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HUMBLE BEE

Specialty Definition: HUMBLE BEE

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Literature

Humble Bee A corruption of the German hummel bee, the buzzing bee. Sometimes called the Dumble-dor. Also Bumble-bee, from its booming drone. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: HUMBLE BEE

Language Translations for "HUMBLE BEE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

humlebi (bumble bee, bumblebee). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

hommel (bumblebee). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kimalaiset (bumble bee). (various references)

   

French

  

bourdon. (various references)

   

German

  

Hummel (bumble bee, bumblebee, bumble-bee). (various references)

   

Italian

  

bombo (bumblebee). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

umblehay eebay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: HUMBLE BEE

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Latin500 BCE-Modern

Bombus. (various references)

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Anagrams: HUMBLE BEE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-b-e-e-e-h-l-m-u"

-3 letters: bumble, humble.

-4 letters: blume, melee, umbel.

-5 letters: bleb, blub, blue, buhl, bulb, emeu, hebe, heel, helm, heme, lube, mule.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Translations: Ancient
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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