colmeia

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === colméia (pre-1990 spelling) === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese colmẽa, inherited from Vulgar Latin *colmēna, from Paleo-Hispanic, most likely from Proto-Celtic *kolmēnā, derived from *kŏlmos (“straw”). Compare Galician colmea and Spanish colmena. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: col‧mei‧a === Noun === colmeia f (plural colmeias) beehive ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “colmeia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “colmeia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026