apiary
Meaninga place for bees
Common meaning: a yard or shed housing beehives
- apia beeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 137 · scan
- aryending: linked with, or a place for
Journey through time
- Latinapis, -is‘a bee’
- Englishapiary‘a yard or shed housing beehives’ · today
api also in: apiculture
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin apis ‘a bee’.
Roots
- apis, -is Latin “a bee”
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