Bumpkin — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˌɑːɹdɪnˈælᵻɾiz/

🇬🇧British English

/bˈʌmpkɪn/

🇮🇳Indian English

/bˈʌmpkɪn/

2 syllables Say it as /kˌɑːɹdɪnˈælᵻɾiz/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

chawbacon rube yahoo hick hayseed yokel

Word Forms

bumpkinly

adjective

awkwardly simple and provincial

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Trottel

eine Person, die nicht sehr intelligent oder an Kultur interessiert ist

🇫🇷French

plouc

une personne qui n'est pas très intelligente ou qui s'intéresse à la culture

🇪🇸Spanish

patán

una persona que no es muy inteligente o no está interesada en la cultura

🇳🇱Dutch

boerenkinkel

iemand die niet erg intelligent is of geïnteresseerd is in cultuur

🇵🇹Portuguese

caipira

uma pessoa que não é muito inteligente ou interessada em cultura

🇷🇺Russian

деревенщина

человек, который не очень умен или интересуется культурой

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बेढंग आदमी

एक व्यक्ति जो बहुत बुद्धिमान नहीं है या संस्कृति में रुचि नहीं रखता है

🇧🇩Bengali

বাম্পকিন

একজন ব্যক্তি যিনি খুব বুদ্ধিমান বা সংস্কৃতিতে আগ্রহী নন

🇮🇳Tamil

பூசணிக்காய்

மிகவும் புத்திசாலி அல்லது கலாச்சாரத்தில் ஆர்வம் இல்லாத நபர்

🇮🇳Telugu

గుమ్మడికాయ

చాలా తెలివైన లేదా సంస్కృతిపై ఆసక్తి లేని వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

भोपळा

खूप हुशार किंवा संस्कृतीत रस नसलेली व्यक्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

બમ્પકિન

એવી વ્યક્તિ કે જે ખૂબ હોશિયાર નથી અથવા સંસ્કૃતિમાં રસ નથી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕುಂಬಳಕಾಯಿ

ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಬುದ್ಧಿವಂತ ಅಥವಾ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆಸಕ್ತಿ ಇಲ್ಲದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബമ്പകിൻ

വളരെ ബുദ്ധിമോ സംസ്കാരത്തിൽ താൽപ്പര്യമോ ഇല്ലാത്ത ഒരു വ്യക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੰਪਕਿਨ

ਇੱਕ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜੋ ਬਹੁਤ ਬੁੱਧੀਮਾਨ ਜਾਂ ਸੱਭਿਆਚਾਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਦਿਲਚਸਪੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਰੱਖਦਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

ٹکرانا

ایک شخص جو بہت ذہین یا ثقافت میں دلچسپی نہیں رکھتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

乡巴佬

不太聪明或对文化不感兴趣的人

🇯🇵Japanese

田舎者

あまり知性が高くなく、文化に興味がない人

🇰🇷Korean

범프킨

별로 똑똑하지 않거나 문화에 관심이 없는 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

người nhà quê

một người không phải là rất thông minh hoặc quan tâm đến văn hóa

🇹🇭Thai

คนบ้า

บุคคลที่ไม่ฉลาดหรือสนใจวัฒนธรรมมากนัก

🇮🇩Indonesian

anak dusun

seseorang yang tidak terlalu cerdas atau tertarik pada budaya

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ريفي

شخص ليس ذكيا جدا أو مهتما بالثقافة

🇮🇷Persian

دست انداز

فردی که خیلی باهوش یا علاقه مند به فرهنگ نیست

🇹🇷Turkish

hödük

çok zeki olmayan veya kültürle ilgilenmeyen bir kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

גבשושית

אדם שאינו מאוד אינטליגנטי או מתעניין בתרבות

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