# apicultor
## Asturian
### Noun

apicultor m (plural apicultores)
* beekeeper (someone who keeps bees)

#### Synonyms

* abeyeru

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.pi.kulˈto]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.pi.kulˈtoɾ]

### Noun

apicultor m (plural apicultors, feminine apicultora)
* beekeeper (someone who keeps bees)
    Synonyms: abellaire, abeller

#### Related terms

* apícola
* apicultura

### Further reading

* “apicultor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “apicultor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “apicultor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “apicultor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /apikulˈtoɾ/ [a.pi.kul̪ˈt̪oɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Hyphenation: a‧pi‧cul‧tor

### Noun

apicultor m (plural apicultores, feminine apicultora, feminine plural apicultoras)
* beekeeper

#### Related terms

* apícola
* apicultura

### Further reading

* “apicultor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.pi.kuwˈtoʁ/ [a.pi.kuʊ̯ˈtoh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.pi.kuwˈtoʁ/ [a.pi.kuʊ̯ˈtoh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.pi.kuwˈtoɾ/ [a.pi.kuʊ̯ˈtoɾ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.pi.kuwˈtoʁ/ [a.pi.kuʊ̯ˈtoχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.pi.kuwˈtoɻ/ [a.pi.kuʊ̯ˈtoɻ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.pi.kulˈtoɾ/ [ɐ.pi.kuɫˈtoɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.pi.kulˈtoɾ/ [ɐ.pi.kuɫˈtoɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.pi.kulˈto.ɾi/ [ɐ.pi.kuɫˈto.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: a‧pi‧cul‧tor

### Noun

apicultor m (plural apicultores, feminine apicultora, feminine plural apicultoras)
* beekeeper (someone who keeps bees)
    Synonym: abelheiro

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* апикултор (apicultor) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

### Etymology

Borrowed from French apiculteur. Compare Italian apicultore.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.pi.kulˈtor/
* Rhymes: -or
* Hyphenation: a‧pi‧cul‧tor

### Noun

apicultor m (plural apicultori, feminine equivalent apicultoare)
* beekeeper (bee raiser)
    Synonyms: albinar, prisăcar, stupar

#### Related terms

* apicol
* apicultură

#### See also

* albină

### References

* apicultor in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin apis (“bee”) +‎ -cultor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /apikulˈtoɾ/ [a.pi.kul̪ˈt̪oɾ]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: a‧pi‧cul‧tor

### Noun

apicultor m (plural apicultores, feminine apicultora, feminine plural apicultoras)
* beekeeper
    Synonym: colmenero
** 2020 December 9, Darinka Rodríguez, “Leydy Pech: la abeja reina de una colmena maya contra los transgénicos de Monsanto en México”, in El País‎, Mexico:Los cultivos transgénicos no son los únicos que amenazan la supervivencia de las abejas de los apicultores de la región.The transgenic growings are not the only ones menacing the survival of the regional beekeepers' bees.

#### Related terms

* apicultura

### Further reading

* “apicultor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10