drone

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English drān ‘male bee’, from Germanic *dran-. Cognate with dialectal German Dräne.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

Singular
drone

Plural
drones

drone (plural drones)

  1. A male bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilise the queen.
  2. A remotely controlled aircraft.
  3. A low-pitched hum or buzz.
  4. One who performs menial or tedious work; a drudge.
  5. One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.

[edit] Translations

male bee
unmanned aircraft
hum or buzz
drudge
pipe
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to drone

Third person singular
drones

Simple past
droned

Past participle
droned

Present participle
droning

to drone (third-person singular simple present drones, present participle droning, simple past and past participle droned)

  1. To produce a low-pitched hum or buzz.
  2. To speak in a monotone way.

[edit] Translations

produce a low-pitched hum or buzz
speak in a monotone way

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

drone m. inv.

  1. drone (unmanned aircraft)
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