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tronie

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch tronie.

Noun

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tronie (plural tronies)

  1. (art) A kind of painting that depicts an exaggerated or characteristic facial expression.

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Een tronie. — A mug.
Een tronie. — A tronie (sense 2).

Etymology

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From Middle Dutch troenie, from Middle French trogne, possibly ultimately from a Celtic language, for which a Gaulish *trugna has been proposed (compare Welsh trwyn).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtroː.ni/
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  • Hyphenation: tro‧nie
  • Rhymes: -oːni

Noun

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tronie f (plural tronies, diminutive tronietje n)

  1. (informal, Netherlands, slightly derogatory) a face, especially one with an unpleasant or unprepossessing look or expression
    • 2003, Arthur Japin, Een schitterend gebrek, Antwerpen: De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam, page 226:
      Deze redding, dacht ik, heb ik dus aan die tronie van mij te danken.
      This salvation, I thought, is due to this mug of mine.
  2. (art) a depiction of a person’s face with an expressive, often unflattering expression; a tronie.[1]

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: tronie

References

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  1. ^ Jan Muylle, Tronies toegeschreven aan Pieter Bruegel, in: De zeventiende eeuw. Jaargang 17. Uitgeverij Verloren, Hilversum 2001, p. 174-203

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtrɔ.ɲɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɲɛ
  • Syllabification: tro‧nie

Noun

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tronie m

  1. locative singular of tron
  2. vocative singular of tron