bumpkin

English

Etymology

From Dutch boomken (“shrub, little tree”), equivalent to boom +‎ -kin. Note that the English word boom is etymologically related to the aforementioned in the sense of "large stem", or "big tree". Compare German Baumke, Bäumchen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌmpkɪn/

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• Rhymes: -ʌmpkɪn
• Hyphenation: bump‧kin

Noun

bumpkin (plural bumpkins)

1. A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
2. (nautical) A short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay.
3. Dance, a series of reels, Scottish.
   • 1836, Joanna Baillie, The Phantom, act 1:

     They mix with Dancers, who now advance to the front, where a bumpkin, or dance of many interwoven reels, is performed; after which the Bride is led to a seat, and some of her Maidens sit by her.

Derived terms

• country bumpkin
• joskin

Translations

yokel

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: taujà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鄉下人／乡下人 (hoeng¹ haa^6-2 jan⁴)

  Mandarin: 鄉下佬／乡下佬 (zh) (xiāngxialǎo), 鄉下人／乡下人 (zh) (xiāngxiarén)

• Danish: bondejokke c, bondeknold c, bonderøv c
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: tomppeli (fi)
• French: plouc (fr) m, péquenaud (fr), manant (fr) m
• German: Hinterwäldler (de) m, Bauerntölpel (de) m, Tölpel (de) m
• Greek: βλάκας (el) m (vlákas)
• Irish: cábóg f, tútachán m, dundarlán m
• Italian: buzzurro (it) m, villico m, cafone (it) m, zappaterra (it) m
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 촌놈 (chonnom), 촌뜨기 (chontteugi), 시골뜨기 (ko) (sigoltteugi)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: petrō m, rusticus (la) m
• Maori: panekāka
• Plautdietsch: Dommabua m
• Spanish: paleto m, palurdo (es) m, montañero m, montuno m, cazurro (es) m, guajiro (es) m, jíbaro (es) m, pueblerino m
• Swedish: klumpeduns (sv) c, fårskalle (sv) c, bondläpp (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: nhà quê (vi)