English
Two views of a bumblebee
Wikispecies
Etymology
1520s replacing Middle English humbul-be . Merged with Middle English bombeln ( “ to boom , buzz ” ) , in the late 14th century.
Pronunciation
Noun
bumblebee (plural bumblebees )
Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus
Synonym: dumbledore
Translations
genus of bee
Afrikaans: hommel
Albanian: arëz (sq) f , grerëz f , brumbull (sq) m , bumballë m
Arabic: طَنَّانَة f ( ṭannāna ) , نَحْلَة f ( naḥla )
Aragonese: bombolón m
Armenian: իշամեղու (hy) ( išameġu ) , բրետ (hy) ( bret )
Aromanian: zângânaru n
Asturian: babarón m , abeyón m , moscardu m
Bashkir: иңкеш ( iñkeş )
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
Cebuano: buyog
Chechen: бумбари ( bumbari )
Cheyenne: tâhpe'âséhahnoma
Chinese:
Cantonese: 熊蜂 ( hung4 fung1 )
Mandarin: 大黃蜂 / 大黄蜂 (zh) ( dàhuángfēng ) , 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 ?
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 ( 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 )
Kazakh: түкті ара ( tüktı ara )
Korean: 뒝벌 (ko) ( dwengbeol ) , 땅벌 (ko) ( ttangbeol )
Kurdish: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E .
Kyrgyz: жапан аары ( japan aarı )
Latgalian: kamane f
Latin: bombus m
Latvian: kamene f
Lithuanian: kamanė f
Livvi: vuoksahaine
Luxembourgish: Bommel m
Macedonian: бумбар m ( bumbar )
Maharastri Prakrit: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "pmh" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E .
Maltese: żunżan m
Mansi: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "mns" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E .
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Manx: shellan breck m , shellan meay m
Maori: pī rorohū
Marathi: भोंवर ? ( bhouvar ) , भृंग ? ( bhŕṅga ) , भ्रमर ? ( bhramar )
Mari:
Eastern Mari: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "chm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E .
Western Mari: пыйылмы ( pyjylmy )
Mezquital Otomi: gäni , hmini
Middle Dutch: dorne
Middle Low German: dorne
Nahuatl: xīcohtli (nah)
Navajo: tsísʼnátsoh
Nepali: भमरो ? ( bhamaro )
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 ( 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 , cacynen y tewlaeth f
West Flemish: hommel f
West Frisian: holder
Yakut: тойон ыҥырыа ( toyon ıñırıa )
Yucatec Maya: báalam kaab