"spelling bee" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: spelling bees [plural]
Etymology: From spelling + bee (“get-together, (social) gathering, contest”) (The earliest known evidence of the phrase in print dates back to 1850). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|spelling|bee|id2=contest|t2=get-together, (social) gathering, contest}} spelling + bee (“get-together, (social) gathering, contest”), {{q|The earliest known evidence of the phrase in print dates back to 1850}} (The earliest known evidence of the phrase in print dates back to 1850) Head templates: {{en-noun}} spelling bee (plural spelling bees)
  1. A spelling contest or competition where contestants, usually children, are asked to spell out words (orally, letter by letter); the individual or team spelling the most words correctly wins. Wikipedia link: spelling bee Synonyms: spelldown, spelling match (english: earlier term, traced back to 1808) Related terms: apple bee, geography bee, husking bee, quilting bee, sewing bee Translations (spelling contest or competition): مُسَابَقَة تَهْجِئَة (alt: musābaqa(t) tahjiʔa) [feminine] (Arabic), състезание по правопис (sǎstezanie po pravopis) (Bulgarian), compétition de l’épellation [feminine] (French), Buchstabierwettbewerb [masculine] (German), Rechtschreibwettbewerb [masculine] (German), helyesírásverseny (Hungarian), helyesíróverseny (Hungarian), betűzőverseny (Hungarian)

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