• Bulgarian: бръмчене
• Dutch: gebrom
• Finnish: humina, surina
• German: Dröhnen
• Japanese: ブンブン (bunbun)
• Interlingua: susurro
• Polish: brzęczenie
• Portuguese: zumbido
• Russian: жужжание
• Spanish: zumbido

• Dutch: bourdon
• German: Basspfeife
• Japanese: バグパイプ (bagupaipu)

Verb

1. To produce a low-pitched hum or buzz.
2. To speak in a monotone way.

Translations

Drone may refer to:

Nature

• Drone (bee), a male bee
• A male wasp
• A male ant

Vehicles

• Unmanned aerial vehicle
• Unmanned ground vehicle
• Remotely operated vehicle, used underwater

Literature

• Detective Drone, the hero of Victorian crime stories
• A member of the Drones Club in P. G. Wodehouse's novels
• An intelligent machine in the Culture novel series

Film, television and video games

• "Drone" (Voyager episode), an episode of Star Trek: Voyager
• A humanoid that has been assimilated by the Borg in the Star Trek universe
• Drone Weapon, similar to a guided missile, in the Stargate universe
• Three robotic helpers in the film Silent Running
• An antagonistic race in the Halo video game series

Music

• Drone (music), a continuous note or chord
• Drone music, a musical style
• The Drones, an Australian band
• The Drones (British band)
• Drone Records, a record label
• A bumbass, a folk instrument sometimes called a drone
• The part of various musical instruments (such as the bagpipe) that produce the drone sound
• A song by the band Rise Against on the album The Sufferer & the Witness

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