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bee

See also: Variations of "bee"

bee - English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈbiː/
  • Homophones: b, be, Bea

Noun

bee (plural bees or (dialectal) been)

  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.

Synonyms

Derived terms

terms derived from bee (noun)

Translations

Noun

bee (plural bees)

  1. A contest, especially for spelling; see spelling bee.
    • geography bee
  2. A community gathering to share labour, e.g. a sewing bee or a quilting bee.

Derived terms

Translations

  • Estonian: talgud pl
  • Finnish: piiri (fi), seura (fi) (regular), talkoot (fi) pl (one-time)
  • Greek: σύναξη (el) f (sýnaxi), συναναστροφή (el) f (synanastrofí)
  • Maori: ohu (to do a task)
  • Norwegian:
  • Polish: spotkanie (pl) n
  • Russian: толока (ru) f (toloka)

Noun

bee (plural bees)

  1. (obsolete) A ring or torque; a bracelet.

Verb

bee

  1. Obsolete spelling of be
  2. (obsolete) past participle of be; been
    • Cride out, Now now Sir knight, shew what ye bee,

Noun

bee (plural bees)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter B.

Derived terms

Translations

  • Arabic: بِي‎ m (bī) (also often used for P, p causing confusion)
  • Burmese: ဘီ (my) (bhi)
  • Catalan: be (ca) f
  • Chinese:
    • Cantonese: boy (boi1) (Hong Kong Cantonese)
    • Mandarin: (English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists)
  • Esperanto: bo (eo)
  • Faroese: be (fo) n
  • Finnish: bee (fi)
  • French: bé (fr) m
  • Galician: be (gl) m
  • Greek: μπι (bi)
  • Hawaiian: bē
  • Hindi: बी (hi) (bī)
  • Icelandic: bé
  • Ido: be (io)
  • Irish: bé, beith
  • Japanese: ビー (bī)
  • Korean: 비 (ko) (bi) (also often used for V, v causing confusion)
  • Latin: bē (la)
  • Malay: bi (ms)
  • Marathi: बी (mr) (bī)
  • Occitan: be (oc) f
  • Persian: ب‎ (fa) (be), بی‎ (fa) (bi) (english)
  • Polish: be (pl) n
  • Portuguese: bê (pt) m
  • Russian: би (ru) n (bi) (English), бэ (ru) n (bɛ)
  • Spanish: be (es) f
  • Swedish: be (sv)
  • Thai: บี (th) (bee)
  • Turkish: be (tr)
  • Vietnamese: bê (vi), bờ (vi)
  • Welsh: bi (cy) f

Noun

bee (plural bees)

  1. (nautical, usually in the plural) Any of the pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through.

Synonyms

  • bee block

Anagrams

bee - Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈbeː/, [ˈbeː]
  • Hyphenation: bee

Verb

bée (autobenefactive beeté)

  1. (transitive) to take
  2. (transitive) to take away
  3. (transitive, + l-case) to overcome
  4. (transitive, + l-case) to be angry with

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bee (type II verb)

bee - Aiwoo

Verb

bee

  1. (intransitive) to grow

bee - Aukan

Noun

bee

  1. belly, stomach
  2. uterus, womb
  3. pregnancy
  4. lineage, family line

bee - Dumbea

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ᵐbe/

Noun

bee

  1. fish

bee - Estonian

Noun

bee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter B.

bee - Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈbeː/, [ˈbe̞ː]
  • Syllabification: bee

Noun

bee

  1. bee (The name of the Latin-script letter B.)

Usage notes

  • Speakers often use the corresponding forms of b-kirjain (“letter B, letter b”) instead of inflecting this word, especially in plural.

Declension

Inflection of bee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative bee beet
genitive been beiden beitten
partitive beetä beitä
illative beehen beihin
Possessive forms of bee (type maa)

Synonyms

bee - Fula

Alternative forms

Particle

bee (Pular)

  1. it must, it is necessary that
    • iggey yimbe bee bonnii taariinde nde no feewi.
      • (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Dialectal variants

bee - Hadza

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /beʔe/

Pronoun

bee f pl (masc. bami, masc. plural bii, fem. bôko)

  1. they (fem. or mixed gender)

bee - Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈbɛɛ]
  • Hyphenation: bee

Interjection

bee

  1. baa (sound of a sheep)

bee - Latin

Interjection

bee

  1. baa (sound of a sheep)

bee - Mandinka

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /beː/

Noun

bee

  1. (anatomy) vagina

bee - Manx

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /biː/

Noun

bee m (genitive singular bee, plural beeghyn)

  1. food
  2. provisions
  3. nourishment
  4. diet

Derived terms

  • bee ny jeeghyn (“ambrosia”)
  • bee millish (“sweetmeat, sweet”)
  • bee moddee (“dog food”)

Verb

bee

  1. inflection of ve:
    1. future
    2. second-person singular imperative

Mutation

Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
beeveemee
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

bee - Middle English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /beː/
  • (Early Middle English) IPA: /bøː/

Noun

bee (plural been or bees)

  1. A bee (insect that collects pollen)

Descendants

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /pèː/

Postposition

bee

  1. with, by means of, by means of it

Inflection

singular duoplural
1st person shee nihee
2nd person nee nihee
3rd person bee
4th person (3o) yee
4th person (3a) hee
4th person (3i) ee —
reflexive ádee —
reciprocal — ahee

bee - Old Irish

Verb

bee

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive absolute of at·tá

bee - Romanian

Interjection

bee

  1. Obsolete form of behehe.

bee - San Juan Guelavía Zapotec

Noun

bee

  1. ant

bee - Saterland Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /beː/
  • Hyphenation: bee

Determiner

bee

  1. both

Pronoun

bee

  1. both

Usage notes

  • When used pronominally referring to two people (rather than objects or animals), the plural beeën is used.

bee - Tetum

Alternative forms

Noun

bee

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

bee - Võro

Noun

bee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter B.

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

bee - Yola

Alternative forms

Preposition

bee

  1. by

Verb

bee

  1. Alternative form of ba (“to be”)
Meaning and Definition of bee
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