spavo

Esperanto

Etymology

The root “spav" is an acronym of senpilota aviadilo (“unpiloted aircraft”) or of senpilota aera veturilo, the latter being a calque of English unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈspavo]
• Rhymes: -avo
• Hyphenation: spa‧vo

Noun

spavo (accusative singular spavon, plural spavoj, accusative plural spavojn)

1. drone (unmanned aircraft)

Synonyms

• droneo