drane

• drone, dron

From the oblique cases of Old English drān, dran, from Proto-West Germanic *drānu, from Proto-Germanic *drēnuz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdraːn(ə)/
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔːn(ə)/

drane (plural dranes)

1. drone (male bee)

• English: drone
• Scots: dron

• “drāne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

drāne

1. accusative/genitive/dative singular of drān