bee

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey.
2. (informal, proscribed) Any stinging flying insect, especially a wasp.

Verb

1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of be.
2. (form-of, obsolete, participle, past) past participle of be; been

Sinonieme

honeybee

🐝

wasp

bumblebee

honey

🍯

beetle

🪲

hornet

honey bee

fly

✈️

black bee

drone

honey-bee

yellow jacket

bees

molasses

mosquito

🦟

punishment

race

racing

rivalry

sorghum

syrup

society

Apis indica

large black bee

yellowjacket

apis

native bee

association

beehive

bug

🐛

company

competition

contention

contest

drunkard

emulation

etc.

fancy

insect

Vertalings

abeille

🐝

abeja

🐝

ape

🐝

Biene

🐝

bij

abelha

🐝

μέλισσα

abella

🐝

apis

🐝

arı

🐝

honingbij

🐝

abelha

نحلة

🐝

نَحْلَة

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈbiː/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: bee

Geërf van Old English: bēo

Verwante met Deens: bøn

Verwante met Nederlands: ban

Verwante met Duits: Bann

Geërf van Old English: be

Geërf van Old English: bēah

In summary

From Middle English bee, from Old English bēo (“bee”), from Proto-West Germanic *bijā, from Proto-Germanic *bijǭ (“bee”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰey- (“bee”).
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian bij (“bee”), Dutch bij, by (“bee”), German Biene (“bee”), Limburgish Bé, bie (“bee”), Luxembourgish Bei (“bee”), Vilamovian byn (“bee”), West Flemish bieë (“bee”), Yiddish בין (bin, “bee”), Danish, Swedish bi (“bee”), Faroese býfluga (“bee”), Icelandic bý, býfluga (“bee”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk bie (“bee”).

Sinne

The alarm pheromone emitted when a bee stings another animal smells like bananas .