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Etymology

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#THRONE Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰer-#THRONE

From Middle English Category:English terms inherited from Middle English#THRONE Category:English terms derived from Middle English#THRONE trone, from Old French Category:English terms derived from Old French#THRONE trone, from Latin Category:English terms derived from Latin#THRONE thronus, from Ancient Greek Category:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#THRONE θρόνος (thrónos, “chair, throne”). Superseded earlier seld (“seat, throne”).

Pronunciation

Noun

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An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
He approached the throne reverently.
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- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 7:9–12:
  9 After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could nūber, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, & tongues, stood before the throne, & before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palmes in their hands:
  10 And cryed with a loude voice, saying, Saluation to our God, which sitteth vpon the Throne, and vnto the Lambe.
  11 And all the Angels stood round about the Throne, and about the Elders, and the foure beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
  12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glorie, and wisedome, and thankesgiuing, and honour, & power, and might be vnto our God for euer & euer, Amen.
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- 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 41:
  Before daylight, when the dragon flew home to sleep, he had burned up the hall and even the throne of the Geatish king.
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(figuratively) Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.
Queen Victoria sat upon the throne of England for 63 years.Category:English terms with usage examples#THRONE

The prince's newborn baby is fifth in line to the throne.Category:English terms with usage examples#THRONE
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Genesis, 41:40:
  Thou shalt be ouer my house, and according vnto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater then thou.
- 2023 December 27, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: the way to Weymouth”, in RAIL, number 999, page 52:
  Stephen reigned from 1135-1154, that nasty period of our history dubbed 'The Anarchy', when forces loyal to Stephen contested the throne with those of Henry I's daughter Matilda, who by rights should have been queen. Stephen, her cousin, plonked his own posterior on the throne.
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The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.
Synonym: cathedra
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 105:
  Pope Joan, who once occupied the throne of the Vatican, was reputed to be the blackest sorcerer of them all.
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(euphemistic Category:English euphemisms#THRONE) A toilet.
- 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:
  "If she has intestinal flu, you probably called while she was on the throne and she didn't want to admit it," Alan said dryly.
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(music Category:en:Music#THRONE) A kind of stool used by drummers.
(Christianity Category:en:Christianity#THRONE) A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Epistle of Paul to the Colossians, 1:16:
  For by him were all things created that are in heauen, and that are in earth, visible and inuisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.

Synonyms

(seat used for urination and defecation): See Thesaurus:chamber pot, Thesaurus:toilet, and Thesaurus:bathroom

Hypernyms

(furniture): seat
(order of angels): angel

Derived terms

Translations

ornate seat

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Albanian: fron (sq) mCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#THRONE
Altai:
Southern Altai: ширее (širee)Category:Terms with Southern Altai translations#THRONE
Arabic: عَرْش m (ʕarš)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#THRONE, كُرْسِيّ (ar) m (kursiyy)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#THRONE, تَخْت (ar) m (taḵt)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#THRONE, سَرِير (ar) m (sarīr)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#THRONE (dated), وِثَاب m (wiṯāb)Category:Arabic terms with redundant transliterations#THRONE Category:Terms with Arabic translations#THRONE
Aramaic:
Biblical Aramaic: כׇּרְסְיָא m (korsəyâ)Category:Terms with Biblical Aramaic translations#THRONE Category:Terms with Aramaic translations#THRONE

Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܟܘܪܣܝܐ mCategory:Terms with Christian Palestinian Aramaic translations#THRONE Category:Terms with Aramaic translations#THRONE, ܡܝܬܘܒܐ mCategory:Terms with Christian Palestinian Aramaic translations#THRONE Category:Terms with Aramaic translations#THRONE, ܡܝܬܘܒܝܬܐ fCategory:Terms with Christian Palestinian Aramaic translations#THRONE Category:Terms with Aramaic translations#THRONE

Classical Syriac: ܒܹܝܡܵܐ m (bēmāʾ)Category:Terms with Classical Syriac translations#THRONE, ܟܘܼܪܣܝܵܐ m (kursəyāʾ)Category:Terms with Classical Syriac translations#THRONE, ܬܪܘܿܢܘܿܣ m (trōnōs)Category:Terms with Classical Syriac translations#THRONE

