abeille
French
/a.bɛːj/
noun
Definitions
- bee, honeybee
- (figuratively) a writer whose style is considered pure like honey
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French abeille borrowed from Old Occitan abelha derived from Latin apicula (small bee).
Origin
Latin
apicula
Gloss
small bee
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *apicla Latin
- *apicla, *apẹcla Latin
- apicula Latin
- abelejo Esperanto
- abelisto Esperanto
- abelmanĝulo Esperanto
- abelo Esperanto
- abelreĝino Esperanto
- abelsvarmo Esperanto
- abelujo Esperanto
- abelvakso Esperanto
- laborabelo Esperanto
- virabelo Esperanto
- ĉefabelino Esperanto
- abelo Ido
- abeille Middle French
- abelha Occitan
- avieul Romansh
- abeya Asturian
- abelha Old Occitan
- aiville Bourguignon