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English
Etymology 1
image:Bee on flower.jpg|right|200px|Photo of bee
From OE. beo|b�o, from Ger. *b��, from IE. *bhī-. Cognate with Dutch bij, dialectal German Beie (w:Upper German|Upper German), Swedish bi; and (from Indo-European) with Latvian bite, Russian п�ела, Old Irish bech.
Pronunciation
enPR|b�, IPA|/bi�/, SAMPA|/bi:/
audio|en-us-bee.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|i�
Homophones
be
Noun
en-noun
- A flying insect, of the order Hymenoptera, superfamily Apoidea.
- A contest, especially for spelling, see spelling bee.
- A gathering for a specific purpose, e.g. a sewing bee or a quilting bee.
- The letter b.
Translations
trans-top|insect
Afrikaans: by
Albanian: t+|sq|bletë|f|xs=Albanian
Amuzgo: kÃch'i
Ancient Greek: tø|grc|μÎλιÏ�Ï�α|f|xsAncient Greek, tø|grc|μÎλιÏ�Ï�α|f|xsAncient Greek
Arabic: ARchar|Ù�ØÙ�Ø©|Ù�Ù�ØÙ�Ù�Ù�Ø© (náħla) f
Aragonese: abella f
Armenian: մեղո� (méghou)
trreq|Bengali
Bosnian: t-|bs|p�ela|f
Breton: gwenan (collective), gwenanenn f
Bulgarian: t+|bg|п�ела|f|trp�elá|scCyrl
trreq|Burmese
Catalan: abella f
Cherokee: ���� (wadulisi)
Chinese: �� (mìf�ng)
Cree: �� (aamoo)
Crimean Tatar: balkurt
Croatian: t+|hr|p�ela|f
Czech: t-|cs|v�ela|f
Danish: t-|da|bi|c
Dutch: bij f, honingbij f
Erzya: мек� (mekš)
Esperanto: t+|eo|abelo|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t-|et|mesilane
Finnish: t+|fi|mehiläinen
French: t+|fr|abeille|f
Georgian: á�¤á�£á�¢Âá��á��Âá� á�� (pâ��utkari)
German: Biene f, Imme f (poetic)
Greek: t+|el|μÎλιÏ�Ï�α|f|sc=Grek (mélissa)
GuaranÃ: eiru, eira rúa
Hebrew: ���ר� (dvora) f
Hindi: मध�म���� (madhumakkhī) f
Hungarian: t+|hu|méh
Indonesian: t+|id|lebah|xsIndonesian, t+|id|tawon|xsIndonesian
Interlingua: ape, apicula
Irish: beach g|Irish
Isthmus Zapotec: bizu
Italian: t+|it|ape|f
Japanese: � (��, hachi), �� (����, mitsubachi)
trreq|Kannada
Khmer: KMchar|����� (k�mum)
Korean: � (beol)
trreq|Lao
Latin: t-|la|apis|f
trans-mid
Latvian: t-|lv|bite|f|xs=Latvian
Lithuanian: t+|lt|bit�|f|xs=Lithuanian
Malay: lebah
trreq|Malayalam
Maltese: t-|mt|naħla|f|xs=Maltese
trreq|Marathi
Mongolian: t-|mn|зөгий|trzögii|scCyrl|xs=Mongolian
Nahuatl: xicohtli
trreq|Nepali
Norwegian: t+|no|bie|m|f
Novial: abele
Ojibwe: �� (aamoo)
Old English: t-|ang|beo|f|altb�o|xsOld English
trreq|Oriya
Persian: t+|fa|ز�ب�ر|trzanbur|scFAchar|xs=Persian
Polish: t+|pl|pszczo�a|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|abelha|f
Romanian: t+|ro|albin�|f
Russian: t+|ru|п�ела|f|trp�elá|scCyrl
trreq|Sanskrit
Sardinian (Campidanese): abi
Scottish Gaelic: seillean m
Serbian:
Slovak: t-|sk|v�ela|f
Slovene: t+|sl|�ebela|f
Somali: shinni
Spanish: t+|es|abeja|f
Swahili: nyuki (nc 9/10)
Swedish: t+|sv|bi|n
Tagalog: buboyog
Tamil: தà¯�à®�à¯�à®�à¯�à®�ிà®�à¯�à®�ி IPAchar|(tÄ�á¹kuá¹icci), தà¯�னà¯� IPAchar|(tÄ�á¹�i)
Telugu: త�న���� (tEneTIga)
Tetum: bani
Thai: Thai|ภมร (pámon), Thai|ภุมรี (poomree)
Tupinambá: eÃra
Turkish: t+|tr|arı
Ukrainian: бджола (bdžolá) f
trreq|Urdu
Vietnamese: (con) ong (IPA|/au�/)
trreq|Welsh
Yiddish: ��� (bin) f
trans-bottom
trans-top|spelling contest
see spelling bee
trans-bottom
trans-top|gathering
trans-mid
trans-bottom
Derived terms
top2
bee-eater
beekeeper
beehive
beeline
beeswax
bee's knees
bumblebee
honeybee
mid2
carpenter bee
have a bee in your bonnet
put the bee on
queen bee
stingless bee
sting like a bee
worker bee
See also
top2
apian
apiarian
apiarist
apiary
apimania
Appendix: Animals
Appendix: Collective nouns
mid2
drone
dumbledore
honey
imbe
pollinator
Etymology 2
(Northern development of) OE. beah|b�ah.
Noun
en-noun
- obsolete A ring or torque; a bracelet.
#* 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
infl|en|verb
- Archaic spelling of the verb be.
#* Quotations
#: 1604 Reverend Cawdrey Table Aleph: held that a �Nicholaitan is an heretike, like Nicholas, who held that wiues should bee commmon to all alike.�
Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Insects
Finnish
Noun
fi-noun|be
- The letter b.
Manx
Noun
infl|gv|noun
- food
Verb
infl|gv|verb
- To be.
Tetum
Alternative forms
wee (Tetun-Terik)
Noun
infl|tet|noun
- water
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