noun, feminine/a.bɛj/plural: abeilles
bee, honey bee; a writer whose style is considered pure like honey; bullet
“Je me suis fait piquer par une abeille.” — I got stung by a bee.
Synonyms: mouche à miel
Etymology tree Latin apis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -cula Latin apiculader. Middle French abeille French abeille Inherited from Middle French abeille, from Old Occitan abelha, from Latin apicula, diminutive of apis. Displaced Old French ef.