abeille

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Contents 1 French 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Hypernyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 See also 1.3.5 References 1.4 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

Borrowed from Provençal abelha, from Latin apicula, diminutive of apis (“‘bee’”). The native development of apis survived into Old French as ef, later és.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Paris) IPA: /a.bɛj/, X-SAMPA: /a.bEj/
• (Montreal) IPA: /a.bɛːj/

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• (une abeille, des abeilles) IPA: [y.ˈna.bɛːj.de.ˈza.bɛːj]

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• Homophones: abbaye, abbayes, abeilles

[edit] Noun

abeille f. (plural abeilles)

1. A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax.

   Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille.

   She was stung by a bee.

   Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend.

   Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen bores me.

   abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques

   wild bees and domesticated bees

   essaim d’abeilles

   swarm of bees

2. (entomology) A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar.

   La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires.

   The majority of bees are solitary.

3. (literature, figuratively) A writer whose style is considered pure like honey.

[edit] Hypernyms

honey bee

insect of order hymenoptera

• hyménoptère
• insecte
• mandibulate
• arthropode
• animal, métazoaire

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Wikipedia ^fr

• apicole
• apiculteur
• apiculture

[edit] See also

[edit] References

• "abeille" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of abeeill
• bâillée