abelha

Galician

Noun

abelha f (plural abelhas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of abella

Further reading

• “abelha” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Occitan abelha, from Latin apicula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbeʎo/
• IPA^(key): /a.ˈbe.ja/ (Niçard)

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Noun

abelha f (plural abelhas)

1. bee (insect)

Derived terms

• èrba d'abelha

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 4.

Portuguese

Abelha (Apis mellifera)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese abella, from Latin apicula.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbe.ʎɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbe.ʎɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbe.ʎa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈbɐ(j).ʎɐ/ [ɐˈβɐ(j).ʎɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈbɐ(j).ʎɐ/ [ɐˈβɐ(j).ʎɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈbe.ʎɐ/ [ɐˈβe.ʎɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈbe.ʎɐ/ [ɐˈβe.ʎɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈbe.ʎɐ/ [ɐˈβe.ʎɐ]

• Rhymes: -eʎɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧be‧lha

Noun

abelha f (plural abelhas)

1. bee (insect)

   Hyponyms: zangão, abelhão

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:abelha.

Derived terms

• abelha de mel
• abelha-mestra
• abelha-operária
• abelha-pedreira
• abelha-rainha
• abelhal
• abelhão
• abelheiro
• abelhudo
• cera de abelha
• pão de abelha

Related terms

• aipo
• apiário
• apícola
• apicultura

Further reading

• “abelha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “abelha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025