"queen bee" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-queen bee.ogg [Australia] Forms: queen bees [plural]
Etymology: From queen + bee. Compare Middle English kyng of been (“queen bee”, literally “king of bees”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|queen|bee}} queen + bee, {{noncog|enm|kyng of been|lit=king of bees|t=queen bee}} Middle English kyng of been (“queen bee”, literally “king of bees”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} queen bee (plural queen bees)
  1. A reproductive female (especially the only one) in a colony of bees. Categories (topical): People Categories (lifeform): Female animals Synonyms (bee): beemother [rare] Translations (reproductive female bee): bletë mëmë [feminine] (Albanian), matkë [feminine] (Albanian), parëz [feminine] (Albanian), պարսամայր (parsamayr) (Armenian), մեղվամայր (meġvamayr) (Armenian), erlama (Basque), abella reina (Catalan), شاھەنگ (şaheng) (Central Kurdish), э̄ла (eela) (Chechen), 蜂后 (fēnghòu) (Chinese Mandarin), 蜂王 (fēngwáng) (Chinese Mandarin), včelí královna [feminine] (Czech), moer [feminine] (Dutch), bijenkoningin [feminine] (Dutch), мекшава (mekšava) (Erzya), abelreĝino (Esperanto), reĝinabelo (Esperanto), mehiläiskuningatar (Finnish), kuningatarmehiläinen (Finnish), reine (des abeilles) [feminine] (French), abella raíña (Galician), abella mestra [feminine] (Galician), Bienenkönigin [feminine] (German), Königin [feminine] (German), Bienenkönig [masculine] (German), Bienenmutter [feminine] (German), Weisel (english: specialist) [feminine, masculine] (German), Stockmutter [feminine] (German), μέλισσα βασίλισσα (mélissa vasílissa) [feminine] (Greek), méhkirálynő (Hungarian), abelino (Ido), lebah ratu (Indonesian), ape regina [feminine] (Italian), 女王蜂 (joōbachi) (Japanese), guru tawon (Javanese), 여왕벌 (yeowangbeol) (Korean), bišu māte (Latvian), матица (matica) [feminine] (Macedonian), pī huauri (Maori), रानी मौरी (rānī maurī) (Nepali), méthe ès moûques [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), péthe ès bourdons [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), vielle des bourdes [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), şaheng [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), bidronning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bidronning [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), biedronning [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), bēomōdor [feminine] (Old English), królowa [feminine] (Polish), abelha-rainha [feminine] (Portuguese), abelha-mestra [feminine] (Portuguese), regină [feminine] (Romanian), matcă [feminine] (Romanian), ма́тка (mátka) [feminine] (Russian), ма̏тица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mȁtica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), abeja reina [feminine] (Spanish), abeja maestra [feminine] (Spanish), bidrottning [common-gender] (Swedish), இராணித் தேனீ (irāṇit tēṉī) (Tamil), kraliçe arı (Turkish), ong chúa (Vietnamese), jireg bienas (Volapük), biejireg (english: older term) [obsolete] (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-queen_bee-en-noun-saa9ktmY Disambiguation of People: 85 2 13 Disambiguation of Female animals: 56 4 40 Disambiguation of 'bee': 100 0 0 Disambiguation of 'reproductive female bee': 90 2 9
  2. (idiomatic, colloquial, derogatory) The most important or dominant woman in an organization or situation. Tags: colloquial, derogatory, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-queen_bee-en-noun-Ep7YBjfQ
  3. (figurative) A stem cell. Tags: figuratively Categories (lifeform): Bees
    Sense id: en-queen_bee-en-noun-BHEMqAVA Disambiguation of Bees: 30 3 67 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 5 80

Inflected forms

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          "word": "bišu māte"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "pī huauri"
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          "_dis1": "90 2 9",
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          "lang": "Nepali",
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          "word": "रानी मौरी"
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          "sense": "reproductive female bee",
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          "word": "vielle des bourdes"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "reproductive female bee",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "reproductive female bee",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "reproductive female bee",
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          "sense": "reproductive female bee",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "abelha-rainha"
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          "sense": "reproductive female bee",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "reproductive female bee",
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          "sense": "reproductive female bee",
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      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
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      "word": "bletë mëmë"
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      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "word": "պարսամայր"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
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      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "word": "մեղվամայր"
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      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "word": "erlama"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "word": "abella reina"
    },
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      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "eela",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "word": "э̄ла"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fēnghòu",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "word": "蜂后"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fēngwáng",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "word": "蜂王"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "včelí královna"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moer"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "lang": "Erzya",
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      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "word": "мекшава"
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "word": "abelreĝino"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "word": "mehiläiskuningatar"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "word": "kuningatarmehiläinen"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "reine (des abeilles)"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "word": "abella raíña"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "abella mestra"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Bienenkönigin"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Königin"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
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      "word": "Bienenkönig"
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      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "μέλισσα βασίλισσα"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "word": "abelino"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "word": "lebah ratu"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ape regina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "joōbachi",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "word": "女王蜂"
    },
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      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "word": "guru tawon"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yeowangbeol",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "word": "여왕벌"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "şaheng",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "word": "شاھەنگ"
    },
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      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "şaheng"
    },
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "word": "bišu māte"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "matica",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "матица"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "word": "pī huauri"
    },
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      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "rānī maurī",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "word": "रानी मौरी"
    },
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "méthe ès moûques"
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "péthe ès bourdons"
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vielle des bourdes"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bidronning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bidronning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biedronning"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bēomōdor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "królowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "abelha-rainha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "abelha-mestra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "regină"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matcă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mátka",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ма̏тица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mȁtica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "abeja reina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "abeja maestra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bidrottning"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "irāṇit tēṉī",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "word": "இராணித் தேனீ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "word": "kraliçe arı"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "word": "ong chúa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "word": "jireg bienas"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "english": "older term",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "reproductive female bee",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "biejireg"
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    "queen bee"
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}

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