colmeia
See also: colméia
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- colméia (pre-1990 spelling)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese colmẽa, from Vulgar Latin *colmēna, borrowed from Proto-Celtic *kolmēnā, derived from *kŏlmos (“straw”). Compare Galician colmea, Spanish colmena.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kowˈmɛj.ɐ/ [koʊ̯ˈmɛɪ̯.ɐ], /kowˈmej.ɐ/ [koʊ̯ˈmeɪ̯.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kowˈmɛj.a/ [koʊ̯ˈmɛɪ̯.a], /kowˈmej.a/ [koʊ̯ˈmeɪ̯.a]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kolˈmɐj.ɐ/ [koɫˈmɐj.ɐ], /kɔlˈmɐj.ɐ/ [kɔɫˈmɐj.ɐ]
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /kolˈmej.ɐ/ [koɫˈmej.ɐ], /kɔlˈmej.ɐ/ [kɔɫˈmej.ɐ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kolˈme.ɐ/ [koɫˈme.ɐ], /kɔlˈme.ɐ/ [kɔɫˈme.ɐ]
- Hyphenation: col‧mei‧a
Noun
colmeia f (plural colmeias)
- beehive
Derived terms
- colmeeiro (“apiarist”)
Related terms
- colmeal
- colmo
- favo