abell

Back-formation from abella (“bee”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈβɛʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈbəʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈbeʎ]

abell m (plural abells)

1. a beehive, especially one that is natural rather than man-made
2. (collective) the bees of a particular beehive

• (natural beehive): seguer

• (beehive): rusc

• “abell”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007