colmeia

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See also: colméia

Portuguese

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Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese colmẽa, inherited from Vulgar Latin *colmēna, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, most likely from Proto-Celtic *kolmēnā, derived from *kŏlmos (“straw”). Compare Galician colmea and Spanish colmena.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kowˈmɛj.ɐ/ , /kowˈmej.ɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kowˈmɛj.a/ , /kowˈmej.a/
 

  • Hyphenation: col‧mei‧a

Noun

colmeia f (plural colmeias)

  1. beehive

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