You can make 4 words from bee according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of bee
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Definitions and meaning of bee
bee
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈbiː/
Rhymes: -iː
Homophones: b, be, Bea
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishbee, from Old Englishbēo, from Proto-West Germanic*bijā, from Proto-Germanic*bijō, from Proto-Indo-European*bʰey-.
Noun
bee (pluralbeesor(dialectal)been)
A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey.
Possibly from dialectal bene, been, bean(“help given by neighbours”), from Middle Englishbeen, bene(“neighbourly help, prayer, petition, request, extra service given by a tenant to his lord”), from Old Englishbēn(“prayer, request, petition, favour, compulsory service”), from Proto-Germanic*bōniz(“prayer, request, supplication”). Thus a variant of obsolete ben(“prayer; petition”) and doublet of boon. Cognate with Danishbøn(“prayer”), Dutchban(“curse”), GermanBann(“ban”). More at ban.
Noun
bee (pluralbees)
A contest, especially for spelling; see spelling bee.
A community gathering to share labour, e.g. a sewing bee or a quilting bee.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle Englishbeeȝ, bie, bei, begh, beiȝe, bege, beah, bye, from Old Englishbēah, bēag, from Proto-Germanic*baugaz. Doublet of beag, a learned borrowing; and of bagel.
Noun
bee (pluralbees)
(obsolete) A ring or torque; a bracelet.
Etymology 4
Variant spellings.
Verb
bee
Obsolete spelling of be
(obsolete)past participle of be; been
Cride out, Now now Sir knight, shew what ye bee,
Etymology 5
From Middle English [Term?], from Old Englishbe, from Latinbe(the name of the letter B).
Noun
bee (pluralbees)
The name of the Latin-script letter B.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
(Latin-script letter names)letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed
Etymology 6
Probably from Old Englishbēah(“ring”). Compare bow.
Noun
bee (pluralbees)
(nautical, usually in the plural) Any of the pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through.
Synonyms
bee block
References
Anagrams
EBE
Afar
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈbeː/, [ˈbeː]
Hyphenation: bee
Verb
bée (autobenefactivebeeté)
(transitive) to take
(transitive) to take away
(transitive, + l-case) to overcome
(transitive, + l-case) to be angry with
Conjugation
References
E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “bee”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Aiwoo
Verb
bee
(intransitive) to grow
References
Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Aukan
Etymology
From Englishbelly.
Noun
bee
belly, stomach
uterus, womb
pregnancy
lineage, family line
References
Aukan-English Dictionary (SIL)
Dumbea
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ᵐbe/
Noun
bee
fish
References
Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDuᵐbea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Shintani, T.L.A. & Païta, Y. (1990) Dictionnaire de la langue de Païta, Nouméa: Sociéte d'etudes historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Cited in: "Drubea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Speakers often use the corresponding forms of b-kirjain(“letter B, letter b”) instead of inflecting this word, especially in plural.
Declension
Synonyms
b-kirjain
Fula
Alternative forms
beni
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Particle
bee(Pular)
it must, it is necessary that
Dialectal variants
maal
doole
tilay
say
sey
See also
duwaa
References
Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
Hadza
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /beʔe/
Pronoun
beef pl (masc.bami, masc. pluralbii, fem.bôko)
they (fem. or mixed gender)
Related terms
habee
nâbee
himiggêbee
beena
Hungarian
Etymology
An onomatopoeia.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈbɛɛ]
Hyphenation: bee
Rhymes: -ɛ
Interjection
bee
baa (sound of a sheep)
(childish)a word expressing bragging and mockery between children
See also
Further reading
bee in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Latin
Alternative forms
be
Etymology
Of imitative origin
Interjection
bee
baa (sound of a sheep)
References
Further reading
“bee”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
bee in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Mandinka
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /beː/
Noun
bee
(anatomy) vagina
Manx
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /biː/
Etymology 1
From Old Irishbíad(“food”). Cognate with Irishbia and Scottish Gaelicbiadh.
Noun
beem (genitive singularbee, pluralbeeghyn)
food
provisions
nourishment
diet
Derived terms
bee ny jeeghyn(“ambrosia”)
bee millish(“sweetmeat, sweet”)
bee moddee(“dog food”)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
bee
inflection of ve:
future
second-person singular imperative
Mutation
Middle English
Alternative forms
be, beo, bey
Etymology
From Old Englishbēo, from Proto-West Germanic*biju, from Proto-Germanic*bijō.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /beː/
(Early Middle English) IPA(key): /bøː/
Noun
bee (pluralbeenorbees)
A bee(insect that collects pollen)
Descendants
English: bee
Scots: bee, be, beye, bie, bea
Yola: been(plural)
References
“bẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-24.
Navajo
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pèː/
Postposition
bee
with, by means of, by means of it
Inflection
Old Irish
Verb
bee
second-person singular present subjunctive absolute of at·tá
Romanian
Interjection
bee
Obsolete form of behehe.
References
bee in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
San Juan Guelavía Zapotec
Noun
bee
ant
References
López Antonio, Joaquín, Jones, Ted, Jones, Kris (2012) Vocabulario breve del Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía[3] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 13, 25
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisianbēthe, from Proto-Germanic*bai(“both”) + *sa(“the”). Cognates include West Frisianbeide and Germanbeide.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /beː/
Hyphenation: bee
Rhymes: -eː
Determiner
bee
both
Pronoun
bee
both
Usage notes
When used pronominally referring to two people (rather than objects or animals), the plural beeën is used.
References
Marron C. Fort (2015) “bee”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
Swahili
Pronunciation
Interjection
bee
Alternative form of abee
Tetum
Alternative forms
wee(Tetun-Terik)
Etymology
From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiʀ.