bumblebee

See also: bumble-bee

English

Two views of a bumblebee

Alternative forms

bumble bee, bumble-bee

Etymology

1520s replacing Middle English humbul-be. Merged with Middle English bombeln (“to boom, buzz”), in the late 14th century.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbʌmbl̩bi/
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Noun

bumblebee (plural bumblebees)

Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus

Synonyms

(large bee): dumbledore

Related terms

bee
Cullem's bumblebee
Franklin's bumblebee
great yellow bumblebee
large garden bumblebee
short-haired bumblebee

Translations

genus of bee

Afrikaans: hommel
Albanian: arëz (sq) f, grerëz f, brumbull (sq), bumballë m
Arabic: طَنَّانَة‎ f (ṭannāna), نَحْلَة‎ f (naḥla)
Aragonese: bombolón m
Armenian: իշամեղու (hy) (išamełu), բրետ (hy) (bret)
Aromanian: zângânaru n
Asturian: babarón m, abeyón m, moscardu m
Bashkir: иңкеш (iñkeš)
Basque: erlastar
Belarusian: чмель m (čmjelʹ)
Breton: sardonenn f, (collective) sardon (br)
Bulgarian: земна пчела́ f (zemna pčelá)
Burmese: ပိတုန်း (my) (pi.tun:)
Cahuilla: kungsexwet
Catalan: borinot (ca) m
Cebuano: buyog
Chechen: бумбари (bumbari)
Cheyenne: tâhpe'âséhahnoma
Chinese:
Cantonese: 熊蜂 (hung⁴ fung¹)

Mandarin: 大黃蜂 (zh), 大黄蜂 (zh) (dàhuángfēng), 熊蜂 (zh) (xióngfēng)

Min Nan: 金瓜蜂 (kim-koe-phang)
Chukchi: ӄоймароӄыр (qojmaroqyr)
Chuvash: тĕкĕлтура (tĕkĕltura)
Cornish: sudron
Corsican: bufonu m
Czech: čmelák (cs) m
Danish: humlebi (da) c
Dupaningan Agta: abuyog
Dutch: hommel (nl) f
Erzya: мода мекш (moda mekš)
Esperanto: burdo (eo)
Estonian: kimalane
Faroese: humla f
Finnish: kimalainen (fi)
French: bourdon (fr) m
Old French: bordon m
Galician: abesouro (gl) m, abesoiro m
Georgian: ბაზი (bazi)
German: Hummel (de) f
Greek: βόμβος (el) m (vómvos), βομβίνος m (vomvínos), μπάμπουρας (el) m (bámpouras)
Guaraní: mamanga
Gujarati: બબલબી (babalbī)
Hebrew: דבורה‎ (he) f (dvora)
Hiligaynon: agogóling
Hindi: भँवर (hi) m (bhaṅvar), भँवरा (hi) m (bhaṅvrā), भ्रमर (hi) m (bhramar)
Hungarian: dongó (hu), poszméh (hu)
Icelandic: hunangsfluga (is) f
Ido: burdono (io)
Ingush: бурилгамоза (burilgamoza)
Irish: bumbóg (ga) f, beach fhiáin f
Isthmus Zapotec: bezu
Italian: bombo (it) m
Japanese: 円花蜂 (まるはなばち, maruhanabachi), 丸花蜂 (まるはなばち, maruhanabachi), マルハナバチ (maruhanabachi)
Kazakh: түкті ара (tükti ara)
Korean: 뒝벌 (ko) (dwengbeol), 땅벌 (ko) (ttangbeol)
Kurdish: bivbivink (ku)
Kyrgyz: жапан аары (capan aarı)
Latgalian: kamane f
Latin: bombus m
Latvian: kamene f
Lithuanian: kamanė f
Livvi: vuoksahaine
Luxembourgish: Bommel m
Macedonian: бумбар m (bumbar)
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀪𑀫𑀭 m (bhamara)
Maltese: żunżan m
Mansi: ма̄гва̄руп (māgvārup)

Manx: shellan breck m, shellan meay m
Maori: pī rorohū
Marathi: भोंवर (bhoṃra), भृंग (bhuṃga), भ्रमर (bhramara)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: ошымшӱлыш (ošymšülyš)

Western Mari: пыйылмы (pyjylmy)
Mezquital Otomi: gäni, hmini
Middle Dutch: dorne
Middle Low German: dorne
Nahuatl: xīcohtli (nah)
Navajo: tsísʼnátsoh
Nepali: भमरो (bhamro)
Nogai: кабын (kabın)
Norman: bourde f (Jersey)
North Frisian: imkönang
Northern Sami: uvlu
Norwegian:
Bokmål: humle (no) m or f

Nynorsk: humle f
Occitan: abelhard (oc) m
Ocotlán Zapotec: bezoj
Old English: dora m
Pashto: بورا‎ (ps) (bawrā)
Pennsylvania German: Hummel f
Persian: برمر‎ (barmar)
Polish: trzmiel (pl) m
Portuguese: abelhão (pt) m, mamangaba (pt) f, mangangá (pt) f
Punjabi: ਭੰਵਰ m (bhaṅwar), ਭੰਵਰਾ m (bhaṅwarā)
Quechua: wayrunq'u
Romanian: bondar (ro) m, bărzăun (ro) m
Russian: шмель (ru) m (šmelʹ)
Rwanda-Rundi: ivubi
Saanich: səmsəmay̕ə
Samogitian: kamonie f, kamanė f
Sanskrit: भ्रमर (sa) m (bhramara)
Scots: bum-bee
Scottish Gaelic: seillean mòr m, seillean-dubh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бу̏мба̄р m

Roman: bȕmbār (sh) m
Shor: оомалай
Shuswap: xgéyeqen̓
Slovak: čmeľ m, čmeliak m
Slovene: čmrlj (sl) m anim
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: tśmjel m, bombak m

Upper Sorbian: čmjeła f
Spanish: abejorro (es) m, abejarrón (es) m, abejón (es) m, moscardón m (Chile), jicote (es) m (Mexico)
Swedish: humla (sv) c
Tagalog: himbubuyog, bubuyog (tl)
Tajik: говзанбӯр (govzanbür)
Tamil: வண்டுத்தேனீ (vaṇṭuttēṉī)
Telugu: తుమ్మెద (te) (tummeda)
Thai: ผึ้งมีขนตัวใหญ่ที่ส่งเสียงหึ่งๆ (pêung mee kŏn dtua yài tĕe sòng sĭang hèung-hèung)
Turkish: hezen arısı, bombus (tr)
Udmurt: майсы (majsy)
Ukrainian: джміль m (džmilʹ)
Urdu: بھنور‎ m (bhaṅvar), بھنورا‎ m (bhaṅvrā), بھرمر‎ m (bhramar)
Veps: učubras, ürgiš
Vietnamese: ong nghệ (vi)
Vilamovian: humuł f
Waray-Waray: alimbubuyog
Welsh: cacynen (cy) f, cacynen y tewlaeth f
West Flemish: hommel f
West Frisian: holder
Yakut: тойон ыҥырыа (toyon ıŋırıa)
Yucatec Maya: báalam kaab

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