Palmyrene Aramaic: 𐡬𐡩𐡶𐡡 m (mytb)Category:Terms with Palmyrene Aramaic translations#THRONE Category:Terms with Aramaic translations#THRONE
Armenian: գահ (hy) (gah)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#THRONE
Asturian: tronu (ast) mCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#THRONE
Azerbaijani: tronCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#THRONE, taxtCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#THRONE, övrəngCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#THRONE
Bashkir: тәхет (təxet)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#THRONE
Basque: tronuCategory:Terms with Basque translations#THRONE
Belarusian: трон m (tron)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#THRONE, прасто́л m (prastól)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#THRONE, паса́д m (pasád)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#THRONE
Bengali: সিংহাসন (bn) (śiṅhaśon)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#THRONE
Bulgarian: престо́л (bg) m (prestól)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#THRONE, трон (bg) m (tron)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#THRONE
Burmese: ပလ္လင် (my) (pallang)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#THRONE
Catalan: tron (ca) mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#THRONE
Chinese:
Mandarin: 寶座 / 宝座 (zh) (bǎozuò)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#THRONE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#THRONE, 王座 (zh) (wángzuò)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#THRONE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#THRONE, 御座 (zh) (yùzuò)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#THRONE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#THRONE, 王位 (zh) (wángwèi)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#THRONE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#THRONE, 皇位 (zh) (huángwèi)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#THRONE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#THRONE
Corsican: tronu mCategory:Terms with Corsican translations#THRONE
Czech: trůn (cs) mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#THRONE
Danish: trone (da) cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#THRONE
Dutch: troon (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#THRONE
Egyptian:

