English to French Meaning of drone - drone


Drone :
drone

fredonner, bourdonner

fredonner, cadence, chuchotement

dronebourdonnaientdronesdroning
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Definitions of drone in English
Noun(1) stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees(2) an unchanging intonation(3) someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind(4) an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control(5) a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
Verb(1) make a monotonous low dull sound(2) talk in a monotonous voice
Examples of drone in English
(1) It should have been a good line, but he sounded like a petulant drone with an overdeveloped sense of entitlement.(2) only twenty minutes of the hour-long drone had passed(3) he nodded off to the drone of the car engine(4) The first thing I heard when I put in this CD and pressed ÔÇÿPlayÔÇÖ was a weird drone that sounded more like an air raid than anything else my fatigued brain could think of.(5) The drone begins to sound similar to a vacuum cleaner sucking up all the surrounding life.(6) Well, no sounds today, of course, as whoever it is must be at work, so the only sound from this house is the endless drone of daytime TV, which I have spent much of the day summoning up the energy to turn off.(7) We were silent for a few moments, the drone of the lesson buzzing like a fly in my ears.(8) While Doria and Denardo clearly embrace the primal power of the drone , their sound is loud but not dissonant or cacophonous, and is seldom if ever grating but instead clean.(9) Viceroy's voice was still a monotonous drone , and I wanted to slap him just to see that he could still talk and/or yell with emotion.(10) Noises such as the drone of cicadas, the crackling of branches, flies buzzing, and the calls of birds had drowned out in her thoughts.(11) ÔÇÿThere's something you want to say,ÔÇÖ he said, studying her complacent gaze as the even drone of the moving car overtook her senses.(12) It doesn't help that the musical backing is a five-minute drone of grating computerized noise.(13) She looked at it now, while she tuned out the monotonous drone of her teacher's ramblings.(14) The silence outside. Living so close to Kennedy Airport, the sound of planes getting ready to land is a constant drone throughout the day.(15) How else can they drone on about the same boring subject continuously?(16) Finally, her right hand slowed and then stopped, although her left hand continued the drone for a few notes before it, too fell still.
Related Phrases of drone
(1) drone on ::
drone
Synonyms
Noun
1. hum ::
fredonner
2. hanger-on ::
factotum
3. poke ::
poussée
4. monotone ::
monotone
5. bourdon ::
manométrique
Verb
6. hum ::
fredonner
7. speak boringly ::
parler ennuyeusement
8. drone on ::
drone
Different Forms
drone, droned, drones, droning
Word Example from TV Shows
Colonel,\Na drone has located the Professor.

Colonel,
a DRONE has located the Professor.

Money Heist Season 3, Episode 7

No, it's more of a relentless,
narcissistic drone.

No, it's more of a relentless, narcissistic DRONE.

The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 10

Our D.P. John Grillo wanted
to feel the drone presence.

Our D.P. John Grillo wanted to feel the DRONE presence.

Westworld Season 3, Episode 8

Just flip the switch until the lights
on the drone change to solid yellow.

Just flip the switch until the lights on the DRONE change to solid yellow.

The Big Bang Theory Season 8, Episode 22

Of course not. I got a buddy of mine
at NORAD to have a spy drone fly over.

Of course not. I got a buddy of mine at NORAD to have a spy DRONE fly over.

The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 7

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