronarăm	tronarăți	tronară
	pluperfect	tronasem	tronaseși	tronase	tronaserăm	tronaserăți	tronaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să tronez	să tronezi	să troneze	să tronăm	să tronați	să troneze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		tronează			tronați
	negative		nu trona			nu tronați

Slovak

Trona

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

Declension of trona

	singulare tantum
nominative	trona
genitive	trony
dative	trone
accusative	tronu
locative	trone
instrumental	tronou

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, 2003–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

trona f (plural tronas)

1. highchair

Further reading

• “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], 2024 December 10

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

Conjugation of trona (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	trona		tronas
supine	tronat		tronats
imperative	trona		—
imper. plural1	tronen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	tronar	tronade	tronas	tronades
ind. plural1	trona	tronade	tronas	tronades
subjunctive2	trone	tronade	trones	tronades
present participle		tronande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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