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Added 2 October 2026

bumblebee

/ˈbʌmbəlˌbiː/ noun

In Latin: bombus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about bumblebee at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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

Origin

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).

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