See -tron in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":bor",
"3": "grc:-τρον",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *-tḗr\nProto-Indo-European *-trom\nProto-Hellenic *-tron\nAncient Greek -τρον (-tron)bor.\nEnglish -tron\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"instrument\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"tool noun\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"agent noun\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-tḗr\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-trom\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Hellenic\", \"term\" : \"*-tron\", \"lang\" : \"grk-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"-τρον\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-tron\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"-tron\">",
"name": "etymon"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "-τρον"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ἄροτρον",
"3": "",
"4": "plow"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek ἄροτρον (árotron, “plow”)",
"name": "m+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *-tḗr\nProto-Indo-European *-trom\nProto-Hellenic *-tron\nAncient Greek -τρον (-tron)bor.\nEnglish -tron\nBorrowed from Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron), a suffix denoting an instrument, as in Ancient Greek ἄροτρον (árotron, “plow”). The word cyclotron in particular has served as a motivation for use in high-technology terms. Compare also electron (and electronic), which is unrelated to the -τρον suffix.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-trons",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "s"
},
"expansion": "-tron (noun-forming suffix, plural -trons)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "16 35 34 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 35 35 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 37 36 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "21 30 30 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using catfix",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "21 30 30 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 36 36 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 32 32 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 27 27 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 27 27 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to name various electronic and neutronic devices."
],
"id": "en--tron-en-suffix-jicOLTpE",
"links": [
[
"electronic",
"electronic#English"
],
[
"neutronic",
"neutronic#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "16 35 34 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 35 35 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 37 36 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "21 30 30 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using catfix",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "21 30 30 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 36 36 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 32 32 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 27 27 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 27 27 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to name a number of subatomic particles."
],
"id": "en--tron-en-suffix-L9puIam8",
"links": [
[
"subatomic particle",
"subatomic particle#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "16 35 34 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 35 35 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 37 36 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "21 30 30 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using catfix",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "21 30 30 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 36 36 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 32 32 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 27 27 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 27 27 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to name a number of particle accelerators."
],
"id": "en--tron-en-suffix-S3rs3Vhb",
"links": [
[
"particle accelerator",
"particle accelerator#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "16 35 34 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 35 35 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 37 36 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "21 30 30 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using catfix",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "21 30 30 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 36 36 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 32 32 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 27 27 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 27 27 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to name a number of machine learning algorithms."
],
"id": "en--tron-en-suffix-Gci3J6OG",
"links": [
[
"machine learning",
"machine learning#English"
],
[
"algorithm",
"algorithm#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-tron"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with etymology trees",
"English entries with etymon",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English noun-forming suffixes",
"English suffixes",
"English terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
"English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"English terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Pages using catfix",
"Pages using etymon with no ID",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymology trees",
"Pages with etymon"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":bor",
"3": "grc:-τρον",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *-tḗr\nProto-Indo-European *-trom\nProto-Hellenic *-tron\nAncient Greek -τρον (-tron)bor.\nEnglish -tron\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"instrument\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"tool noun\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"agent noun\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-tḗr\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-trom\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Hellenic\", \"term\" : \"*-tron\", \"lang\" : \"grk-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"-τρον\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-tron\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"-tron\">",
"name": "etymon"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "-τρον"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ἄροτρον",
"3": "",
"4": "plow"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek ἄροτρον (árotron, “plow”)",
"name": "m+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *-tḗr\nProto-Indo-European *-trom\nProto-Hellenic *-tron\nAncient Greek -τρον (-tron)bor.\nEnglish -tron\nBorrowed from Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron), a suffix denoting an instrument, as in Ancient Greek ἄροτρον (árotron, “plow”). The word cyclotron in particular has served as a motivation for use in high-technology terms. Compare also electron (and electronic), which is unrelated to the -τρον suffix.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-trons",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "s"
},
"expansion": "-tron (noun-forming suffix, plural -trons)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Used to name various electronic and neutronic devices."
],
"links": [
[
"electronic",
"electronic#English"
],
[
"neutronic",
"neutronic#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Used to name a number of subatomic particles."
],
"links": [
[
"subatomic particle",
"subatomic particle#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Used to name a number of particle accelerators."
],
"links": [
[
"particle accelerator",
"particle accelerator#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Used to name a number of machine learning algorithms."
],
"links": [
[
"machine learning",
"machine learning#English"
],
[
"algorithm",
"algorithm#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-tron"
}
Download raw JSONL data for -tron meaning in English (3.5kB)
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: noun-forming suffix",
"path": [
"-tron"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "suffix",
"title": "-tron",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.