bumblebee

See also: bumble-bee

English

Two views of a bumblebee (Bombus terrestris).

Alternative forms

bumble-bee, bumble bee

Etymology

1520s from bumble +‎ bee, 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: (somewhat childish) buzzbee, (obsolete) humblebee, dumbledore
A mid yellow

Derived terms

American bumblebee (Bombus pensylvanicus)
bee
buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
bumblebee bat
bumblebee model
bumblebee moth
common eastern bumblebee (Bombus impatiens)
cuckoo-bumblebee (Bombus (Psithyrus))
Cullum's bumblebee (Bombus cullumanus)
early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)
forest bumblebee (Bombus sylvicola)
Franklin's bumblebee (Bombus franklini)
garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum)
great yellow bumblebee (Bombus distinguendus)
heath bumblebee (Bombus jonellus)
large earth bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
large garden bumblebee (Bombus ruderatus)
red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
short-haired bumblebee (Bombus subterraneus)
small garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum)
white-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)

Translations

genus of bee

Afrikaans: hommel
Albanian: brumbull (sq) m, bumballë m
Apache:
Western Apache: tdʼidáá łtsʼogé
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 (iŋkeş)
Basque: erlastar
Belarusian: чмель m (čmjelʹ)
Breton: sardonenn (br) f
Bulgarian: земна пчела́ f (zemna pčelá)
Burmese: ပိတုန်း (my) (pi.tun:)
Cahuilla: kungsexwet
Catalan: borinot (ca) m, abellot (ca) m
Cebuano: buyog
Chechen: бумбари (bumbari)
Cheyenne: tâhpe'âséhahnoma
Chinese:
Cantonese: 熊蜂 (hung⁴ fung¹)
Mandarin: 大黃蜂／大黄蜂 (zh) (dàhuángfēng), 熊蜂 (zh) (xióngfēng)
Min Nan: 金瓜蜂 (kim-koe-phang)
Chukchi: ӄоймароӄыр (qojmaroqyr)
Chuvash: тĕкĕлтура (tĕkĕlt̬ura)
Cornish: sudron ?, gwenenen sia f
Corsican: bufonu m
Czech: čmelák (cs) m
Danish: humlebi (da) c
Dupaningan Agta: abuyog
Dutch: hommel (nl) f
Dzongkha: སྦྱངམ་པོ་ཏོམ (sbyangm po tom)
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)
Ancient: βομβυλιός m (bombuliós)
Greenlandic: igutsak (kl)
Guaraní: mamanga
Gujarati: બબલબી ? (babalbī)
Hebrew: דבור‎ (he) f (dabur)
Hiligaynon: agogóling
Hindi: भँवर (hi) m (bhãvar), भँवरा (hi) m (bhãvrā), 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)
Kapampangan: tamumu
Kazakh: түкті ара (tüktı ara)
Korean: 뒝벌 (ko) (dwengbeol), 뒤영벌 (dwiyeongbeol)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: bivbivink (ku)
Kyrgyz: жапан аары (japan aarı)
Ladin: tavan m
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 ? (bhouvar), भृंग ? (bhruṅga), भ्रमर ? (bhramar)
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: भमरा (bhamarā)
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)
Plautdietsch: Hommel m
Polish: trzmiel (pl) m, bąk (pl) m
Portuguese: abelhão (pt) m, mamangaba (pt) f, mangangá (pt) f
Punjabi: ਭੰਵਰ m (bhãvar), ਭੰਵਰਾ m (bhãvrā)
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 (sk) 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 (es) 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 (bhãvar), بھنورا‎ m (bhãvrā), بھرمر‎ m (bhramar)
Veps: učubras, ürgiš
Vietnamese: ong nghệ (vi)
Vilamovian: humuł f
Waray-Waray: alimbubuyog
Welsh: cacynen (cy) f, cachgi bwm f, gwenynen wyllt f, cacynen y tewlaeth f
West Flemish: hommel f
West Frisian: holder
Yakut: тойон ыҥырыа (toyon ıŋırıa)
Yucatec Maya: báalam kaab

References

bumblebee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Bombus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Bombus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons