noun
Meaning 1
A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bumpkin
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈbʌmpkɪn/
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Northern-England: /ˈbʊmpkɪn/
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rhymes with -ʌmpkɪn
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noun
Meaning 2
A short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Dance, a series of reels, Scottish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed, chawbacon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rustic
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: անտաշ մարդ (antaš mard) — yokel
- Armenian: գեղցի (geġcʻi) — yokel
- Bulgarian: дръвни́к (drǎvník) — yokel
- Bulgarian: пън (pǎn) — yokel
- Catalan: taujà — yokel
- Catalan: pagerol — yokel
- Chinese Cantonese: 鄉下人 /乡下人 — yokel
- Chinese Mandarin: 鄉下佬 /乡下佬 (xiāngxialǎo) — yokel
- Chinese Mandarin: 鄉下人 /乡下人 (xiāngxiarén) — yokel
- Danish: bondejokke — yokel
- Danish: bondeknold — yokel
- Danish: bonderøv — yokel
- Finnish: tomppeli — yokel
- French: plouc — yokel
- French: péquenaud — yokel
- French: manant — yokel
- Galician: pailán — yokel
- Galician: badoco — yokel
- Galician: paduán — yokel
- Galician: paifoco — yokel
- Galician: pailaroco — yokel
- Galician: paiolo — yokel
- German: Hinterwäldler — yokel
- German: Bauerntölpel — yokel
- German: Tölpel — yokel
- Greek: βλάκας (vlákas) — yokel
- Irish: cábóg — yokel
- Irish: tútachán — yokel
- Irish: dundarlán — yokel
- Italian: buzzurro — yokel
- Italian: villico — yokel
- Italian: cafone — yokel
- Italian: zappaterra — yokel
- Korean: 촌놈 (chonnom) — yokel
- Korean: 촌뜨기 (chontteugi) — yokel
- Korean: 시골뜨기 (sigoltteugi) — yokel
- Latin: petrō — yokel
- Latin: rūsticus — yokel
- Māori: panekāka — yokel
- Plautdietsch: Dommabua — yokel
- Romanian: țăran — yokel
- Spanish: paleto — yokel
- Spanish: palurdo — yokel
- Spanish: montañero — yokel
- Spanish: montuno — yokel
- Spanish: cazurro — yokel
- Spanish: guajiro — yokel
- Spanish: jíbaro — yokel
- Spanish: pueblerino — yokel
- Spanish: grullo — yokel
- Spanish: cateto — yokel
- Swedish: klumpeduns — yokel
- Swedish: fårskalle — yokel
- Swedish: bondläpp — yokel
- Vietnamese: nhà quê — yokel