Talk:reine des abeilles

Sum of parts
As a native speaker, I see this lemma has a sum of parts. So, you should delete this page. Pamputt (talk) 19:46, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
 * You can tag it with and then click the + to create a discussion. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 19:47, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

RFD discussion: April 2020–May 2024
French. As a native speaker, I see this lemma has a sum of parts. A proof is the TLFi does know this word. Yet if we look at reine, we can read: "2.a Animal, végétal, chose qui domine, l'emporte sur les autres au sein d'un groupe, dans un lieu donné, par ses qualités propres. [Chez les insectes sociaux (fourmis, termites, guêpes et surtout abeilles)] Femelle féconde unique d'une colonie, d'une ruche. Reine d'abeilles, des abeilles; reine termite. Les fourmis sont en grand émoi: L'âme du nid, la reine est morte (Rollinat, Névroses, 1883, p. 234). J'ai plus d'une fois, comme tout amateur d'abeilles, fait venir d'Italie des reines fécondées (Maeterl., Vie abeilles, 1901, p. 61)." This mean that we can "reine des fourmis", "reine des termites", etc. In the example given by TLFi, the text only use "reine" (bold is mine). Pamputt (talk) 19:50, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure if this should be deleted, but I did add the relevant sense to . Ultimateria (talk) 06:04, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
 * The definition is queen bee; . French means "bee". How would I know this is the way of putting it in French? In Czech, we say  rather than *královna včel. --Dan Polansky (talk) 13:36, 3 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep - Dentonius (my politics | talk) 06:37, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Struck per our previous discussion. Imetsia (talk (more ) ) 20:54, 5 August 2023 (UTC)


 * It just seems like this expression is not idiomatic in French like it is in English (compare, ). As such, we have to delete.
 * As for Dan's comment, there is a translation table at . This, that and the other (talk) 06:30, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
 * RFD-deleted. Imetsia (talk (more ) ) 23:16, 17 May 2024 (UTC)