abeillage

French

Etymology

From abeille +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bɛ.jaʒ/ ~ /a.be.jaʒ/

• Audio:

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Noun

abeillage m (plural abeillages)

1. (historical) the right of a feudal lord to the beehives found in the woods of his vassals
2. (historical) the tax imposed on bees in pre-Revolutionary France
3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) beekeeping

Further reading

• “abeillage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.