colmea

Meaning

beehive

Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kolˈmea̝/
Etymology

13th century, and attested as colmena in local Medieval Latin documents since 937. From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *kŏlmēnā, probably of Celtic origin. From Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos (“stalk”). Cognate with Portuguese colmeia, Spanish colmena.

Bookmark this

Galician

Start learning Galician with learnfeliz.

Practice speaking and memorizing "colmea" and many other words and sentences in Galician.

Go to our Galician course page

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes
Sentences
A
  invención   da   colmea   de   cadros   móbiles   permite   preservar   os  panais  durante   a   esmelga .

The invention of the movable frame beehive allows the panels to be preserved during enameling.

Questions