bumble-bee in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for bumble-bee in the English»French Dictionary

bumblebee [Brit ˈbʌmb(ə)lbiː, Am ˈbəmbəlˌbi] N

bumblebee

bourdon m

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bumble-bee in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for bumble-bee in the English»French Dictionary

bumblebee [ˈbʌmblbi:] N

bumblebee

bourdon m

Translations for bumble-bee in the French»English Dictionary

bourdon [buʀdɔ̃] N m

1. bourdon ZOOL:

bourdon

bumble-bee

2. bourdon MUS:

bourdon

drone

bourdon d'un orgue

bourdon

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English

Another possibly etymology comes from the word "hummel" (bumble-bee), referring to the buzzing sound of the drone.

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Bring supplies and paint something that you'd find in a garden, be it a flower, butterfly, vegetable, hummingbird, bumble-bee, gardener, or all of those things together.

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She may not be groovy -- not edgy enough for bien pensant metropolitans -- but in the more discreetly upmarket houses of our kingdom she is regarded as the bumble-bee's knees.

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