Translingual

Vespa velutina

Etymology

Latin vespa ‎(“wasp”)

Proper noun

Vespa f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Vespidae – the hornets.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Hymenopterida - superorder; Hymenoptera - order; Apocrita - suborder; Vespoidea - superfamily; Vespidae - family; Vespinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Vespa affinis, Vespa analis, Vespa basalis, Vespa bellicosa, Vespa bicolor, Vespa binghami, Vespa crabro, Vespa ducalis, Vespa dybowskii, Vespa fervida, Vespa fumida, Vespa luctuosa, Vespa mandarinia, Vespa mocsaryana, Vespa multimaculata, Vespa orientalis, Vespa philippinensis, Vespa simillima, Vespa soror, Vespa tropica, Vespa velutina, Vespa vivax (species)

English

A Vespa

Noun

Vespa ‎(plural Vespas)

1. An Italian motor scooter.
   • 2004, Ebba Segerberg (translator), Henning Mankell, Before The Frost, page 76,

     Her 40-year-old Vespa was waiting in the yard under a custom-made cover.

   • 2009, David J. Degou, Cambridge Police Department, unnumbered page,

     In 1967, members of the traffic unit provide a funeral escort riding Vespa police model motor scooters. The Vespa scooter had the ability to cruise at speeds from 2 miles per hour to 65 miles per hour.

   • 2011, Terry A. Burgess, Smell the Devil's Breath, Uncommon Senses, Number 4, page 85,

     He grabbed the handlebars of the smallest Vespa near the end of the row and pulled the machine free of its slot.

Italian

Etymology

From vespa ‎(“wasp”), in reference to its sound (see also Ape).

Noun

Vespa f ‎(plural Vespe)

1. an Italian brand of motor scooter
2. also used as generic term for such scooters

Related terms

• vespista

See also

• Lambretta

Catalan

Noun

vespa f ‎(plural vespes)

1. wasp

Related terms

• vesper

Finnish

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)

Declension

Synonyms

• skootteri

Galician

Noun

vespa f ‎(plural vespas)

1. Alternative form of avespa

Icelandic

Noun

vespa f ‎(genitive singular vespu, nominative plural vespur)

1. hornet

Declension

Interlingua

Noun

vespa ‎(plural vespas)

1. wasp

Related terms

• vespere
• vespiario

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vespa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vespa f ‎(plural vespe)

1. wasp
2. motor scooter (originally capitalised)

Derived terms

• vespaio
• vespino
• vespone

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) IPA^(key): /ˈwes.pa/

Noun

vespa f ‎(genitive vespae); first declension

1. a wasp

Declension

First declension.

Derived terms

• vespōsus ‎(“waspy”)

Descendants

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)

Portuguese

vespa (Polistes dominulus)

Etymology

From Latin vespa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vespa f (plural vespas)

1. wasp

Related terms

• vespão
• vespeiro

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian vespa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vȅspa f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ве̏спа)

1. (informal) motor scooter

Declension

References

• “vespa” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin vespa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vespa f (plural vespi)

1. wasp

Spanish

Noun

vespa f ‎(plural vespas)

1. Vespa