"abeille" meaning in French

See abeille in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /a.bɛj/, /a.bɛːj/ [Montreal] Audio: Fr-Paris-une abeille des abeilles.ogg , Fr-abeille-fr CA.ogg , Fr-abeille.ogg Forms: abeilles [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French abeille, from Old Occitan abelha, from Latin apicula, diminutive of apis (whence the Old French ef). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|abeille|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French abeille, {{inh+|fr|frm|abeille}} Inherited from Middle French abeille, {{bor|fr|pro|abelha}} Old Occitan abelha, {{der|fr|la|apicula}} Latin apicula Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} abeille f (plural abeilles)
  1. bee, honeybee Tags: feminine Categories (lifeform): Bees
    Sense id: en-abeille-fr-noun-gz~J~vHh Disambiguation of Bees: 94 6 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6
  2. (figuratively) a writer whose style is considered pure like honey Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-abeille-fr-noun-ykFPSIsE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mouche à miel Hypernyms: honey bee, insect of order hymenoptera, hyménoptère, insecte, mandibulate, arthropode, animal, métazoaire
Derived forms: abeille à miel, abeille charpentière, abeille des sables, abeille maçonne, abeille mère, abeille ouvrière, abeiller, abeillé, avoir les abeilles, cire d’abeille, mère abeille, nid d’abeilles, nid-d’abeilles, ophrys-abeille, ruche d’abeilles Related terms: apicole, apiculteur, apiculture, bourdon, bourdonner, bourdonnement, butiner, colonie, essaim, faux bourdon, frelon [masculine], gelée royale, guêpe [feminine], halicte, larve, miel, osmie, ouvrière, reine, ruche

Inflected forms

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