vespa
Catalan
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:etymology at line 170: Old Occitan (pro) is not set as an ancestor of Catalan (ca) in Module:languages/data/2. The ancestor of Catalan is Old Catalan (roa-oca)., from Latin vespa, from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“to weave”).
Pronunciation
Noun
vespa f (plural vespes)
Related terms
Further reading
- “vespa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “vespa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “vespa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “vespa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Finnish
Etymology
Generalized from the Italian motor scooter brand name Vespa.
Pronunciation
Noun
vespa
Declension
Inflection of vespa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
Synonyms
Galician
Noun
vespa f (plural vespas)
- Alternative form of avespa
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛspa
Noun
vespa f (genitive singular vespu, nominative plural vespur)
Declension
Interlingua
Noun
vespa (plural vespas)
Related terms
Italian
Etymology
From Latin vespa, from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“to weave”).
Pronunciation
Noun
vespa f (plural vespe)
- wasp
- motor scooter (originally capitalised)
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“weave”) (referring to the insect's woven nests). Cognate with Old Breton guohi, English wasp (derivations including Italian Vespa, scooter), Lithuanian vapsvà, Russian оса (osá). The word is also related to English web and weave.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯es.pa/, [ˈu̯ɛs̠pä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈves.pa/, [ˈvɛspä]
Noun
vespa f (genitive vespae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | vespa | vespae |
Genitive | vespae | vespārum |
Dative | vespae | vespīs |
Accusative | vespam | vespās |
Ablative | vespā | vespīs |
Vocative | vespa | vespae |
Derived terms
- vespōsus (“waspy”)
Descendants
See also
References
- “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)
Piedmontese
Noun
vespa f (plural vespe)
Related terms
Portuguese
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Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese vespa, from Latin vespa, from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“to weave”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ves‧pa
Noun
vespa f (plural s)
Related terms
Further reading
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
vȅspa f (Cyrillic spelling ве̏спа)
Declension
References
- “vespa” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Sicilian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
vespa f (plural vespi)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian vespa. Doublet of avispa.
Pronunciation
Noun
vespa f (plural vespas)
Further reading
- “vespa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Catalan terms inherited from Latin
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- Catalan feminine nouns
- ca:Insects
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- Finnish kala-type nominals
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛspa
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- it:Insects
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- la:Insects
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- pms:Insects
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- pt:Insects
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- Sicilian terms inherited from Latin
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- scn:Insects
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- es:Vehicles