(st f)Category:Terms with Egyptian translations,

(nst f)Category:Terms with Egyptian translations
Erzya: инезем (ińeźem)Category:Terms with Erzya translations#THRONE
Esperanto: trono (eo)Category:Terms with Esperanto translations#THRONE
Estonian: troon (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#THRONE
Faroese: tróna fCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#THRONE
Finnish: valtaistuin (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#THRONE
French: trône (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#THRONE
Galician: trono (gl) mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#THRONE
Georgian: ტახტი (ka) (ṭaxṭi)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#THRONE
German: Thron (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#THRONE
Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌻𐍃 m (stōls)Category:Terms with Gothic translations#THRONE
Greek: θρόνος (el) m (thrónos)Category:Terms with Greek translations#THRONE
Ancient Greek: θρόνος m (thrónos)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#THRONE
Gujarati: સિંહાસન (sĩhāsan)Category:Terms with Gujarati translations#THRONE
Hebrew: כֵּס (he) m (kés)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#THRONE, כִּיסֵּא מַלְכוּת m (kisé malkhút)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#THRONE, כִּסֵּא הַכָּבוֹד m (kisé hakavód)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#THRONE
Hindi: सिंहासन (hi) m (sĩhāsan)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#THRONE, राजसिंहासन (hi) m (rājsĩhāsan)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#THRONE, राजगद्दी (hi) f (rājgaddī)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#THRONE, तख़्त m (taxt)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#THRONE, तख्त (hi) (takht)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#THRONE, औरंग (hi) m (auraṅg)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#THRONE
Hungarian: trón (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#THRONE, trónus (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#THRONE, trónszék (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#THRONE
Icelandic: hásæti (is) nCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#THRONE
Ido: trono (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#THRONE
Indonesian: singgasana (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#THRONE, takhta (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#THRONE
Interlingua: thronoCategory:Terms with Interlingua translations#THRONE
Irish: ríchathaoir fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#THRONE, cathaoir ríoga fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#THRONE
Italian: trono (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#THRONE
Japanese: 王座 (ja) (おうざ, ōza)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#THRONE, 玉座 (ja) (ぎょくざ, gyokuza)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#THRONE
Kalmyk: ширә (şirä)Category:Terms with Kalmyk translations#THRONE
Kazakh: тақ (taq)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#THRONE
Khmer: បល្លង្ក (km) (pallang)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#THRONE
Korean: 왕좌(王座) (wangjwa)Category:Terms with Korean translations#THRONE, 옥좌(玉座) (okjwa)Category:Terms with Korean translations#THRONE
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: text (ku) mCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#THRONE
Kyrgyz: так (ky) (tak)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#THRONE
Lao: ບັນລັງ (ban lang)Category:Terms with Lao translations#THRONE
Latin: thronus mCategory:Terms with Latin translations#THRONE, solium nCategory:Terms with Latin translations#THRONE
Latvian: tronis mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#THRONE
Lithuanian: sostas mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#THRONE
Lutuv: byithudeCategory:Terms with Lutuv translations#THRONE
Luxembourgish: Troun mCategory:Terms with Luxembourgish translations#THRONE
Macedonian: престол m (prestol)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#THRONE, трон m (tron)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#THRONE
Malay: singgahsanaCategory:Terms with Malay translations#THRONE, takhtaCategory:Terms with Malay translations#THRONE
Māori: ahurewaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#THRONE, torōnaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#THRONE
Middle English: troneCategory:Terms with Middle English translations#THRONE
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: ширээ (mn) (širee)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#THRONE, хаан ширээ (xaan širee)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#THRONE
Nepali: गडी (ne) (gaḍī)Category:Terms with Nepali translations#THRONE
Norwegian:
Bokmål: trone m or fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#THRONE, tronstol (no) mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#THRONE
Occitan: tron (oc) mCategory:Terms with Occitan translations#THRONE
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: прѣстолъ m (prěstolŭ)Category:Terms with Old Church Slavonic translations#THRONE
Old English: cynesetl nCategory:Terms with Old English translations#THRONE
Old Galician-Portuguese: trõoCategory:Terms with Old Galician-Portuguese translations#THRONE
Old Turkic: 𐰈𐰼𐰏𐰃𐰤 (örgin)Category:Old Turkic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#THRONE Category:Terms with Old Turkic translations#THRONE, 𐰋𐰇𐰓 (böd)Category:Old Turkic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#THRONE Category:Terms with Old Turkic translations#THRONE
Pali: pallaṅka mCategory:Terms with Pali translations#THRONE
Pashto: پلاز (ps) m (plâz)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#THRONE, تخت (ps) m (taxt)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#THRONE
Persian:
Iranian Persian: تَخْت (taxt)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#THRONE Category:Terms with Persian translations#THRONE, اَریکِه (arike)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#THRONE Category:Terms with Persian translations#THRONE, سَریر (sarir)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#THRONE Category:Terms with Persian translations#THRONE, اَفْرَنْگ (afrang)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#THRONE Category:Terms with Persian translations#THRONE, اُوْرَنْگ (owrang)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#THRONE Category:Terms with Persian translations#THRONE
Phoenician: 𐤊𐤎𐤀 m (ksʾ)Category:Terms with Phoenician translations#THRONE
Plautdietsch: Troon mCategory:Terms with Plautdietsch translations#THRONE
Polish: tron (pl) m inanCategory:Terms with Polish translations#THRONE, stolec (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#THRONE
Portuguese: trono (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#THRONE, sólio (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#THRONE
Punic: 𐤊𐤎𐤀 m (ksʾ)Category:Terms with Punic translations#THRONE
Romagnol: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Romagnol#THRONE
Romanian: tron (ro) nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#THRONE, scaun (ro) nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#THRONE
Russian: трон (ru) m (tron)Category:Terms with Russian translations#THRONE, престо́л (ru) m (prestól)Category:Terms with Russian translations#THRONE, стол (ru) m (stol)Category:Terms with Russian translations#THRONE
Sanskrit: सिंहासन (sa) n (siṃhāsana)Category:Terms with Sanskrit translations#THRONE
Scottish Gaelic: rìgh-chathair mCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#THRONE
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пре́сто̄ље mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#THRONE, прије́сто̄ље mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#THRONE, тро̑н mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#THRONE

