beehive

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• /ˈbiːhaɪv/
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From beehive.

From Middle English beehyve, equivalent to bee + hive.

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• Abaza: щхамартан (śxamartan) — home of bees
• Abaza: мартан (martan) — home of bees
• Abkhaz: а-шьхы́мӡа (a-šxə́mdza) — home of bees
• Albanian: koshere — home of bees
• Albanian: zgjua — home of bees
• Albanian: kurpi — home of bees
• Albanian: qengjë — home of bees
• Albanian: korube — home of bees
• Albanian: krodhë — home of bees
• Albanian: krinë — home of bees
• Amharic: ቀፎ (ḳäfo) — home of bees
• Arabic: خَلِيَّة (ḵaliyya) — home of bees
• Arabic: قَفِير (qafīr) — home of bees
• Arabic: كُوَارَة (kuwāra) — home of bees
• Arabic: جَبْح (jabḥ) — home of bees
• Arabic: عَسَّالَة (ʕassāla) — home of bees
• Arabic: مَنْحَل (manḥal) — home of bees
• Arabic: خلاية (ḵalāya) — home of bees
• Aramaic: כַּוְּורְתָּא / כַּוְּרְתָּא (kawwārtā) — home of bees
• Aramaic: כַּוְּורָא / כַּוְּרָא (kawwārā) — home of bees
• Aramaic: ܟܘܪܬܐ (kawwārtā) — home of bees
• Aramaic: ܟܘܪܐ (kawwārā) — home of bees
• Armenian: մեղվաբույն (meġvabuyn) — home of bees
• Armenian: փեթակ (pʻetʻak) — home of bees
• Assamese: মৌচাক (mousak) — home of bees
• Assamese: চাক (sak) — home of bees
• Asturian: truébanu — home of bees
• Asturian: caxellu — home of bees
• Avar: найил тӏала (najil tʼala) — home of bees
• Azerbaijani: pətək — home of bees
• Azerbaijani: arı səbəti — home of bees
• Bashkir: солоҡ (soloq) — home of bees
• Bashkir: умарта (umarta) — home of bees
• Basque: erlauntza — home of bees
• Bats: სკა (sḳa) — home of bees
• Belarusian: ву́лей (vúljej) — home of bees
• Bulgarian: ко́шер (kóšer) — home of bees
• Bulgarian: у́лище (úlište) — home of bees
• Burmese: ပျားအုံ (pya:um) — home of bees
• Catalan: arna — home of bees
• Catalan: buc — home of bees
• Catalan: casera — home of bees
• Catalan: rusc — home of bees
• Chechen: никх (niq) — home of bees
• Chinese Cantonese: 蜂房 (fung1 fong4) — home of bees
• Chinese Mandarin: 蜂箱 (fēngxiāng) — home of bees
• Chinese Mandarin: 蜂巢 (fēngcháo) — home of bees
• Chinese Mandarin: 蜂房 (fēngfáng) — home of bees
• East Circassian: бжьэматэ (bźɛmatɛ) — home of bees
• West Circassian: бжьэматэ (bźɛmatɛ) — home of bees
• Corsican: arna — home of bees
• Corsican: arnia — home of bees
• Corsican: bugna — home of bees
• Corsican: bugnu — home of bees
• Czech: hnízdo — home of bees
• Czech: úl — home of bees
• Czech: včelín — home of bees
• Dalmatian: alviar — home of bees
• Dalmatian: buc — home of bees
• Danish: bikube — home of bees
• Dirasha: kakurt — home of bees
• Dutch: bijenkorf — home of bees
• Dutch: bijenhuif — home of bees
• Dutch: huif — home of bees
• Dutch: bijennest — home of bees
• Dutch: immenhuif — home of bees
• Dutch: immenkorf — home of bees
• Dutch: korf — home of bees
• Erzya: нешке (neške) — home of bees
• Estonian: taru — home of bees
• Farefare: sĩn-yoko — home of bees
• Finnish: mehiläispesä — home of bees
• Finnish: pesä — home of bees
• French: ruche — home of bees
• Galician: colmea — home of bees
• Galician: trobo — home of bees
• Galician: albariza — home of bees
• Galician: covo — home of bees
• Galician: cortizo — home of bees
• Galician: arna — home of bees
• Georgian: სკა (sḳa) — home of bees
• German: Bienenstaat — home of bees
• German: Bienenstock — home of bees
• German: Bienenkorb — home of bees
• Greek: κυψέλη (kypséli) — home of bees
• Ancient Greek: κυψέλη (kupsélē) — home of bees
• Ancient Greek: σίμβλος (símblos) — home of bees
• Hebrew: כוורת \ כַּוֶּרֶת (kavéret) — home of bees
• Hindi: छत्ता (chattā) — home of bees
• Hindi: मधुमक्खी का छत्ता (madhumakkhī kā chattā) — home of bees
• Hungarian: méhkas — home of bees
• Icelandic: býkúpa — home of bees
• Icelandic: býflugnabú — home of bees
• Ingrian: mehiläispatsas — home of bees
• Ingush: накх (naq) — home of bees
• Interlingua: apiculario — home of bees
• Irish: coirceog bheach — home of bees
• Italian: alveare — home of bees
• Italian: arnia — home of bees
• Japanese: 蜂巣 (hachisu) — home of bees
• Japanese: 蜂の巣 (hachi no su) — home of bees
• Kannada: ಜೇನುಗೂಡು (jēnugūḍu) — home of bees
• Kazakh: ара ұясы (ara ūäsy) — home of bees
• Khmer: បង្គងឃ្មុំ (bɑɑbɑngkɔɔng khmum) — home of bees
• Konso: kaakurta — home of bees
• Korean: 벌통 (beoltong) — home of bees
• Korean: 벌집 (beoljip) — home of bees
• Kyrgyz: бал челек (bal celek) — home of bees
• Ladin: vascel da l'eves — home of bees
• Lao: ຮັງເຜິ້ງ (hang phœng) — home of bees
• Latgalian: aviļs — home of bees
• Latgalian: kūzuls — home of bees
• Latin: alveārium — home of bees
• Latin: mellārium — home of bees
• Latvian: strops — home of bees
• Laz: მცქა (mʒka) — home of bees
• Laz: კავრანი (ǩavrani) — home of bees
• Laz: ღუნი (ğuni) — home of bees
• Lithuanian: avilys — home of bees
• Louisiana Creole: rish — home of bees
• Macedonian: кошница (košnica) — home of bees
