Accordabeilles
les abeilles
bees
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How do you say abeilles in French?
How do you pronounce abeilles in French?
abeilles is pronounced /lez abɛj/ in French.
Example sentences
L'abeille ouvrière est très importante pour la ruche car elle produit le miel.
The worker bee is very important for the hive because she produces the honey.
Cette abeille reine pond des milliers d'œufs chaque jour pour perpétuer sa colonie.
This queen bee lays thousands of eggs each day to perpetuate her colony.
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Why is it feminine?
Abeilles is feminine because it derives from Latin "apicula," the diminutive form of "apis" (bee), and Latin diminutives ending in "-cula" were grammatically feminine, a gender that persisted when the word evolved into Old French and modern French. This is a regular gender pattern rather than an exception.
What is the French word for bees?
The French word for bees is les abeilles — feminine.
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