hommel

See also: Hommel

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch hommel, from Middle Dutch hommel. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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Noun

hommel (plural hommels)

1. drone (male bee)

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hommel. Likely an onomatopoeic derivation from a verb and the archaic diminutive suffix -el (compare druppel).

Cognate with Middle Low German homel, Old High German humbal, German Hummel, West Frisian hommel, Middle English humbil, English humblebee, Norwegian humle, Swedish humla. See also hommelen, hommeles and German hummeln.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɔ.məl/, [ˈɦɔ.məɫ]

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• Hyphenation: hom‧mel
• Rhymes: -ɔməl

Noun

hommel f (plural hommels, diminutive hommeltje n)

1. bumblebee (bee of the genus Bombus)

   Synonym: hommelbij

2. (archaic) drone (male bee)

   Synonyms: dar, hommelbij

Hyponyms

• aardhommel
• steenhommel

Derived terms

• aardhommel
• akkerhommel
• boomhommel
• boshommel
• grashommel
• heidehommel
• hommelbij
• hommelkolibrie
• hommelnest
• hommelsoort
• koekoekshommel
• moshommel
• steenhommel
• tuinhommel
• veenhommel
• veldhommel
• waddenhommel
• wilgenhommel
• zandhommel