bees

See also: Bees, béés, and bées

English

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /biːz/
  • Rhymes: -iːz

Noun

bees

  1. plural of bee

See also

  • Appendix:Animals
  • Appendix:English collective nouns

Anagrams


Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch beest.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪəs/

Noun

bees (plural beeste)

  1. cow, ox
  2. brute

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beːs/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: bees
  • Rhymes: -eːs

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French baise.

Noun

bees f (plural bezen, diminutive bezeke n)

  1. (Brabantian) kiss
    Allé sjoeke, geeft me na is een bezeke, ie oep m'n kaak!
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bese (berry). Variant of bes.

Noun

bees f (plural bezen, diminutive bezeke n)

  1. candy
    'nen Iejlen hoop beze gekocht gistre veur mene neef, veur de PC t'emme gemaokt!
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. berry

References


Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeːs/, [ˈbe̞ːs̠]
  • Hyphenation: bees

Noun

bees

  1. Alternative form of beesi

Declension

Inflection of bees (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative bees beesit
genitive beesin beesien
partitive beesiä beesejä
illative beesiin beeseihin
singular plural
nominative bees beesit
accusative nom. bees beesit
gen. beesin
genitive beesin beesien
partitive beesiä beesejä
inessive beesissä beeseissä
elative beesistä beeseistä
illative beesiin beeseihin
adessive beesillä beeseillä
ablative beesiltä beeseiltä
allative beesille beeseille
essive beesinä beeseinä
translative beesiksi beeseiksi
instructive beesein
abessive beesittä beeseittä
comitative beeseineen

Derived terms


Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

beēs

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of beō

Middle English

Noun

bees

  1. plural of bee

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German böse.

Adjective

bees

  1. angry
  2. offended
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