bourdon

Meaning

1. (masculine) bumblebee (species of bee)
2. (masculine) drone
3. (colloquial, figuratively, masculine) blues (feeling of sadness)
4. (masculine) a pilgrim's walking stick

Concepts

bumblebee

drone

humblebee

bourdon

humble-bee

Bombus

staff

drone bee

drone pipe

genus Bombus

Drone

pilgrim's staff

bell

🔔

palmer's staff

bumble-bee

bumblebees

cockchafer

great bell

humble bee

Synonyms

hanneton

bâton de pèlerin

crosse

bâton

faux bourdon

Bombus

bombus

bourdons

cloche

🔔

Translations

Hummel

bombo

abejorro

hommel

mamangaba

zangão

abelhão

borinot

abejarrón

calabrone

bordone

abellot

abejón

yabanarısı

Pronounced as (IPA)

/buʁ.dɔ̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: bourdon

Inherited from Old French: bordon

Cognate with Old English: dora

Cognate with Old English: budda

Cognate with Middle Low German: buddech

Cognate with Low German: budde

In summary

Inherited from Middle French bourdon (“honeybee, bumblebee”), from Old French bordon (“bumblebee, drone, beetle, insect”), from Medieval Latin burdō (c. C.E. 1000), first recorded in the Homilies of King Ælfric, glossed by Old English dora (“bumblebee”). Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Frankish *boʀdō, *buʀdō (“beetle, insect”), from Proto-Germanic *buzdô (“beetle, grub”, literally “swelling”), from *būs- (“to erupt, burst, flow rapidly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūs- (“to move quickly”), related to Old English budda (“beetle”), Middle Low German buddech (“thick, swollen”), Low German budde (“louse, grub”). See bug.