yokel

English

Etymology

1812, possibly from dialectal German Jokel, diminutive of Jakob; alternatively, from dialectal English yokel (“woodpecker”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈjəʊ.kəl/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈjoʊ.kəl/
Rhymes: -əʊkəl

Noun

yokel (plural yokels)

(pejorative) An unsophisticated person.
A person of rural background.

Synonyms

Translations

unsophisticated person

Chinese:
Mandarin: 土包子 (zh) (tǔbāozi), 鄉巴佬 (zh), 乡巴佬 (zh) (xiāngbalǎo)
Dutch: hufter (nl)
Finnish: juntti (fi)
French: manant (fr) m
German: Tölpel (de) m, Hanswurst (de) m, Simpel (de) m, Einfaltspinsel (de) m, Naivling (de) m
Hungarian: paraszt (hu)

Latvian: pāķis m, lauķis m
Maori: panekāka
Portuguese: rústico (pt) m, caipira (pt) m, f (Brazil)
Romanian: țăran (ro) m, mojic (ro) m, bădăran (ro) m
Russian: дереве́нщина (ru) m, f (derevénščina)
Serbo-Croatian: seljak (sh) m, seljačina (sh) f
Spanish: paleto m, palurdo (es) m, chúntaro m (Mexico)

person of rural background

Chinese:
Mandarin: 鄉下人 (zh) (tǔbāozi), 乡下人 (zh) (xiāngxiàrén)
Dutch: boerenlul
Finnish: maalaistollo
French: manant (fr) m
German: Bauerntölpel m, Hinterwäldler (de) m
Hungarian: falusi (hu)

Latvian: pāķis m, lauķis m
Portuguese: rústico (pt) m, caipira (pt) m, f (Brazil)
Romanian: țăran (ro) m
Russian: дереве́нщина (ru) m, f (derevénščina)
Serbo-Croatian: seljak (sh) m
Spanish: paleto m

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Translations to be checked

Spanish: ^{(please verify)} palurdo (es) m, (Spain) ^{(please verify)} paleto m

References

↑ “yokel” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

Anagrams

Lokey, koley, kyloe

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[1] “yokel” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.