bees
See also: Bees, béés, and bées
English
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - IPA(key): /biːz/
- Rhymes: -iːz
Noun
bees
- plural of bee
See also
- Appendix:Animals
- Appendix:English collective nouns
Anagrams
- BSEE, EBEs, SEbE
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch beest.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɪəs/
Noun
bees (plural beeste)
- cow, ox
- brute
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beːs/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bees
- Rhymes: -eːs
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French baise.
Noun
bees f (plural bezen, diminutive bezeke n)
- (Brabantian) kiss
- Allé sjoeke, geeft me na is een bezeke, ie oep m'n kaak!
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch bese (“berry”). Variant of bes.
Noun
bees f (plural bezen, diminutive bezeke n)
- candy
- 'nen Iejlen hoop beze gekocht gistre veur mene neef, veur de PC t'emme gemaokt!
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- berry
References
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeːs/, [ˈbe̞ːs̠]
- Hyphenation: bees
Noun
bees
- Alternative form of beesi
Declension
| Inflection of bees (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | bees | beesit | |
| genitive | beesin | beesien | |
| partitive | beesiä | beesejä | |
| illative | beesiin | beeseihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | bees | beesit | |
| accusative | nom. | bees | beesit |
| gen. | beesin | ||
| genitive | beesin | beesien | |
| partitive | beesiä | beesejä | |
| inessive | beesissä | beeseissä | |
| elative | beesistä | beeseistä | |
| illative | beesiin | beeseihin | |
| adessive | beesillä | beeseillä | |
| ablative | beesiltä | beeseiltä | |
| allative | beesille | beeseille | |
| essive | beesinä | beeseinä | |
| translative | beesiksi | beeseiksi | |
| instructive | — | beesein | |
| abessive | beesittä | beeseittä | |
| comitative | — | beeseineen | |
Derived terms
- bees-värinen (adjective)
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbe.eːs/
Verb
beēs
- second-person singular present active subjunctive of beō
Middle English
Noun
bees
- plural of bee
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German böse.
Adjective
bees
- angry
- offended