noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:bēʹbrĕd'
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈbiːˌbɹɛd/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
Bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions, made and stored in brood cells by forager bees, and used as food for worker bees and larvae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ambrosia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: composition
History
Etymology
Probably an Early Modern English combination of bee + bread, but compare the Old English bēobrēad (“honeycomb full of honey”), and Middle English beoblæd (for beobræd?). Cognate with Old Saxon bībrōd (“honeycomb”, “gingerbread”, literally “bee-bread”).
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
خُبْز النَحْل
(ḵubz an-naḥl)
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Belarusian:
пярга́
(pjarhá)
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Bulgarian:
перга
(perga)
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Bulgarian:
пчелен прашец
(pčelen prašec)
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Catalan:
pa d'abella
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Chinese Mandarin:
蜂花粉
(fēnghuāfěn)
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Czech:
včelí chléb
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Czech:
perga
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Danish:
bibrød
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Dutch:
ambrozijn
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Dutch:
bijenbrood
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Esperanto:
abelpano
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Estonian:
suir
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Finnish:
mehiläisleipä
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Finnish:
perga
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
French:
pain d'abeille
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
German:
Bienenbrot
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
German:
Perga
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Ancient Greek:
κήρῐνθος
(kḗrĭnthos)
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Ancient Greek:
ἐριθάκη
(erithákē)
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Ancient Greek:
σανδαράκη
(sandarákē)
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Hungarian:
méhkenyér
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Hungarian:
perga
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Italian:
polline d'api
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Kazakh:
балтозаң
(baltozañ)
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Kazakh:
перга
(perga)
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Latin:
cērinthus
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Latin:
erīthacē
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Latin:
sandaraca
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Latvian:
bišu maize
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Lithuanian:
bičių duona
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Old English:
bēobrēad
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Polish:
pierzga
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Portuguese:
pão de abelha
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Romanian:
păstură
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Russian:
перга́
(pergá)
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Russian:
пчели́ный хлеб
(pčelínyj xleb)
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Serbo-Croatian:
пчѐлињӣ хле̏б
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Serbo-Croatian:
pčèlinjī hlȅb
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Serbo-Croatian:
pčèlinjī hljȅb
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Serbo-Croatian:
pčèlinjī krȕh
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Serbo-Croatian:
perga
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Slovak:
perga
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Slovak:
včelí peľ
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Slovene:
cvetni prah
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Spanish:
pan de abeja
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Swedish:
bibröd
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
Ukrainian:
перга́
(perhá)
— bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
