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

Concepten

bij

honingbij

🐝

imme

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

abeille

🐝

abeja

🐝

ape

🐝

Biene

🐝

abelha

🐝

μέλισσα

abella

🐝

apis

🐝

arı

🐝

abelha

نحلة

🐝

نَحْلَة

hing

mêş

✈️

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈbiː/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: bee

Overgenomen van Oudengels: bēo

Verwant aan Deens: bøn

Verwant aan Nederlands: ban

Verwant aan Duits: Bann

Overgenomen van Oudengels: be

Overgenomen van Oudengels: 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”).

Zinnen

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

Het alarmferomoon ziet uit wanneer een bij een ander dier steekt ruikt naar bananen.