guêpe
French
Etymology
From Middle French guespe, from Old French guespe, wespe, wapce (“hornet, wasp”), from a conflation of Latin vespa (“wasp”), and Old Frankish *wespa, *wapsa (“wasp”), from Proto-Germanic *wapsō (“wasp”); both from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂, from *webʰ- (“to weave”).
Cognate with Old High German wefsa (“wasp”), Old Saxon waspa, wespia (“wasp”), Old English wæsp, wæps (“wasp”). More at wasp.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɛp/
audio (France): (file)
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audio (Quebec): (file)
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Noun
guêpe f (plural guêpes)
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “guêpe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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