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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:

. 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]

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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• 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

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

trona

1. to sit on a throne

• Swedish: trona

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], 2024 December 10

• 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