vespa

Etymology

From Latin vespa.

Noun

vespa f (plural vespes)

1. wasp

Etymology

Generalized from the Italian motor scooter brand name Vespa.

Noun

vespa

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

Noun

vespa f (plural vespas)

1. Alternative form of avespa

Noun

vespa f (genitive singular vespu, nominative plural vespur)

1. hornet

Noun

vespa (plural vespas)

1. wasp

Etymology

From Latin vespa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛspa/
• Hyphenation: vè‧spa

Noun

vespa f (plural vespe)

1. wasp
2. motor scooter (originally capitalised)

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) IPA^(key): /ˈwes.pa/, [ˈwɛs.pa]

Noun

vespa f (genitive vespae); first declension

1. a wasp

See also

• apis f
• crabro

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, 1883–1887)

Etymology

From Latin vespa.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈveʃpɐ/
• Hyphenation: ves‧pa

Noun

vespa f (plural vespas)

1. wasp

Etymology

From Italian vespa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vȅspa f (Cyrillic spelling ве̏спа)

1. (informal) motor scooter

References

• “vespa” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology

From Latin vespa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vespa f (plural vespi)

1. wasp

Noun

vespa f (plural vespas)

1. Vespa