âp

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• â (Fribourgeois)
• àp (Vaudois)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin apis.

Noun

âp f (plural âps) (ORB large)

1. bee

   Synonym: avelye

Notes

Silent ⟨p⟩.

References

• abeille in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• âp in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 1: “abeille” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “apis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 11