bombus

Questions about bombus

What does bombus mean?

bombus means "bumblebees".

How many syllables are in bombus?

bombus has 2 syllables and divides as bom-bus under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for bombus?

Close synonyms include genus Bombus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bombus a common word?

bombus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.