drone
Portuguese, noun/ˈdɾo.ni/
drone is spelled D-R-O-N-E (5 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,792nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Drone is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “drone (unmanned aircraft)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequena aeronave destripulada que pode ter funções militares, agropecuárias, etc”.
What does drone mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedrone (unmanned aircraft)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequena aeronave destripulada que pode ter funções militares, agropecuárias, etc. 2. objeto voador guiado por controle remoto e dotado de uma ou várias asas rotativas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of drone
- drones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce drone?
- Brazil /ˈdɾo.ni/
- Portugal /ˈdɾɔ.nɨ/
- Portugal /ˈdɾo(w).nɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to drone
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is drone in Portuguese?
drone appears 3.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).