royal jelly

noun

A substance secreted by honey bees to aid in the development of immature or young bees, supplied in extra measure to those young that will become queen bees.

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Meanings

nounroyal jelly (countable and uncountable, plural royal jellies)

plural royal jellies

  1. countableuncountableA substance secreted by honey bees to aid in the development of immature or young bees, supplied in extra measure to those young that will become queen bees.

Translations

Arabic غِذَاء مَلَكِيّ, غِذَاء مَلِكَات
  • غِذَاء مَلَكِيّ (ḡiḏāʔ malakiyy)substance secreted by bees
  • غِذَاء مَلِكَات (ḡiḏāʔ malikāt)substance secreted by bees
Bulgarian пчелно млечице
  • пчелно млечице (pčelno mlečice)substance secreted by bees
Catalan gelea reial
  • gelea reialsubstance secreted by bees
Chinese Mandarin 蜂王漿 /蜂王浆
  • 蜂王漿 /蜂王浆 (fēngwángjiāng)substance secreted by bees
Czech mateří kašička
  • mateří kašičkasubstance secreted by bees
Dutch koninginnenbrij
  • koninginnenbrijsubstance secreted by bees
Esperanto reĝa ĵeleo
  • reĝa ĵeleosubstance secreted by bees
Estonian linnupiim
  • linnupiimsubstance secreted by bees
Finnish kuningatarhyytelö, emomaito
  • kuningatarhyytelösubstance secreted by bees
  • emomaitosubstance secreted by bees
French gelée royale
  • gelée royalesubstance secreted by bees
German Weiselfuttersaft, Bienenköniginnenfuttersaft
  • Weiselfuttersaftsubstance secreted by bees
  • Bienenköniginnenfuttersaftsubstance secreted by bees
  • Königinnenfuttersaftsubstance secreted by bees
  • Königinfuttersaftsubstance secreted by bees
  • Futtersaftsubstance secreted by bees
  • Gelée royalesubstance secreted by bees
Greek βασιλικός πολτός
  • βασιλικός πολτός (vasilikós poltós)substance secreted by bees
Italian pappa reale
  • pappa realesubstance secreted by bees
Japanese ローヤルゼリー, ロイヤルゼリー
  • ローヤルゼリー (rōyaruzerī)substance secreted by bees
  • ロイヤルゼリー (roiyaruzerī)substance secreted by bees
Korean 로열 젤리
  • 로열 젤리 (royeol jelli)substance secreted by bees
Lithuanian bičių pienelis
  • bičių pienelissubstance secreted by bees
Polish mleczko pszczele
  • mleczko pszczelesubstance secreted by bees
Portuguese geleia real
  • geleia realsubstance secreted by bees
Romanian lăptișor de matcă
  • lăptișor de matcăsubstance secreted by bees
Russian ма́точное молочко́
  • ма́точное молочко́ (mátočnoje moločkó)substance secreted by bees
Slovak materská kašička
  • materská kašičkasubstance secreted by bees
Spanish jalea real
  • jalea realsubstance secreted by bees
Swedish drottninggelé
  • drottninggelésubstance secreted by bees
Thai นมผึ้ง
  • นมผึ้ง (nom-pʉ̂ng)substance secreted by bees
Vietnamese sữa ong chúa
  • sữa ong chúasubstance secreted by bees
Cite this entry
APA

royal jelly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/royal%20jelly

MLA

“royal jelly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/royal%20jelly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “royal jelly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/royal%20jelly.

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