See bée

English

Etymology 1

Image:Drinking Bee.jpg|thumb|A bee From beo|bēo, from *bēō, from *bhī-. Cognate with Dutch bij, dialectal German Beie (w:Upper German|Upper German), Swedish bi; and (from Indo-European) with Latvian bite, Russian пчела, Old Irish bech.

Pronunciation

• , IPA: /biː/,
• An audio transcript can be found at en-us-bee.ogg

Homophones

• be

Noun

1. A flying insect, of the order Hymenoptera, superfamily Apoidea.
2. A contest, especially for spelling, see spelling bee.
3. A gathering for a specific purpose, e.g. a sewing bee or a quilting bee.

Translations

• Afrikaans: by
• Albanian: {{t+|sq|bletë|f|xs=Albanian}}
• Amuzgo: kích'i
• Ancient Greek: {{tø|grc|μέλισσα|f|xs=Ancient Greek}}, {{tø|grc|μέλιττα|f|xs=Ancient Greek}}
• Arabic: {{Arab|نحلة|نَحْلَة}} (náħla)
• Aragonese: abella
• Armenian: մեղու (méghou)
• Belarusian: {{t-|be|пчала|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}}
• Bosnian: {{t-|bs|pčela|f}}
• Breton: gwenan (collective), gwenanenn
• Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|пчела|f|tr=pčelá|sc=Cyrl}}
• Burmese: ပယား (pyà)
• Catalan: abella
• Cherokee: ᏩᏚᎵᏏ (wadulisi)
• Chinese: 蜜蜂 (mìfēng)
• Cree: ᐋᒨ (aamoo)
• Crimean Tatar: balqurt
• Croatian: {{t+|hr|pčela|f}}
• Czech: {{t+|cs|včela|f}}
• Danish: {{t-|da|bi|c}}
• Dutch: bij , honingbij
• Erzya: мекш (mekš)
• Esperanto: {{t+|eo|abelo|xs=Esperanto}}
• Estonian:
• Finnish:
• French: {{t+|fr|abeille|f}}
• Georgian: ფუტკარი (p‘utkari)
• German: Biene , Imme (poetic)
• Greek: {{t+|el|μέλισσα|f|sc=Grek}} (mélissa)
• Guaraní: eiru, eira rúa
• Hebrew: דבורה (dvora)
• Hindi: मधुमक्खी (madhumakkhī)
• Hungarian:
• Icelandic: {{t+|is|býfluga|f}}
• Indonesian: {{t+|id|lebah|xs=Indonesian}}, {{t+|id|tawon|xs=Indonesian}}
• Interlingua: ape, apicula
• Irish: {{t+|ga|beach|f|xs=Irish}}
• Isthmus Zapotec: bizu
• Italian: {{t+|it|ape|f}}
• Japanese: 蜂 (はち, hachi), 蜜蜂 (みつばち, mitsubachi)
• Khmer: (k’mum)
• Korean: 벌 (beol)
• Lao: (phəng)
• Latin: {{t-|la|apis|f}}
• Latvian: {{t-|lv|bite|f|xs=Latvian}}
• Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|bitė|f|xs=Lithuanian}}
• Lower Sorbian: {{tø|dsb|pcołka|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}}

• Malay: {{t-|ms|lebah|xs=Malay}}
• Maltese: {{t-|mt|naħla|f|xs=Maltese}}
• Mongolian: {{t-|mn|зөгий|tr=zögii|sc=Cyrl|xs=Mongolian}}
• Nahuatl: xicohtli
• Norwegian: {{t+|no|bie|m|f}}
• Novial: abele
• Ojibwe: ᐋᒨ (aamoo)
• Old Church Slavonic:
• : Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|бьчєла|f|tr=bĭčela|sc=Cyrl|xs=Old Church Slavonic}}, {{tø|cu|бъчєла|g|tr=bŭčela|sc=Cyrl|xs=Old Church Slavonic}}
• : Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰁⰠⰝⰅⰎⰀ|f|tr=bĭčela|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}}, {{tø|cu|ⰁⰟⰝⰅⰎⰀ|g|tr=bŭčela|sc=Cyrl|xs=Old Church Slavonic}}
• Old English: {{t-|ang|beo|f|alt=bēo|xs=Old English}}
• Persian: {{t+|fa|زنبور|tr=zanbur|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}}
• Polabian: {{tø|pox|celă|f|xs=Polabian}}
• Polish: {{t+|pl|pszczoła|f}}
• Portuguese: {{t+|pt|abelha|f}}
• Romanian: {{t+|ro|albină|f}}
• Russian: {{t+|ru|пчела|f|tr=pčelá|sc=Cyrl}}
• Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|भ्रमर|m|tr=bhramara|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t-|sa|मधुलिह्|m|tr=madhulih|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}}
• Sardinian (Campidanese): abi
• Scottish Gaelic: seillean
• Serbian:
• : Cyrillic: {{t-|sr|пчела|f|sc=Cyrl}}
• : Roman: {{t-|sr|pčela|f}}
• Slovak: {{t-|sk|včela|f}}
• Slovene: {{t+|sl|čebela|f}}
• Somali: shinni
• Spanish: {{t+|es|abeja|f}}
• Swahili: nyuki (nc 9/10)
• Swedish: {{t+|sv|bi|n}}
• Tagalog: buboyog
• Tamil: தேட்குடிச்சி , தேனீ
• Telugu: తేనెటీగ (tEneTIga)
• Tetum: bani
• Thai: (pámon), (poomree)
• Tupinambá: eíra
• Turkish:
• Ukrainian: {{t-|uk|бджола|f|tr=bdžolá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}}
• Upper Sorbian: {{tø|hsb|pčoła|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}}
• Vietnamese: (con) ong (IPA: /auŋ/)
• Welsh: gwenynen (collective: gwenyn)
• Yiddish: בין (bin)

• see spelling bee

• : തേനീച്ച, അളി, ഭ്രമരം, മത്സരത്തിനോ വിനോദത്തിനോ വേണ്ടിയുള്ള യോഗം, കവി, നിരന്തര പരിശ്രമി

Derived terms

• bee-eater
• beekeeper
• beehive
• beeline
• beeswax
• bee's knees
• bumblebee
• honeybee

• carpenter bee
• have a bee in your bonnet
• put the bee on
• queen bee
• stingless bee
• sting like a bee
• worker bee

See also

• apian
• apiarian
• apiarist
• apiary
• apimania
• Appendix: Animals
• Appendix: Collective nouns

• drone
• dumbledore
• honey
• imbe
• pollinator

Etymology 2

(Northern development of) beah|bēah.

Noun

1. A ring or torque; a bracelet.
2. * 1658: ...restoring unto the world much gold richly adorning his Sword, two hundred Rubies, many hundred Imperial Coynes, three hundred golden Bees, the bones and horseshoe of his horse enterred with him... — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 16)

Etymology 3

Variant spellings.

Verb

1. Archaic spelling of the verb be.
2. * Quotations
3. : 1604 Reverend Cawdrey Table Aleph: held that a ‘Nicholaitan is an heretike, like Nicholas, who held that wiues should bee commmon to all alike.’

Etymology 4

Noun

1. The letter B, b.

Category:1000 English basic words Category:Insects

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Finnish

Noun

1. The letter B, b.

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Latin

Interjection

1. baa (sound of a sheep)

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Manx

Noun

1. food

Verb

1. To be.

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Tetum

Alternative forms

• wee (Tetun-Terik)

Noun

1. water

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