drone

drone

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.

drone (plural drones)

1. A male bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilise the queen.
2. (now rare) Someone who doesnt work; a lazy person, an idler.
   • 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 117:

     he that gathereth not every day as much as I doe, the next day shall be set beyond the river, and be banished from the Fort as a drone, till he amend his conditions or starve.

3. A remotely controlled aircraft.
4. A low-pitched hum or buzz.
   • 1908: Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

     He chanted as he flew and the car responded with sonorous drone.

5. One who performs menial or tedious work; a drudge.
6. One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.
7. A genre of music similar to that of noise.

	fuco
	male bee

	brusio
	hum or buzz
	Rumore indefinito e sommesso.
	Indefinite and subdued noise.

	gonzo
	drudge

	ronzio
	hum or buzz

	zimbello
	drudge

drone

fannullone

rimbombare

ronzare

Altri significati:

To produce a low-pitched hum or buzz.

A male bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilise the queen.

A low-pitched hum or buzz.

To speak in a monotone way.

A remotely controlled aircraft.

pipe

A genre of music similar to that of noise.

speak in a monotone way

produce a low-pitched hum or buzz

One who performs menial or tedious work; a drudge.

One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.

unmanned aircraft

(now rare) Someone who doesn't work; a lazy person, an idler.

Traduzione 'veloce'

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