drone

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.
2. (archaic) One who does not work; a lazy person, an idler.
3. One who performs menial or tedious work.
4. A remotely operated vehicle.
5. A remotely operated vehicle.
6. (Uganda) A Toyota HiAce or a similar van, especially one used by Ugandan state agents to kidnap opposition members.
7. (derogatory, slang) One who lacks the ability to think critically and independently, especially one who follows a group blindly; a non-player character.
8. In dronification kink, one who is mindless and obedient to a dominant, characterized by a detached and robotic identity and an anonymous appearance, typically composed of a latex suit and gas mask.

Verb

To kill or destroy with a missile fired by unmanned aircraft.

Verb

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

Concepts

faux bourdon

drone

bourdonnement

faux-bourdon

bourdon

vrombissement

vrombir

ronronner

bourdonner

abeille

🐝

ronronnement

idiot utile

brouhaha

ton

avion

✈️

dupe

fainéante

abeille mâle

abeille à miel

mouche à miel

🐝

abeille domestique

engin sans pilote

avion radiocommandé

fainéant

Synonymes

hum

buzz

whirr

roar

purr

male bee

whir

murmur

rumble

make noise

hiss

sigh

radio-controlled aircraft

laggard

parasite

sponger

pilotless aircraft

drone pipe

whiz

boom

💥

bee

🐝

bourdon

bumblebee

clatter

dawdler

drone on

droning

honeybee

🐝

idler

loafer

monotone

mutter

nasalize

poke

rustle

sluggard

trailer

whizz

worker bee

lagger

laborer

kelp

drone aircraft

jingle

rattle

reverberate

ring

💍

idle

howl

churr

Traductions

Drohne

fuco

zangão

zángano

κηφήνας

dar

brommen

zumbido

nêrehing

dröhnen

💥

ronzio

zumbar

Drohn

drone

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɹəʊn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: drane

Hérité de ancien anglais: drān

Appartenant à néerlandais: dar

Appartenant à bas-allemand: drone

Appartenant à allemand: Drohne

Appartenant à allemand: Dräne

Appartenant à danois: drone

Appartenant à suédois: drönje

Hérité de moyen anglais: drounen

Appartenant à écossais: drune

Appartenant à néerlandais: dreunen

Appartenant à bas-allemand: drönen

Appartenant à allemand: dröhnen

Appartenant à danois: drøne

Appartenant à suédois: dröna

Appartenant à islandais: drynja

In summary

From Middle English drane, from Old English drān, from Proto-West Germanic *drānu, from Proto-Germanic *drēniz, *drēnuz, *drenô (“an insect, drone”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreh₁n- (“bee, drone, hornet”). Cognate with Danish drone (“drone”), Dutch dar (“male bee or wasp”), German Drohne, dialectal German Dräne, Trehne, Trene (“drone”), Low German drone (“drone”), Swedish drönje, drönare (“drone”).
The etymology of the sense of "remote-controlled aircraft" is disputed; theories include early military UAVs dumbly flying on preset paths.