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Meaning of fucus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
[ˈfuː.kʊs]

Definitions

  1. seaweed; orchil, orchella weed, Roccella tinctoria
  2. male bee, drone
  3. red dye derived from it; (in general) dyestuff
  4. unmanned aircraft drone
  5. rouge
  6. coloring
  7. the reddish bee glue, propolis
  8. pretence, disguise, sham
  9. artificial embellishment of literary style

Equivalents

العربية تلوين عُكْبُر
Български оцветяване
Gàidhlig deargan
Հայերեն ակնամոմ
Bahasa Indonesia blas on blush on gincu pencelup pretensi propolis topeng
ქართული დინდგელი
한국어 봉교 블러셔 연지 프로폴리스
Kurdî drone tez tez
Македонски нашминка руменило
Română farda
Српски rumenilo rumenilo ruž руменило
Svenska färgläggning
ไทย แป้ง
Türkçe allık
Tiếng Việt keo ong
中文 胭脂
ZH-TW 胭脂

Examples

“(apēs) in tēctīs certātim tenvia cērā/spīrāmenta linunt fūcōque et flōribus ōrās/explent”

in their homes they (the bees) eagerly smear the passages with wax, fill the entrances with bee glue and nectar

“fūcum facere”

to play a trick

“immunisque sedens aliena ad pabula fucus”

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“m pl (Grecian)”
“Priore hebdomada XIX “fuci” Poloniam petierunt, aliquot a finitima Bielorussia: partim ceciderunt, partim deiecti sunt ab aëronavibus Natonis.”

Last week, nineteen drones entered Poland, several of which from neighbouring Belarus: some hit, others were intercepted by NATO aircraft.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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