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throne
- /θɹəʊ̯n/ UK
- /θɹoʊ̯n/ Canada, US
- [tɹoʊ̯n]
- /θɹəʉ̯n/ Australia
- /θɹɐʉ̯n/ New Zealand
- /θɹon/ Scotland
- /t̪ɾoːn/ India
Sounds like thrown · Rhymes with -əʊn
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English trone, from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “a seat, chair”). Superseded earlier seld (“seat, throne”).
noun thrones
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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.
Similar: chair of state
- Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch. Queen Victoria sat upon the throne of England for 63 years.
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The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.
Pope Joan, who once occupied the throne of the Vatican, was reputed to be the blackest sorcerer of them all.
Similar: cathedra
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A toilet.
"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.
Similar: can, chamber, chamber pot, chemical toilet, commode, Cousin John, crapper, gazunder, guzunder, honey bucket, honeypot, Jerry
- A kind of stool used by drummers.
- A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim. 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.
verb thrones · throning · throned
- To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
- To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt. True image of the Father, whether throned / In the bosom of bliss, and light of light.
- To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: enthrone, can, stool, toilet, commode, potty, crapper, pot, coronation, kingship, king, royalty, regency, queen, succession, seat
Translations
Every language
noun ornate seat
| Español | trono, solio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 왕좌 wangjwa, 옥좌 okjwa |
| 日本語 | 王座 ōza, 玉座 gyokuza |
| 中文 | 寶座 /宝座 bǎozuò, 王座 wángzuò, 御座 yùzuò, 王位 wángwèi, 皇位 huángwèi |
| हिन्दी | सिंहासन sĩhāsan, राजसिंहासन rājsĩhāsan, राजगद्दी rājgaddī, तख़्त taxt, तख्त takht, औरंग auraṅg |
| Kiswahili | kiti cha enzi |
| Português | trono, sólio |
| Français | trône |
| Deutsch | Thron |
| Italiano | trono |
| Ελληνικά | θρόνος thrónos |
| Română | scaun |
| Русский | трон tron, престо́л prestól, стол stol |
| Tiếng Việt | ngai, ngai vàng |
| العربية | عَرْش ʕarš, كُرْسِيّ kursiyy, تَخْت taḵt, سَرِير sarīr, وِثَاب wiṯāb |
| עברית | כֵּס kés, כִּיסֵּא מַלְכוּת kisé malkhút, כִּסֵּא הַכָּבוֹד kisé hakavód |
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title = {throne},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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