abeille

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See also: abeillé and Abeille

Finnish

Noun

abeille

  1. allative plural of abi
    Tärkeää tietoa abeille
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French

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle French abeille, from Old Occitan abelha, from Latin apicula, diminutive of apis (whence the Old French ef).

Pronunciation

Noun

abeille f (plural abeilles)

A honey bee (abeille) collecting pollen
A solitary bee (abeille)
  1. bee, honeybee
    Je me suis fait piquer par une abeille
    I got stung by a bee
    • 1874, Victor Hugo, Quatre-Vingt-Treize:
      Alors, contentez-vous du travail comme la fourmi, et du miel comme l’abeille.
      So be happy with work, like the ant, and honey, like the bee.
    • 2012 September 10, Anne-Marie Duquette, L'Action:
      Chaque ruche, en ce début d’automne, abrite quelque 15 000 abeilles, le «pic» de 50 000 étant atteint vers juillet, la reine pouvant pondre jusqu’à 1500 oeufs par jour.
      Each hive, at the start of autumn, houses some 15,000 bees, with a peak of 50,000 reached by July, the queen laying up to 1,500 eggs per day.
  2. (figuratively) a writer whose style is considered pure like honey

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Hypernyms

honey bee
insect of order hymenoptera

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Descendants

  • Esperanto: abelo

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Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan abelha, from Latin apicula.

Pronunciation

Noun

abeille f (plural abeilles)

  1. honey bee (Apis mellifera).

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