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Etymology
Old English dran|dr�n �male bee�, from Germanic *dran-. Cognate with dialectal German Dräne.

Pronunciation
IPA|/dr��n/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��n|-��n

Noun
en-noun

1. A male bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilise the queen.
2. An unmanned aircraft.
3. A low-pitched hum or buzz.

#* 1908: w:Kenneth Grahame|Kenneth Grahame, w:The Wind in the Willows|The Wind in the Willows
#*: He chanted as he flew and the car responded with sonorous drone.

1. One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.

Translations
trans-top|male bee
Bulgarian: ����ей m
Czech: trubec m
Dutch: dar m
Finnish: kuhnuri
Galician: abázcaro m
German: Drohn m, Drohne f
Hungarian: here
Interlingua: ape mascule
Italian: fuco m
Japanese: �� (���, obachi)
Kurdish: nêrehing m
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Lithuanian: tranas, trãnas m
ttbc|Persian : ��اپ��ا� بد�� سر�ش��
Polish: trute� m
Portuguese: zangão m
Romanian: trântor m
Russian: ����ен� (trút'en') m
Slovene: trot m
Spanish: zángano m
Swedish: drönare
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trans-top|unmanned aircraft
Dutch: drone
German: Drone f
Japanese: �人��� (�������, mujinhikouki)
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Polish: samolot bezza�ogowy m
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trans-top|hum or buzz
Bulgarian: б��м�ене n
Dutch: gebrom n
Finnish: humina, surina
German: Dröhnen n
Japanese: ���� (bunbun)
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Interlingua: susurro
Polish: brz�czenie n
Portuguese: zumbido m
Spanish: zumbido m
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trans-top|pipe
Dutch: bourdon m
German: Basspfeife f
Japanese: ����� (bagupaipu)
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Verb
en-verb|dron|ing

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

Translations
trans-top|produce a low-pitched hum or buzz
Bulgarian: б��м�а
Dutch: brommen, dreunen
Finnish: (to produce hum) humista, (~ buzz) surista, hurista
German: dröhnen
Japanese: �調������ (�������������, tanchouna teionwo dasu)
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Interlingua: susurrar
Polish: brz�cze�
Portuguese: zumbir
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trans-top|speak in a monotone way
Dutch: brommen, eentonig spreken
German: eintönig sprechen
Japanese �調�|�調�話� (tanchouna|tanchouni hanasu)
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Interlingua: parlar monotonemente
Polish: mówi� monotonnie
Portuguese: falar monótono|monotonamente
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