different between bombus vs bumblebee

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bombus/

Verb

bombus

1. conditional of bombi

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (bómbos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?bom.bus/, [?b?mb?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?bom.bus/, [?b?mbus]

Noun

bombus m (genitive bomb?); second declension

1. A buzz or humming sound.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

• bomb?sus
• bombisonus
• bombula

Related terms

Descendants

• Translingual: Bombus
• Italian: bombo
  • ? French: bombe
    • ? English: bomb (see there for further descendants)
    • ? Norwegian Bokmål: bombe
• Sicilian: bumma
• Spanish: bombo, bomba

References

• bombus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bombus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• bombus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• bombus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Alternative forms

• bumble bee, bumble-bee

Etymology

1520s from bumble +? bee, replacing Middle English humbul-be. Merged with Middle English bombeln (“to boom, buzz”), in the late 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?mbl?bi/

Noun

bumblebee (plural bumblebees)

1. Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus

   Synonyms: dumbledore, (obsolete) humblebee

Related terms

Translations

References

• bumblebee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bombus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bombus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons