abeille mellifère

\a.bɛj mɛ.li.fɛːʁ\

/\a.bɛj mɛ.li.fɛːʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“abeille mellifère” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Insecte social butineur (Apis mellifera de la famille des Apidés) exploité par l’être humain notamment pour son miel et sa cire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abeille-mellifere · abeille mellifère · French

abeille mellifère · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for abeille mellifère
PropertyValue
Headwordabeille mellifère
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.bɛj mɛ.li.fɛːʁ\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « abeille mellifère » en français

abeille mellifèresiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abeille mellifère is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.bɛj mɛ.li.fɛːʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Insecte social butineur (Apis mellifera de la famille des Apidés) exploité par l’être humain notamment pour son miel et sa cire.".

abeille mellifère doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is abeille mellifère, spelled A-B-E-I-L-L-E- -M-E-L-L-I-F-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Insecte social butineur (Apis mellifera de la famille des Apidés) exploité par l’être humain notamment pour son miel et sa cire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how abeille mellifère appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pour des raisons complexes, l’existence des abeilles mellifères et celle des abeilles solitaires, ainsi que celle des bourdons, est étroitement liée, chacun ne pouvant exister sans l’autre.
  2. Ces dernières décennies les abeilles ont été, et restent, confrontées à un certain nombre de dangers dont la combinaison cause un syndrome d’effondrement des colonies qui est plus particulièrement documenté pour les abeilles mellifères au travers de l’activité apicole […]

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abeille mellifère"?
"abeille mellifère" is spelled A-B-E-I-L-L-E- -M-E-L-L-I-F-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.bɛj mɛ.li.fɛːʁ\.
What does "abeille mellifère" mean?
As a noun, "abeille mellifère" means: Insecte social butineur (Apis mellifera de la famille des Apidés) exploité par l’être humain notamment pour son miel et sa cire.
How do you pronounce "abeille mellifère"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abeille mellifère" is \a.bɛj mɛ.li.fɛːʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abeille mellifère" come from?
"abeille mellifère" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list