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/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ʌmpkɪn
Hyphenation: bump‧kin

Noun

bumpkin (plural bumpkins)

A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
(nautical) A short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay.
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

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
Galician: pailán, badoco, paduán (gl), paifoco (gl), pailaroco, paiolo (gl)
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
Romanian: țăran (ro) m
Spanish: paleto (es) 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)