drane

See also: Drane

Middle English

Alternative forms

• drone, dron

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

drane (plural dranes)

1. drone (male bee)

Descendants

• English: drone
• Scots: dron

References

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

Old English

Noun

drāne

1. accusative/genitive/dative singular of drān