# trona
## English
### 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)
* (mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, Na$_3$HCO$_3$CO$_3$·2H$_2$O.

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

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

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɾɔ.nə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈtɾɔ.na]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin tribuna. Doublet of tribuna.

#### Noun

trona f (plural trones)
* pulpit
    Synonym: púlpit
* highchair
* (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)
* (chemistry) trona (dihydrate mineral form of sodium sesquicarbonate, formula Na$_3$H(CO$_3$)$_2$ · 2H$_2$O)

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

trona
* inflection of tronar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** 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
* definite feminine singular of trone

### Verb

trona
* inflection of trone:
** simple past
** past participle

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

trona f
* definite singular of trone

## Old Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Verb

trona
* to sit on a throne

#### Descendants

* Swedish: trona

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French trôner.

### Verb

a trona (third-person singular present tronează, past participle tronat) 1st conjugation
* (intransitive) to sit on a throne

#### Conjugation
## Slovak
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtrɔna/

### Noun

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

#### Declension
### 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, 2003–2024

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɾona/ [ˈt̪ɾo.na]
* Rhymes: -ona
* Syllabification: tro‧na

### Noun

trona f (plural tronas)
* 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: /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)
* to occupy an elevated or prominent position (literally or figuratively), such as on a throne
    Du tronar på minnen från fornstora darYou "throne" upon memories from great days of yore (part of the (de facto) Swedish national anthem)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

trona c
* (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