Phrase guide

royal jelly

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A substance secreted by honey bees to aid in the development of immature or young bees, supplied in extra measure to those young that will become queen bees.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a secretion of the pharyngeal glands of bees that is fed to very young larvae and to bees destined to be queens

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: secretion

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غِذَاء مَلَكِيّ (ḡiḏāʔ malakiyy) — substance secreted by bees
  • Arabic: غِذَاء مَلِكَات (ḡiḏāʔ malikāt) — substance secreted by bees
  • Armenian: մեղվակաթ (meġvakatʻ) — substance secreted by bees
  • Belarusian: матачнае малачко (matačnaje malačkó) — substance secreted by bees
  • Bulgarian: пчелно млечице (pčelno mlečice) — substance secreted by bees
  • Catalan: gelea reial — substance secreted by bees
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蜂王漿 /蜂王浆 (fēngwángjiāng) — substance secreted by bees
  • Czech: mateří kašička — substance secreted by bees
  • Dutch: koninginnenbrij — substance secreted by bees
  • Esperanto: reĝa ĵeleo — substance secreted by bees
  • Estonian: linnupiim — substance secreted by bees
  • Finnish: kuningatarhyytelö — substance secreted by bees
  • Finnish: emomaito — substance secreted by bees
  • French: gelée royale — substance secreted by bees
  • Georgian: ფუტკრის რძე (puṭḳris rʒe) — substance secreted by bees
  • German: Weiselfuttersaft — substance secreted by bees
  • German: Bienenköniginnenfuttersaft — substance secreted by bees
  • German: Königinnenfuttersaft — substance secreted by bees
  • German: Königinfuttersaft — substance secreted by bees
  • German: Futtersaft — substance secreted by bees
  • German: Gelée royale — substance secreted by bees
  • Greek: βασιλικός πολτός (vasilikós poltós) — substance secreted by bees
  • Italian: pappa reale — substance secreted by bees
  • Japanese: ローヤルゼリー (rōyaruzerī) — substance secreted by bees
  • Japanese: ロイヤルゼリー (roiyaruzerī) — substance secreted by bees
  • Kazakh: ара сүті (ara sütı) — substance secreted by bees
  • Korean: 로열 젤리 (royeol jelli) — substance secreted by bees
  • Lithuanian: bičių pienelis — substance secreted by bees
  • Macedonian: матичен млеч (matičen mleč) — substance secreted by bees
  • Polish: mleczko pszczele — substance secreted by bees
  • Portuguese: geleia real — substance secreted by bees
  • Romanian: lăptișor de matcă — substance secreted by bees
  • Russian: ма́точное молочко́ (mátočnoje moločkó) — substance secreted by bees
  • Serbo-Croatian: ма̏тична мле̑ч — substance secreted by bees
  • Serbo-Croatian: ма̏тична млије̑ч — substance secreted by bees
  • Serbo-Croatian: ма̏тичнӣ мле̑ч — substance secreted by bees
  • Serbo-Croatian: ма̏тичнӣ млије̑ч — substance secreted by bees
  • Serbo-Croatian: mȁtična mlȇč — substance secreted by bees
  • Serbo-Croatian: mȁtična mlijȇč — substance secreted by bees
  • Serbo-Croatian: mȁtičnī mlȇč — substance secreted by bees
  • Serbo-Croatian: mȁtičnī mlijȇč — substance secreted by bees
  • Slovak: materská kašička — substance secreted by bees
  • Slovene: matični mleček — substance secreted by bees
  • Spanish: jalea real — substance secreted by bees
  • Swedish: drottninggelé — substance secreted by bees
  • Thai: นมผึ้ง (nom-pʉ̂ng) — substance secreted by bees
  • Vietnamese: sữa ong chúa — substance secreted by bees