bumblebee
/ˈbʌmbəlˌbiː/
bumblebee noun: any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.
Noun
bumblebee (plural bumblebees)
- Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.
- The bumblebee's mane glowed in the morning light—each hair sharp and distinct to Eragon—and its blurred wings generated a gentle bombilation, like a tattoo played on a drum. Pollen powdered the bristles on its legs.2008, Christopher Paolini, “Rider and Ra'zac”, in Brisingr, page 69
- Synonyms:
- dumbledore, humblebee
- A mid yellow, sometimes slightly orange.
- A layered drink with ice whose main ingredients are orange juice and espresso coffee.
bumblebee meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
bumblebee in Hindi
- genus of bee
- भँवर bhãvar, भँवरा bhãvrā, भ्रमर bhramar, भृंग bhŕṅg, भौंरा bha͠urā
bumblebee in Tamil
- genus of bee
- வண்டுத்தேனீ vaṇṭuttēṉī
bumblebee in Marathi
- genus of bee
- भोंवर bhouvar, भृंग bhŕṅga, भ्रमर bhramar
bumblebee in Urdu
- genus of bee
- بھنور bhãvar, بھنورا bhãvrā, بھرمر bhramar
More languagesFewer languages
- bumblebee in Bengali
- ভ্রমর bhromor
- bumblebee in Telugu
- తుమ్మెద tummeda
- bumblebee in Kannada
- ದುಂಬಿ, ಜೀರುಂಡೆ, ಹೆಜ್ಜೇನು
- bumblebee in Punjabi
- ਭੰਵਰ bhãvar, ਭੰਵਰਾ bhãvrā
- bumblebee in Gujarati
- બબલબી babalbī
- bumblebee in Sanskrit
- भ्रमर bhramara
- bumblebee in Nepali
- भमरा bhamarā
- bumblebee in Pashto
- بورا bawrā
- bumblebee in Tagalog
- himbubuyog, bubuyog
- bumblebee in Arabic
- طَنَّانَة ṭannāna, نَحْلَة naḥla
- bumblebee in Persian
- برمر barmar
- bumblebee in Thai
- ผึ้งมีขนตัวใหญ่ที่ส่งเสียงหึ่งๆ pêung mee kŏn dtua yài tĕe sòng sĭang hèung-hèung, ผึ้งหึ่ง pʉ̂ng-hʉ̀ng
- bumblebee in Vietnamese
- ong nghệ
- bumblebee in Myanmar
- ပိတုန်း pi.tun:
- Kashmiri
- بۆمبُر bombur
- Dzongkha
- སྦྱངམ་པོ་ཏོམ sbyangm po tom
Synonyms of bumblebee
Forms of bumblebee
| plural | bumblebees |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bumble-bee |
| alternative form | bumble bee |
Origin of bumblebee
1520s from bumble + bee, replacing Middle English humbul-be. Merged with Middle English bombeln (“to boom, buzz”), in the late 14th century. The name of the drink is a semantic loan from Ukrainian джміль (džmilʹ).
Words formed from bumblebee
- American bumblebee
- buff-tailed bumblebee
- bumblebee bat
- bumblebee catfish
- bumblebee model
- bumblebee moth
- common eastern bumblebee
- cuckoo-bumblebee
- Cullum's bumblebee
- early bumblebee
- forest bumblebee
- Franklin's bumblebee
- garden bumblebee
- great yellow bumblebee
- heath bumblebee
- large earth bumblebee
- large garden bumblebee
- red-tailed bumblebee
- short-haired bumblebee
- small garden bumblebee
- Sonoran bumble bee
- white-tailed bumblebee
Phrases with bumblebee
Questions about bumblebee
- What does bumblebee mean?
- Bumblebee means any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.
- What is bumblebee in Hindi?
- Bumblebee in Hindi is भँवर (bhãvar), भँवरा (bhãvrā), भ्रमर (bhramar). See Bumblebee meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bumblebee?
- Bumblebee is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bumblebee?
- Bumblebee is pronounced /ˈbʌmbəlˌbiː/.
- What is the plural of bumblebee?
- The plural of bumblebee is bumblebees.
Words near bumblebee in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bumblebee (page history and authors); ভ্রমর (Bengali) (page history and authors); bumblebee (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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