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Vespa


Ves′pa

(vĕs′pȧ)
,
p
rop.
Noun.
[L., wasp.]
(Zool.)
A genus of Hymenoptera including the common wasps and hornets.

Definition 2024


Vespa

Vespa

See also: vespa

Translingual

Vespa velutina

Etymology

Latin vespa (wasp)

Proper noun

Vespa f

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

Hypernyms

Hyponyms


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

See also

vespa

vespa

See also: Vespa

Catalan

Noun

vespa f (plural vespes)

  1. wasp

Related terms


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

Inflection of vespa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
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
vespainrare
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
instructive vespoin
abessive vespatta vespoitta
comitative vespoineen

Synonyms


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


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


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

Noun

vespa f (genitive vespae); first declension

  1. a wasp

Declension

First declension.

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

  • Ladino: bezba
  • Norman: vêpre
  • Occitan: vèspa
  • Portuguese: vespa
  • Romanian: viespe
  • Romansch: vespra
  • Sardinian: espa
  • Sicilian: vespa
  • Spanish: avispa, vespa (borrowed)
  • Venetian: brespa
  • Walloon: wesse

See also

References


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


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