guêpier
French
Etymology
From guêpe (“wasp”) + -ier. Compare Italian vespaio, Occitan vespièr, Portuguese vespeiro, Spanish avispero, Romanian viespar, Catalan vesper, Friulian gjespâr, Sardinian ghespàrju.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɛ.pje/, /ɡe.pje/
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Noun
guêpier m (plural guêpiers)
- bee-eater
- trap
- wasp's nest
Derived terms
- guêpier d'Europe
See also
- guêpière
Further reading
- “guêpier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.