beekeeper

English

Alternative forms

bee-keeper, bee keeper

Etymology

bee +‎ keeper

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈbiˌkipɚ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

beekeeper (plural beekeepers)

A person who maintains hives and keeps bees, especially for the production of honey.

Synonyms

apiarist
apiator
apiculturist
beeherd
beehiver
beemaster, bee-master, bee master
beemistress, bee-mistress, bee mistress (female)

Related terms

Translations

someone who keeps bees

Albanian: bletar (sq)
Arabic: نَحَّال m (naḥḥāl), عَسَّال m (ʕassāl), جَبَّاح m (jabbāḥ)
Armenian: մեղվաբույծ (hy) (meġvabuyc), մեղվապահ (hy) (meġvapah)
Asturian: apicultor m, abeyeru m
Azerbaijani: arıçı
Bashkir: please add this translation if you can
Basque: erlezain
Belarusian: пчаля́р m (pčaljár), пчаля́рка m (pčaljárka)
Bulgarian: пчела́р m (pčelár), пчела́рка f (pčelárka)
Catalan: apicultor (ca) m, abeller (ca) m, abellaire (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 養蜂人／养蜂人 (zh) (yǎngfēngrén)
Corsican: apicultore
Czech: včelař (cs) m, včelařka f
Danish: biavler (da) c
Dutch: imker (nl) m, imkerin f, bijenhouder (nl) m, bijenhoudster f
Esperanto: abelisto (eo) m or f, virabelisto m, abelistino f
Estonian: mesinik (et)
Finnish: mehiläishoitaja (fi), mehiläistarhuri
French: apiculteur (fr), apicultrice (fr) f
Galician: apicultor (gl) m, apicultora f, abelleiro (gl) m, abelleira (gl) f, meleiro m
Gallurese: casiddaggiu
Georgian: მეფუტკრე (mepuṭḳre)
German: Imker (de) m, Imkerin (de) f, Bienenzüchter (de) m, Bienenzüchterin (de) f, Beutner m, Beutnerin f, Bienenvater m, Bienenmutter m, Zeidler (de) m, Zeidlerin f, Zeidelmeister m, Zeidelmeisterin f, Bienenhalter m, Bienenhalterin f
Greek: μελισσοκόμος (el) m (melissokómos)
Ancient: μελισσουργός m (melissourgós)
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: méhész (hu)
Irish: beachaire m
Italian: apicoltore (it) m, apicoltrice f, apicultore m, apicultrice f
Japanese: 養蜂家 (ja) (ようほうか, yōhōka)
Kazakh: ара бағушы (ara bağuşy), ара өсіруші (ara ösıruşı), арашы (araşy), омарташы (omartaşy)
Korean: 양봉가(養蜂家) (yangbongga)
Ladin: zidlaês, apicoltur
Latin: apiārius m (Classical), mellifex m, cīdlārius m (Mediaeval)
Latvian: biškopis m, biškope f, dravnieks m, dravniece f, bitenieks m, biteniece f,
Lithuanian: bìtininkas (lt) m, bìtininkė (lt) f
Macedonian: пчелар m (pčelar), пчеларка f (pčelarka)
Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
Maori: kaitiaki pī
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Navajo: tsísʼná yee ʼáhályą́ąnii
Norwegian:
Bokmål: birøkter (no) m

Nynorsk: birøktar m
Occitan: apicultor (oc) m, abelhaire (oc) m
Old English: bēoċeorl m, bēocere m
Persian: زنبوردار (zanbur-dâr)
Polish: pszczelarz (pl) m, pszczelarka f, pasiecznik (pl) m
Portuguese: apicultor (pt) m, apicultora f, abelheiro (pt) m, abelheira (pt) f
Romanian: albinar (ro) m, albinară f, apicultor (ro) m, apicultoare (ro) f, prisăcar (ro) m, prisăcăriță (ro) f
Romansch: apicultur, apicultour
Russian: пчелово́д (ru) m (pčelovód), па́сечник (ru) m (pásečnik), па́сечница (ru) f (pásečnica)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: apiaresu

Logudorese: abiargiu, apiaresu
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пчелар m, пчеларица f

Roman: pčelar (sh) m, pčelarica (sh) f
Slovak: včelár m, včelárka f
Slovene: čebelar m
Spanish: apicultor (es) m, apicultora f, colmenero (es) m, colmenera f, abejero (es) m, abejera (es) f
Sudovian: bitinīkas m
Swedish: biodlare (sv) c
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Tatar: please add this translation if you can
Telugu: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: arıcı (tr)
Turkmen: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: бджоля́р (uk) m (bdžoljár), бджоля́рка f (bdžoljárka), па́січник m (pásičnyk), па́січниця f (pásičnycja)
Volapük: bienan (vo) m or f, hibienan m, jibienan f, (older term) bienaskälel
Welsh: gwenynwr (cy) m, gwenynwraig (cy) f
Yiddish: בינער m (biner)

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