abella

• apella (Central)

Inherited from Latin apicula.

• IPA^(key): /aˈbeʎa/
• Syllabification: a‧be‧lla
• Rhymes: -eʎa

abella f (plural abellas, diminutive abelleta)

1. bee

• “abeja”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Inherited from Latin apicula.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈβɛ.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈbə.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈbe.ʎa]

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abella f (plural abelles)

1. bee
2. swallowtail sea perch (Anthias anthias)

   Synonyms: cabut, forcadella

• “abella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “abella”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese abella, from Latin apicula.

• IPA^(key): /aˈbeʎa/
• Rhymes: -eʎa
• Syllabification: a‧be‧lla

abella f (plural abellas)

1. (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) bee, wasp

   Synonym: avespa

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

• abelha (reintegrationist)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese abella, from Latin apicula. First attested in the 13th century.

• IPA^(key): /aˈbeɟa/ [aˈβ̞e.ɟɐ]
• Rhymes: -eɟa
• Hyphenation: a‧be‧lla

abella f (plural abellas)

1. bee

• Abella
• Abellal
• abellariza
• Abelleira
• abelleiro

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “abella”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “abella”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “abella”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “abella”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “abella”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “abella”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Inherited from Latin apicula. Found in the Cantigas de Santa Maria.

• IPA^(key): /aˈbe.ʎa/

abella f (plural abellas)

1. bee (flying insect)

• Fala: abella
• Galician: abella
• Portuguese: abelha