Polyglot Dictionary

colmeia

/kowˈmeja/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as colmeias

Meaning

  1. beehive

    • As abelhas vivem na colmeia.

      Bees live in the hive.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Bienenstock

Bienenstock is the German word for the same thing — both mean "beehive."

Spanish

colmena

colmena is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "beehive."

French

ruche

ruche is the French word for the same thing — both mean "beehive."

Practice

1 What does colmeia mean?

2 Fill the gap: As abelhas vivem na ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches colmeia?

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