vespa

See also Vespa

Catalan

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Etymology

From Latin vespa.

Noun

vespa f (plural vespes)

1. wasp

Related terms

• vesper

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Finnish

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Etymology

Generalized from the Italian motor scooter brand name Vespa.

Noun

vespa

1. (informal) scooter (motorcycle or moped equipped with a platform for the operator's feet)

Declension

Declension of vespa (type kala) singular plural nominative vespa vespat genitive vespan vespojen vespain1 partitive vespaa vespoja accusative vespa vespan vespat inessive vespassa vespoissa elative vespasta vespoista illative vespaan vespoihin adessive vespalla vespoilla ablative vespalta vespoilta allative vespalle vespoille essive vespana vespoina translative vespaksi vespoiksi instructive – vespoin abessive vespatta vespoitta comitative – vespoineen 1) Rare.

Synonyms

• skootteri

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Galician

Noun

vespa f (plural vespas)

1. Alternative form of avespa.

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Interlingua

Noun

vespa (plural vespas)

1. wasp

Related terms

• vespere
• vespiario

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Italian

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Etymology

From Latin vespa.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvɛspa/
• Hyphenation: vè‧spa

Noun

vespa f (plural vespe)

1. wasp

Derived terms

• vespaio

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Icelandic

Noun

vespa f (genitive singular vespu, plural vespur)

1. hornet

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wobʰsā- (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“weave”) (referring to the insect's woven nests). See also of Old Breton guohi, Englis wasp (derivations including Italian Vespa, scooter), Lithuanian vapsvà, Russian оса (osá). The word is also related to English web and weave.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈwes.pa/

Noun

vespa (genitive vespae); f, first declension

1. a wasp

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	vespa	vespae
genitive	vespae	vespārum
dative	vespae	vespīs
accusative	vespam	vespās
ablative	vespā	vespīs
vocative	vespa	vespae

Descendants

Aromanian: vaspe Catalan: vespa Corsican: vespa Esperanto: vespo French: guêpe Friulian: ğhespe Galician: avespa Ido: vespo Interlingua: vespa

Italian: vespa Jèrriais: vêpre Occitan: vèspa Portuguese: vespa Romanian: viespe Romansch: vespra Sardinian: espa Sicilian: vespa Spanish: avispa

See also

• apis f
• crabro

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Portuguese

vespa (Polistes dominulus)

Etymology

From Latin vespa.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: /ˈveʃpɐ/

Noun

vespa f (plural vespas)

1. wasp

Related terms

• vespão
• vespeiro

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Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin vespa.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvɛspa/, [ˈvɛʃpa]
• Hyphenation: vès‧pa

Noun

vespa f (plural vespi)

1. wasp