Feminine
Drohne
Meaning
- (feminine) drone (male bee)
- (dated, feminine) sponger, parasite
- (feminine) drone (unmanned aircraft)
Concepts
Synonyms
Translations
zángano
zangão
faux bourdon
fuco
dar
κηφήνας
nêrehing
ذكور النحلFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdʁoːnə/
Etymology
In summary
Ca. 1600, from Middle Low German drōne (variant of commoner drāne), from Old Saxon drāna, from Proto-West Germanic *drānu, from Proto-Germanic *drēnuz. The Low German form replaced older Tren(e), Trän(e), from Middle High German tren(e), from Old High German treno, from the Germanic ablaut variant *drenô. This may have been reinforced by the desire to avoid homonymy with Träne (“tear”). The word was originally a masculine but became feminine in Early Modern German, probably under the influence of Biene (“bee”). Drones were at that time distinguished only by function; the fact that they were males was generally unknown. The aircraft sense is a semantic loan from cognate English drone.
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