Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trone

/tɹəʊn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: trone
IPA: /tɹəʊn/

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of steelyard (weighing machine) for heavy wares, such as wool, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar.

British usage; Obsolete

name

Etymology

From Middle English trone (“a wooden beam or post used in public weighing, scale, balance”), from Anglo-Norman trone, tron (whence also Anglo-Latin trona), from Old Norse trönur (“a frame or framework on which trunks of trees are laid to be cut by the saw”), plural of trana, trani (“trunk, snout, name of a ship or sword”, literally “crane”). Cognate with Danish trane (“crane”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: trone, trönur

Usage

British usage
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

trones (plural) tron (alternative)

Derived Forms

tronage

Phrases

trone stone

Rhymes With

own known phone well-known alone shown stone zone loan grown unknown tone

Questions

How do you pronounce trone?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɹəʊn/.
What does trone mean?: A type of steelyard (weighing machine) for heavy wares, such as wool, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar.
Where does trone come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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