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Definitions and meaning of vespa

vespa

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan vespa, from Latin vespa, from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“to weave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbes.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈves.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈves.pa]

Noun

vespa f (plural vespes)

1. wasp

Related terms

• vesper

References

• “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

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

Noun

vespa (informal)

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

Declension

Synonyms

• skootteri

French

Noun

vespa f (plural vespas)

1. Vespa

References

• “vespa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Noun

vespa f (plural vespas)

1. Alternative form of avespa (“wasp”)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛspa

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, from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“to weave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.spa/
• Rhymes: -ɛspa
• Hyphenation: vè‧spa

Noun

vespa f (plural vespe)

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

   Coordinate term: lambretta

Derived terms

• vespaio
• vespina
• vespone
• vespetta

Further reading

• Vespidae on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• Piaggio Vespa on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯es.pa/, [ˈu̯ɛs̠pä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈves.pa/, [ˈvɛspä]

Noun

vespa f (genitive vespae); first declension

1. wasp

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• vespōsus (“waspy”)

Descendants

See also

• apis
• 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 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

Noun

vespa f (plural vespe)

1. wasp

Related terms

• vespé
• vespun

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ves‧pa

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese vespa, from Latin vespa, from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“to weave”).

Noun

vespa f (plural vespas)

1. wasp

Related terms

• vespão
• vespeiro

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Vespa.

Noun

vespa f (plural vespas)

1. motor scooter

References

Further reading

• “vespa” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “vespa” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vespa. Doublet of avispa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vespa f (plural vespas)

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

Derived terms

Further reading

• “vespa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

Genericized trademark from the Italian motor scooter brand Vespa.

Noun

vespa c

1. a motor scooter (small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame)

   Synonyms: scooter, (when clear from context) skoter

Declension

References

• vespa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vespa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vespa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org