beebread

English

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/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

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)
Bulgarian: перга f (perga), пчелен прашец m (pčelen prašec)
Catalan: pa d'abella f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蜂花粉 (fēnghuāfěn)
Czech: včelí chléb, perga
Danish: bibrød n
Dutch: ambrozijn (nl) n, bijenbrood (nl) n
Esperanto: abelpano
Estonian: suir (et)
Finnish: mehiläisleipä (fi), perga (fi)
French: pain d'abeille (fr) m
German: Bienenbrot n, Perga f
Greek:
Ancient Greek: κήρῐνθος m (kḗrĭnthos), ἐριθάκη f (erithákē), σανδαράκη f (sandarákē)
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: méhkenyér (hu), perga
Italian: polline d'api m
Kazakh: балтозаң (baltozaŋ), перга (perga)
Latin: cērinthus m, erīthacē f, sandaraca f
Latvian: bišu maize f
Lithuanian: bičių duona f
Old English: bēobrēad n
Polish: pierzga (pl) f
Portuguese: pão de abelha m
Romanian: păstură (ro) f
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, včelí peľ m
Slovene: cvetni prah (sl) m
Spanish: pan de abeja m
Swahili: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: bibröd (sv) n
Ukrainian: перга́ (uk) f (perhá)

Anagrams

bee beard