Drone — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen

an unchanging intonation

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈɛmbɹɪˌɑːl/

🇬🇧British English

/dɹˈəʊn/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɹˈəʊn/

1 syllable Say it as /ˈɛmbɹɪˌɑːl/.

Examples

The harmonium was droning on

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

drone pipe pilotless aircraft bourdon poke radio-controlled aircraft drone on laggard lagger monotone dawdler trailer droning

Parts of Speech

noun	stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
noun	an unchanging intonation
noun	someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
noun	an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
noun	a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
verb	make a monotonous low dull sound “The harmonium was droning on”
verb	talk in a monotonous voice

Word Forms

monotone	adjective	sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
monotonic	adjective	sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
drone	verb	talk in a monotonous voice
dawdle	verb	waste time
lag	verb	hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
trail	verb	move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly
poky	adjective	wasting time
pokey	adjective	wasting time
droning	noun	an unchanging intonation
drone	noun	an unchanging intonation

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Drohne

stachellose männliche Biene in einem Volk sozialer Bienen (insbesondere Honigbienen), deren einzige Funktion darin besteht, sich mit der Königin zu paaren

🇪🇸Spanish

zumbido

abeja macho sin aguijón en una colonia de abejas sociales (especialmente abejas melíferas) cuya única función es aparearse con la reina

🇷🇺Russian

дрон

пчела-самец без жала в колонии социальных пчел (особенно медоносных), единственная функция которых - спариваться с маткой

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मुफ़्तक़ोर

सामाजिक मधुमक्खियों (विशेषकर मधुमक्खियों) की एक कॉलोनी में डंक रहित नर मधुमक्खी जिसका एकमात्र कार्य रानी के साथ संभोग करना है

🇧🇩Bengali

ড্রোন

সামাজিক মৌমাছির (বিশেষত মৌমাছি) উপনিবেশে দংশনহীন পুরুষ মৌমাছি যার একমাত্র কাজ হল রাণীর সাথে সঙ্গম করা

🇮🇳Tamil

ட்ரோன்

சமூகத் தேனீக்களின் (குறிப்பாக தேனீக்கள்) காலனியில் உள்ள கொட்டாத ஆண் தேனீ, ராணியுடன் இனச்சேர்க்கை செய்வதே அதன் ஒரே செயல்பாடு

🇮🇳Telugu

డ్రోన్

సాంఘిక తేనెటీగల (ముఖ్యంగా తేనెటీగలు) కాలనీలో కుట్టని మగ తేనెటీగ, దీని ఏకైక పని రాణితో జతకట్టడమే

🇮🇳Marathi

ड्रोन

सामाजिक मधमाशांच्या वसाहतीतील डंखरहित नर मधमाशी (विशेषत: मधमाश्या) ज्याचे एकमेव कार्य राणीशी सोबती करणे आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

ડ્રોન

સામાજિક મધમાખીઓ (ખાસ કરીને મધમાખીઓ) ની વસાહતમાં ડંખ વગરની નર મધમાખી જેનું એકમાત્ર કાર્ય રાણી સાથે સંવનન કરવાનું છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಡ್ರೋನ್

ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಜೇನುನೊಣಗಳ (ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಜೇನುನೊಣಗಳು) ವಸಾಹತುದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಕುಟುಕು ಇಲ್ಲದ ಗಂಡು ಜೇನುನೊಣ, ಇದರ ಏಕೈಕ ಕಾರ್ಯವೆಂದರೆ ರಾಣಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಂಯೋಗ ಮಾಡುವುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഡ്രോൺ

രാജ്ഞിയുമായി ഇണചേരൽ മാത്രമുള്ള സാമൂഹിക തേനീച്ചകളുടെ (പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് തേനീച്ചകൾ) ഒരു കോളനിയിലെ കുത്താത്ത ആൺ തേനീച്ച

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਡਰੋਨ

ਸਮਾਜਿਕ ਮੱਖੀਆਂ (ਖਾਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਸ਼ਹਿਦ ਦੀਆਂ ਮੱਖੀਆਂ) ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਬਸਤੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਡੰਗ ਰਹਿਤ ਨਰ ਮਧੂ ਮੱਖੀ ਜਿਸਦਾ ਇੱਕੋ ਇੱਕ ਕੰਮ ਰਾਣੀ ਨਾਲ ਮੇਲ ਕਰਨਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

ڈرون

سماجی شہد کی مکھیوں (خاص طور پر شہد کی مکھیاں) کی کالونی میں نر مکھی جس کا واحد کام ملکہ کے ساتھ ملنا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

无人机

🇯🇵Japanese

ドローン

女王蜂と交尾することだけが唯一の役割である社会的なミツバチ（特にミツバチ）のコロニーにいる針のない雄のミツバチ

🇰🇷Korean

무인 비행기

여왕벌과 짝짓기하는 것이 유일한 임무인 사회적 꿀벌(특히 꿀벌) 군집에 사는 무침 수컷 꿀벌

🇻🇳Vietnamese

máy bay không người lái

ong đực không đốt trong một đàn ong xã hội (đặc biệt là ong mật) có chức năng duy nhất là giao phối với ong chúa

🇹🇭Thai

เสียงพึมพำ

ผึ้งตัวผู้ผู้ไม่มีพิษภัยในอาณานิคมของผึ้งสังคม (โดยเฉพาะผึ้งน้ำหวาน) ซึ่งมีหน้าที่เพียงอย่างเดียวคือผสมพันธุ์กับราชินี

🇮🇩Indonesian

dengung

lebah jantan tak bersengat dalam koloni lebah sosial (terutama lebah madu) yang fungsi utamanya adalah kawin dengan ratu

🇲🇾Malay

dron

Lebah jantan tidak bersengat dalam koloni lebah sosial (terutamanya lebah madu) yang fungsi tunggalnya adalah untuk mengawan dengan ratu.

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بدون طيار

نحل ذكر لاذع في مستعمرة من النحل الاجتماعي (خاصة نحل العسل) وظيفته الوحيدة هي التزاوج مع الملكة

🇮🇷Persian

پهپاد

زنبور نر بدون نیش در کلنی زنبورهای اجتماعی (به ویژه زنبورهای عسل) که تنها وظیفه آنها جفت گیری با ملکه است.

🇹🇷Turkish

dron

Tek işlevi kraliçeyle çiftleşmek olan sosyal arılar (özellikle bal arıları) kolonisindeki iğnesiz erkek arı

🇮🇱Hebrew

זִמזוּם

דבורה זכר חסרת עוקץ במושבה של דבורים חברתיות (במיוחד דבורי דבש) שתפקידה היחיד הוא להזדווג עם המלכה

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What is the primary definition of the word 'drone'?

The primary meaning of 'drone' is 'stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen'.

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Using 'drone' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'drone' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'drone' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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