Latin: préstōlje mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#THRONE, prijéstōlje (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#THRONE, trȏn (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#THRONE
Slovak: trón mCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#THRONE
Slovene: prestol (sl) mCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#THRONE
Spanish: trono (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#THRONE, solio (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#THRONE
Sranan Tongo: kownusturuCategory:Terms with Sranan Tongo translations#THRONE
Swahili: kiti cha enzi class 7/8Category:Terms with Swahili translations#THRONE
Swedish: tron (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#THRONE
Tajik: тахт (taxt)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#THRONE, авранг (avrang)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#THRONE
Tatar: тәхет (tt) (täxet)Category:Terms with Tatar translations#THRONE
Thai: บัลลังก์ (th) (ban-lang)Category:Terms with Thai translations#THRONE
Turkish: taht (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#THRONE
Ottoman Turkish: تخت (taht)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#THRONE, كرسی (kürsi)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#THRONE
Turkmen: tagtCategory:Terms with Turkmen translations#THRONE
Ukrainian: трон m (tron)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#THRONE, престо́л (uk) m (prestól)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#THRONE
Urdu: تَخْت m (taxt)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#THRONE, اَورَن٘گ m (auraṅg)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#THRONE
Uyghur: تەخت (text)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#THRONE
Uzbek: taxt (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#THRONE, podsholik (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#THRONE
Vietnamese: ngai (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#THRONE, ngai vàng (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#THRONE
Volapük: tron (vo)Category:Terms with Volapük translations#THRONE
Welsh: teyrngadair fCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#THRONE, gorsedd fCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#THRONE, teyrngadeiriau f plCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#THRONE
Yiddish: טראָן m (tron)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#THRONE

position

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Asturian: tronu (ast) mCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#THRONE
Azerbaijani: taxt-tacCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#THRONE, tac-taxtCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#THRONE
Bashkir: тәхет (təxet)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#THRONE
Bulgarian: трон (bg) f (tron)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#THRONE
Catalan: tron (ca) mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#THRONE
Finnish: valtaistuin (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#THRONE, asema (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#THRONE
Galician: trono (gl) mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#THRONE
Japanese: 王位 (ja) (おうい, ōi)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#THRONE
Korean: 왕위(王位) (wang'wi)Category:Terms with Korean translations#THRONE
Latin: solium nCategory:Terms with Latin translations#THRONE
Luxembourgish: Troun mCategory:Terms with Luxembourgish translations#THRONE
Manchu: ᠪᡳᡳ (bii)Category:Terms with Manchu translations#THRONE
Portuguese: trono (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#THRONE
Russian: трон (ru) m (tron)Category:Terms with Russian translations#THRONE, престо́л (ru) m (prestól)Category:Terms with Russian translations#THRONE
Scottish Gaelic: rìgh-chathair mCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#THRONE
Spanish: trono (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#THRONE
Swedish: tronen (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#THRONE
Turkish: taht (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#THRONE

pontifical chair

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Latin: cathedra fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#THRONE

lavatory or toilet

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Dutch: gemak (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#THRONE
Finnish: valtaistuin (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#THRONE
French: trône (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#THRONE
Hebrew: כֵּס (he) m (kés)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#THRONE, כִּסֵּא הַכָּבוֹד m (kisé hakavód)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#THRONE
Italian: trono (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#THRONE
Japanese: 便器 (ja) (べんき, benki)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#THRONE, 便座 (ja) (べんざ, benza)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#THRONE, トイレ (ja) (toire)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#THRONE
Polish: tron (pl) m inanCategory:Terms with Polish translations#THRONE, sedes (pl) m inanCategory:Terms with Polish translations#THRONE
Portuguese: trono (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#THRONE
Romanian: scaun (ro) nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#THRONE, tron (ro) nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#THRONE
Russian: трон (ru) m (tron)Category:Terms with Russian translations#THRONE

third highest order of angel

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Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܡܲܘܬ݁ܒ݂ܵܐ m (mawtəḇā)Category:Terms with Classical Syriac translations#THRONE
Catalan: tron (ca) mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#THRONE
Dutch: troon (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#THRONE
Finnish: valtaistuin (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#THRONE
French: trône (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#THRONE
Italian: trono (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#THRONE
Japanese: 座天使 (ja) (ざてんし, zatenshi)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#THRONE
Latin: thronus mCategory:Terms with Latin translations#THRONE
Norwegian: trone cCategory:Terms with Norwegian translations#THRONE
Polish: tron (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#THRONE
Portuguese: trono (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#THRONE
Russian: престо́л (ru) m (prestól)Category:Terms with Russian translations#THRONE
Spanish: trono (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#THRONE
Swedish: tron (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#THRONE

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