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vespa

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See also: Vespa and vèspa

Catalan

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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan vespa, from Latin vespa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vespa f (plural vespes)

  1. wasp
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Finnish

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Etymology

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Generalized from the Italian motor scooter brand name Vespa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋespɑ/, [ˈʋe̞s̠pɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -espɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): ves‧pa

Noun

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vespa (informal)

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

Declension

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Inflection of vespa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative vespa vespat
genitive vespan vespojen
partitive vespaa vespoja
illative vespaan vespoihin
singular plural
nominative vespa vespat
accusative nom. vespa vespat
gen. vespan
genitive vespan vespojen
vespain rare
partitive vespaa vespoja
inessive vespassa vespoissa
elative vespasta vespoista
illative vespaan vespoihin
adessive vespalla vespoilla
ablative vespalta vespoilta
allative vespalle vespoille
essive vespana vespoina
translative vespaksi vespoiksi
abessive vespatta vespoitta
instructive vespoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of vespa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative vespani vespani
accusative nom. vespani vespani
gen. vespani
genitive vespani vespojeni
vespaini rare
partitive vespaani vespojani
inessive vespassani vespoissani
elative vespastani vespoistani
illative vespaani vespoihini
adessive vespallani vespoillani
ablative vespaltani vespoiltani
allative vespalleni vespoilleni
essive vespanani vespoinani
translative vespakseni vespoikseni
abessive vespattani vespoittani
instructive
comitative vespoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative vespasi vespasi
accusative nom. vespasi vespasi
gen. vespasi
genitive vespasi vespojesi
vespaisi rare
partitive vespaasi vespojasi
inessive vespassasi vespoissasi
elative vespastasi vespoistasi
illative vespaasi vespoihisi
adessive vespallasi vespoillasi
ablative vespaltasi vespoiltasi
allative vespallesi vespoillesi
essive vespanasi vespoinasi
translative vespaksesi vespoiksesi
abessive vespattasi vespoittasi
instructive
comitative vespoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative vespamme vespamme
accusative nom. vespamme vespamme
gen. vespamme
genitive vespamme vespojemme
vespaimme rare
partitive vespaamme vespojamme
inessive vespassamme vespoissamme
elative vespastamme vespoistamme
illative vespaamme vespoihimme
adessive vespallamme vespoillamme
ablative vespaltamme vespoiltamme
allative vespallemme vespoillemme
essive vespanamme vespoinamme
translative vespaksemme vespoiksemme
abessive vespattamme vespoittamme
instructive
comitative vespoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative vespanne vespanne
accusative nom. vespanne vespanne
gen. vespanne
genitive vespanne vespojenne
vespainne rare
partitive vespaanne vespojanne
inessive vespassanne vespoissanne
elative vespastanne vespoistanne
illative vespaanne vespoihinne
adessive vespallanne vespoillanne
ablative vespaltanne vespoiltanne
allative vespallenne vespoillenne
essive vespananne vespoinanne
translative vespaksenne vespoiksenne
abessive vespattanne vespoittanne
instructive
comitative vespoinenne

Synonyms

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French

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Noun

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vespa f (plural vespas)

  1. Vespa

References

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Galician

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Noun

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vespa f (plural vespas)

  1. Alternative form of avespa (wasp)

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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vespa f (genitive singular vespu, nominative plural vespur)

  1. hornet

Declension

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Genericized trademark from Vespa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vespa (first-person possessive vespaku, second-person possessive vespamu, third-person possessive vespanya)

  1. (colloquial) scooter
    Synonym: skuter

Interlingua

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Noun

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vespa (plural vespas)

  1. wasp
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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin vespa

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vespa f (plural vespe)

  1. wasp
  2. (motorcycling) Alternative letter-case form of Vespa; motor scooter
    Coordinate term: lambretta

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *wospā, metathesized from earlier Proto-Italic *wopsā, from Proto-Indo-European *wops-éh₂, from *wóps; see also wasp.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vespa f (genitive vespae); first declension

  1. wasp

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative vespa vespae
genitive vespae vespārum
dative vespae vespīs
accusative vespam vespās
ablative vespā vespīs
vocative vespa vespae

Derived terms

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Descendants

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See also

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References

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  • vespa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vespa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vespa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “vĕspa”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 707

Piedmontese

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Noun

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vespa f (plural vespe)

  1. wasp
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Portuguese

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vespa (Polistes dominulus)

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ves‧pa

Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese vespa, from Latin vespa.[1][2]

Noun

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vespa f (plural vespas)

  1. wasp
    Synonyms: marimbondo, caba, cabatão
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Italian Vespa.[1][2]

Noun

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vespa f (plural vespas)

  1. motor scooter

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 vespa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. 2.0 2.1 vespa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Further reading

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian vespa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʋêspa/
  • Hyphenation: ves‧pa

Noun

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vȅspa f (Cyrillic spelling ве̏спа)

  1. (informal) motor scooter

Declension

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References

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  • vespa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Sicilian

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Etymology

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From Latin vespa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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vespa f (plural vespi)

  1. wasp

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian vespa. Doublet of avispa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbespa/ [ˈbes.pa]
  • Rhymes: -espa
  • Syllabification: ves‧pa

Noun

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vespa f (plural vespas)

  1. Vespa (brand name)
  2. scooter (powered bicycle or tricycle)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Genericized trademark from the Italian motor scooter brand Vespa.

Noun

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vespa c

  1. a motor scooter (small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame)
    Synonyms: scooter, (when clear from context) skoter

Declension

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References

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