troon

== English == === Etymology === Blend of transgender +‎ goon (“member of Something Awful”). Coined on the comedy website and internet forum Something Awful; first known use is in 2010. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɹuːn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɹun/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈtɹʉːn/ Rhymes: -uːn === Noun === troon (plural troons) (anti-LGBTQ slur, Internet slang, derogatory, offensive) A transgender person; most commonly, a trans woman. Coordinate term: pooner For more quotations using this term, see Citations:troon. ==== Usage notes ==== Despite the term's offensive connotations, it has seen some usage by transgender people, particularly on sites like 4chan's /lgbt/ board. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === troon (third-person singular simple present troons, present participle trooning, simple past and past participle trooned) (intransitive, Internet slang, chiefly derogatory, offensive) To undergo gender transition. Synonym: troon out (transitive, Internet slang, derogatory, offensive) To make someone undergo gender transition. === See also === troons (“trousers”) === References === “Online Anti-LGBTQ Hate Terms Defined: “Troon””, in GLAAD, launched 2022 “Troon”, in Hatepedia, Online Hate Research and Education Project, launched 2022 Gemma Stone (10 August 2020), “A Glossary Of Transphobia”, in Medium “Troon (Slang)”, in Know Your Meme, website launched 2007 == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /troːn/ Rhymes: -oːn === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch trone, from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “seat, throne”). ==== Noun ==== troon m (plural tronen, diminutive troontje n) throne (ornamental seat) (Christianity, angelology) throne (angel of an order between cherubim and dominions) Synonyms: cherub, macht, seraf, serafijn ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: troon Negerhollands: troon === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== troon inflection of tronen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === References === “troon” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language] === Anagrams === toorn == Estonian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Thron, borrowed from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, borrowed from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos). === Noun === troon (genitive trooni, partitive trooni) throne (ornamental seat) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “troon”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 troon in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) == French == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English troon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʁun/ === Noun === troon m or f by sense (plural troons) (anti-LGBTQ slur, Internet slang, derogatory, offensive) troon (transgender person) Coordinate term: pooner