• Macedonian: улиште (ulište) — home of bees
• Malay: rumah lebah — home of bees
• Māori: whare mīere — home of bees
• Māori: wharepī — home of bees
• Marathi: पोळे (poḷe) — home of bees
• Mazanderani: کندل (kandel) — home of bees
• Mingrelian: სკა (sḳa) — home of bees
• Mingrelian: ბუკი (buḳi) — home of bees
• Mingrelian: ქოფე (kope) — home of bees
• Mongolian: зөгийн үүр (zögiin üür) — home of bees
• Navajo: tsísʼná bighan — home of bees
• Norman: rueûque — home of bees
• Norwegian Bokmål: bikube — home of bees
• Norwegian Nynorsk: biekube — home of bees
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bikube — home of bees
• Occitan: bornat — home of bees
• Occitan: bornhon — home of bees
• Occitan: buc — home of bees
• Occitan: brusc — home of bees
• Church Slavic: улии (ulii) — home of bees
• Old English: hȳf — home of bees
• Old Galician-Portuguese: colmẽa — home of bees
• Ongota: gorgora — home of bees
• Oromo: gaagura — home of bees
• Ossetian: мыдычыргъӕд (mydyḱyrǧæd) — home of bees
• Pannonian Rusyn: кошнїца (košnjica) — home of bees
• Iranian Persian: کَنْدو (kandu) — home of bees
• Iranian Persian: شان (šân) — home of bees
• Plautdietsch: Bieeromp — home of bees
• Polabian: väul — home of bees
• Polish: ul — home of bees
• Portuguese: colmeia — home of bees
• Romanian: stup — home of bees
• Romansh: avieuler — home of bees
• Romansh: aviouler — home of bees
• Romansh: ualer — home of bees
• Russian: у́лей (úlej) — home of bees
• Scots: byke — home of bees
• Scots: bink — home of bees
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̏шница — home of bees
• Serbo-Croatian: пчѐлиња̄к — home of bees
• Serbo-Croatian: kȍšnica — home of bees
• Serbo-Croatian: pčèlinjāk — home of bees
• Slovak: úľ — home of bees
• Slovene: panj — home of bees
• Lower Sorbian: wul — home of bees
• Upper Sorbian: kołć — home of bees
• Spanish: colmena — home of bees
• Svan: ღუ̂ებ (ɣûeb) — home of bees
• Swahili: mzinga — home of bees
• Swedish: bikoloni — home of bees
• Swedish: bisamhälle — home of bees
• Swedish: kupa — home of bees
• Swedish: bikupa — home of bees
• Sylheti: ꠝꠌꠣꠇ (mosax) — home of bees
• Tagalog: panilan — home of bees
• Tagalog: bahay-pukyutan — home of bees
• Tajik: канду (kandu) — home of bees
• Tamil: தேன்கூடு (tēṉkūṭu) — home of bees
• Tamil: தேனடை (tēṉaṭai) — home of bees
• Telugu: తేనెగూడు (tēnegūḍu) — home of bees
• Thai: รวงผึ้ง (ruuang-pʉ̂ng) — home of bees
• Tibetan: སྦྲང་ཚང (sbrang tshang) — home of bees
• Tok Pisin: haus bilong ol binen — home of bees
• Tooro: omuzinga class 3 — home of bees
• Turkish: kovan — home of bees
• Turkish: arı kovanı — home of bees
• Ottoman Turkish: قوغان (koğan, kovan) — home of bees
• Ottoman Turkish: پتك (petek) — home of bees
• Ottoman Turkish: آریلق (arılık) — home of bees
• Ukrainian: ву́лик (vúlyk) — home of bees
• Ukrainian: ву́лій (vúlij) — home of bees
• Ukrainian: у́лик (úlyk) — home of bees
• Ukrainian: у́лій (úlij) — home of bees
• Urdu: چَھتَّہ (chatta) — home of bees
• Urdu: چَھتَّا (chattā) — home of bees
• Uyghur: ھەرە ئۇۋىسى — home of bees
• Uyghur: ھەرە كۆنىكى (here köniki) — home of bees
• Uzbek: asalari uyasi — home of bees
• Uzbek: asalari qutisi — home of bees
• Uzbek: arixona — home of bees
• Vietnamese: tổ ong — home of bees
• Volapük: bienabäset — home of bees
• Walloon: tchetoere — home of bees
• Welsh: cwch gwenyn — home of bees
• Welsh: llestr gwenyn — home of bees
• Wolaytta: mattaa koottaa — home of bees
• Yiddish: בינשטאָק (binshtok) — home of bees
• Amharic: ቀፎ (ḳäfo) — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Arabic: خَلِيَّة (ḵaliyya) — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Arabic: قَفِير (qafīr) — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Arabic: كُوَارَة (kuwāra) — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Arabic: جَبْح (jabḥ) — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Arabic: عَسَّالَة (ʕassāla) — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Arabic: مَنْحَل (manḥal) — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Aramaic: כַּוְּורְתָּא / כַּוְּרְתָּא (kawwārtā) — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Aramaic: כַּוְּורָא / כַּוְּרָא (kawwārā) — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Aramaic: ܟܘܪܬܐ (kawwārtā) — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Aramaic: ܟܘܪܐ (kawwārā) — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Armenian: փեթակ (pʻetʻak) — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Bashkir: умарта (umarta) — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Bulgarian: ко́шер (kóšer) — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Catalan: arna — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Catalan: buc — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Catalan: casera — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Catalan: rusc — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Czech: úl — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Dutch: bijenkorf — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Dutch: bijenhuif — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Dutch: huif — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Dutch: immenhuif — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Dutch: immenkorf — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Dutch: bijenkast — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Finnish: mehiläispesä — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• French: ruche — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• German: Bienenstock — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• German: Bienenkorb — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Greek: κυψέλη (kypséli) — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Hebrew: כוורת \ כַּוֶּרֶת (kavéret) — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Hungarian: méhkas — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Hungarian: kaptár — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Interlingua: apiculario — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Irish: beachaire — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Italian: arnia — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Japanese: 蜜蜂の巣箱 (mitsubachi no subako) — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Kannada: ಜೇನುಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ (jēnupeṭṭige) — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Latin: apiārium — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Latin: mellārium — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Lithuanian: avilys — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Māori: pouaka pī — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Norwegian Bokmål: bikube — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Norwegian Bokmål: kube — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Norwegian Nynorsk: biekube — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bikube — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kube — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Old English: hȳf — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Polish: ul — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Portuguese: colmeia — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Portuguese: colméia — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Portuguese: cortiço — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Romanian: stup — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Russian: у́лей (úlej) — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̏шница — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Serbo-Croatian: kȍšnica — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Slovene: panj — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Slovene: čebelnjak (beehouse) — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Lower Sorbian: wul — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Spanish: colmena — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Spanish: dujo — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Swedish: bikupa — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Tamil: செயற்கை தேன்கூடு (ceyaṟkai tēṉkūṭu) — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Tok Pisin: haus bilong ol binen — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Turkish: kovan — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Ottoman Turkish: پتك (petek) — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Volapük: bienabäset — man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
• Finnish: muurahaispesä — figurative: any place in which people are very busy
• French: ruche — figurative: any place in which people are very busy
• French: fourmilière — figurative: any place in which people are very busy
• Italian: alveare — figurative: any place in which people are very busy
• Italian: formicaio — figurative: any place in which people are very busy
• Japanese: 人込みの場所 (hitogomi no basho) — figurative: any place in which people are very busy
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̏шница — figurative: any place in which people are very busy
• Serbo-Croatian: kȍšnica — figurative: any place in which people are very busy
• Swedish: bikupa — figurative: any place in which people are very busy
• Turkish: kovan — figurative: any place in which people are very busy
• Turkish: arı kovanı — figurative: any place in which people are very busy
• Dutch: suikerspinkapsel — hairstyle
• Finnish: tupeeraus — hairstyle
• French: choucroute — hairstyle
• German: Beehive-Frisur — hairstyle
• German: B-52-Frisur — hairstyle
• Italian: cofana — hairstyle
• Russian: бабе́тта (babétta) — hairstyle
• Spanish: beehive — hairstyle
• Spanish: colmena — hairstyle
• Turkish: arı kovanı — hairstyle
• Welsh: gwallt cwch gwenyn — hairstyle
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