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croon
English
Etymology
From Middle Dutch kronen (“to groan, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *kre-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerH- (“to cry hoarsely”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?u?n/
- Rhymes: -u?n
Verb
croon (third-person singular simple present croons, present participle crooning, simple past and past participle crooned)
- (transitive, intransitive) To hum or sing softly or in a sentimental manner.
- hearing such stanzas crooned in her praise
- (transitive, intransitive) To say softly or gently
- 2020, Sydney Ember, Sanders drives himself to the polls., New York Times:
- "Nice seeing you both," a woman at the check-in said. "Hey, I love you," another crooned.
- 2020, Sydney Ember, Sanders drives himself to the polls., New York Times:
- (transitive) To soothe by singing softly.
- The fragment of the childish hymn with which he sung and crooned himself asleep.
- (Scotland) To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)
Derived terms
- crooner
Translations
Noun
croon (plural croons)
- A soft or sentimental hum or song.
Translations
Anagrams
- Conor, Norco, corno, r'coon
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drone
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d???n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d?o?n/
- Rhymes: -??n
Etymology 1
From Middle English drane, from Old English dr?n, from Proto-West Germanic *dr?nu, from Proto-Germanic *dr?niz, *dr?nuz, *drenô (“an insect, drone”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?r?n- (“bee, drone, hornet”).
Cognate with Dutch drone (“male bee or wasp”), Low German drone (“drone”), German Drohne, dialectal German Dräne, Trehne, Trene (“drone”), Danish drone (“drone”), Swedish drönje, drönare (“drone”).
In sense “unmanned aircraft”, due to early military UAVs dumbly flying on preset paths. The verb sense derives from this sense.
Noun
drone (plural drones)
- A male ant, bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen bee.
- All with united force combine to drive / The lazy drones from the laborious hive.
- (now rare) Someone who does not work; a lazy person, an idler.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene v[2]:
- SHYLOCK:
- The patch is kind enough, but a huge feeder,
- Snail-slow in profit, and he sleeps by day
- More than the wild-cat; drones hive not with me;
- Therefore I part with him; and part with him
- To one what I would have him help to waste
- His borrowed purse. […]
- 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.
- by living as a drone, to be an unprofitable or unworthy member of so learned and noble a society
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene v[2]:
- One who performs menial or tedious work.
- Synonym: drudge
- (aviation) A remotely controlled aircraft, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
- Synonyms: UAV, UAS
- Hyponym: quadcopter
Usage notes
- In sense “unmanned aircraft”, primarily used informally of military aircraft or consumer radio controlled quadcopters, without precise definition.
Translations
Descendants
- ? Spanish: dron
- ? Polish: dron
- ? Asturian: dron
Verb
drone (third-person singular simple present drones, present participle droning, simple past and past participle droned)
- (transitive, colloquial) To kill with a missile fired by unmanned aircraft.
Etymology 2
From Middle English drounen (“to roar, bellow”), from Proto-West Germanic *drunnjan, from Proto-Germanic *drunjan? (“to drone, roar, make a sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?er- (“to roar, hum, drone”).
Cognate with Scots drune (“to drone, moan, complain”), Dutch dreunen (“to drone, boom, thud”), Low German drönen (“to drone, buzz, hum”), German dröhnen (“to roar, boom, rumble”), Danish drøne (“to roar, boom, peel out”), Swedish dröna (“to low, bellow, roar”), Icelandic drynja (“to roar”).
Verb
drone (third-person singular simple present drones, present participle droning, simple past and past participle droned)
- To produce a low-pitched hum or buzz.
- To speak in a monotone way.
Translations
Noun
drone (plural drones)
- 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.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- (music) One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.
- (music, uncountable) A genre of music that uses repeated lengthy droning sounds.
- A humming or deep murmuring sound.
- The monotonous drone of the wheel.
Translations
Further reading
- drone (bee) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- drone (aircraft) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
Anagrams
- Doner, Roden, doner, nerdo, orned, redon, renod, ronde
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English drone (“aircraft drone”). Doublette with dar (“male bee”), which descended from Middle Dutch, cf. Limburgish dreen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dro?n/
- Hyphenation: drone
- Rhymes: -o?n
Noun
drone m (plural drones, diminutive droontje n)
- a remotely controlled aircraft; a drone
Derived terms
- droneaanval
Finnish
Etymology
< English drone
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?drone/, [?dro?ne?]
- Rhymes: -one
- Syllabification: dro?ne
Noun
drone
- (Anglicism) drone (type of unmanned aircraft)
Declension
Synonyms
- drooni
- lennokki
French
Etymology
From English drone
Noun
drone m (plural drones)
- drone (unmanned aircraft)
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
From English drone
Noun
drone m (invariable)
- drone (unmanned aircraft)
Anagrams
- derno, dreno, drenò, rendo, ronde
Middle English
Noun
drone
- Alternative form of drane
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German drone (sense 1), and English drone (sense 2).
Noun
drone m (definite singular dronen, indefinite plural droner, definite plural dronene)
- a drone (male bee)
- a drone (radio-controlled pilotless aircraft)
Synonyms
- dronefly (aircraft)
References
- “drone” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German drone (sense 1), and English drone (sense 2).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dru?n?/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
drone m (definite singular dronen, indefinite plural dronar, definite plural dronane)
- drone (male bee)
- drone (unmanned aircraft)
Synonyms
- (male bee): hannbie
- (aircraft): dronefly
References
- “drone” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English drone.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?d??.n?/, [?d??.n?]
- Hyphenation: dro?ne
Noun
drone m (plural drones)
- drone (unmanned aircraft)
References
Spanish
Alternative forms
- dron
Etymology
From English drone.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?on/, [?d??õn]
Noun
drone m (plural drones)
- drone
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