abella

• apella (High Aragonese)

From Latin apicula, diminutive of apis.

abella f (plural abellas, diminutive abelleta)

1. bee

From Latin apicula, diminutive of apis.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əˈbə.ʎə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /əˈbɛ.ʎə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈbe.ʎa/

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abella f (plural abelles)

1. bee
2. swallowtail sea perch (Anthias anthias)

   Synonyms: cabut, forcadella

• “abella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “abella”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese abella (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin apicula, diminutive of apis. Cognate with Portuguese abelha and Spanish abeja.

• IPA^(key): /aˈβeʎa̝/

abella f (plural abellas)

1. bee

• Abella
• Abellal
• abellariza
• Abelleira
• abelleiro

• “abella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “abella” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “abella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “abella” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “abella” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Latin apicula, diminutive of apis (“bee”).

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈbe.ʎa/

abella f (plural abellas)

1. bee (flying insect)

• Galician: abella
• Portuguese: abelha