bumblebee

Meaning

1. Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.
2. A mid yellow, sometimes slightly orange.
3. A layered drink with ice whose main ingredients are orange juice and espresso coffee.

Synonyms

bee

🐝

humblebee

humble-bee

bumble-bee

hornet

drone

Bumble bee

beetle

🪲

cockchafer

honeybee

🐝

wasp

Translations

Hummel

bourdon

abejorro

bombo

hommel

mamangaba

borinot

Bombus

abejarrón

zangão

abelhão

abejón

calabrone

abellot

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbʌmbəlˌbiː/

Etymology

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).