guêpier

French

Etymology

From guêpe (“wasp”) +‎ -ier. Compare Italian vespaio, Occitan vespièr, Portuguese vespeiro, Spanish avispero, Romanian viespar, Catalan vesper, Friulian gjespâr, Sardinian ghespàrju.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛ.pje/ ~ /ɡe.pje/

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Noun

guêpier m (plural guêpiers)

1. bee-eater
2. trap
3. wasp's nest

Derived terms

• guêpier d'Europe

See also

• guêpière

Further reading

• “guêpier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012