hornet

See also: Hornet and hörnet

English

A hornet.

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English hernet, from Old English hyrnetu, hyrnete, from Proto-Germanic *hurznutō (compare German Hornisse), alteration of Proto-Germanic *hurzulǭ (compare Dutch horzel), from Proto-Indo-European *krHsro- (“hornet”, literally “the one with horns (antennae)”), from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”) (compare Welsh creyryn 'gadfly', Latin crābrō 'hornet', Lithuanian širšė 'wasp', Old Church Slavonic сръшень (srŭšenĭ) 'hornet', Albanian grerë, grenzë 'wasp, hornet').

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɔː.nɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɔɹ.nɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nɪt

Noun

hornet (plural hornets)

  1. A large wasp, of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow-striped body and the ability to inflict a serious sting.
  2. A person who pesters with petty but ceaseless attacks.

Translations

a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body

See also

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

hornet n

  1. definite singular of horn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hornet n

  1. definite singular of horn

Swedish

Noun

hornet

  1. definite singular of horn
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