beebread

English

Beebread

Alternative forms

bee bread, bee-bread

Etymology

Probably an Early Modern English combination of bee +‎ bread, but compare the Old English bēobrēad (“honeycomb full of honey”), and Middle English beoblæd (for beobræd?). Cognate with Old Saxon bībrōd (“honeycomb”, “gingerbread”, literally “bee-bread”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: bēʹbrĕd', IPA^(key): /ˈbiːˌbɹɛd/

Noun

beebread (uncountable)

Bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions, made and stored in brood cells by forager bees, and used as food for worker bees and larvae.

Translations

bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions

Arabic: خُبْز النَحْل‎ m (ḵubz an-naḥl)
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: пярга́ f (pjarhá)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蜂花粉 (fēnghuāfěn)
Czech: please add this translation if you can
Danish: bibrød n
Finnish: mehiläisleipä (fi)
German: Bienenbrot n
Greek:
Ancient: ἐριθάκη f (erithákē), σανδαράκη f (sandarákē)
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Kazakh: балтозаң (baltozañ)
Latin: cērinthus m, erithacē f, sandaraca f
Old English: bēobrēad n
Polish: pierzga (pl) f
Portuguese: pão de abelha m
Russian: перга́ (ru) f (pergá), пчели́ный хлеб f (pčelínyj xleb)
Serbo-Croatian: пчѐлињӣ хле̏б m / pčèlinjī hlȅb m (Serbia), pčèlinjī hljȅb m (Bosnia), pčèlinjī krȕh m (Croatia), perga (sh) f
Slovak: perga f
Swahili: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: bibröd (sv) n
Ukrainian: перга́ (uk) f (perhá)

Anagrams

bee beard