hornet

See also: Hornet and hörnet

English

A hornet.

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English hernet, from Old English hyrnetu, hyrnete, from Proto-Germanic *hurznutō (compare German Hornisse), alteration of Proto-Germanic *hursulǭ (compare Dutch horzel), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂sro- (“hornet”, literally “the one with horns (antennae)”), from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”) (compare Welsh creyryn (“gadfly”), Latin crābrō (“hornet”), Lithuanian širšė (“wasp”), Old Church Slavonic сръшень (srŭšenĭ, “hornet”), Albanian grerë, grenzë (“wasp, hornet”)).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔː.nɪt/
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(US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔɹ.nɪt/
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nɪt

Noun

hornet (plural hornets)

A large wasp, of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow-striped body and the ability to inflict a serious sting.
A person who pesters with petty but ceaseless attacks.

Derived terms

Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia)
Asian hornet (Vespa velutina)
Australian hornet (Abispa ephippium)
bald-faced hornet, bald hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)
black-bellied hornet (Vespa basalis)
black-tailed hornet (Vespa ducalis)
European hornet (Vespa crabro)
giant hornet (Vespa crabro germana)
greater banded hornet (Vespa tropica)
Japanese hornet (Vespa simillima)
Japanese yellow hornet (Vespa simillima xanthptera)
hornet clearwing (Sesia apiformis)
hornet fly (Asilus spp.)
hornet moth (Sesia apiformis)
hornet robberfly (Asilus crabroniformis)
lesser banded hornet (Vespa affinis)
Oriental hornet, (Vespa orientalis)
paper hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)
sand hornet (Sphecius speciosus)
white-faced hornet, white-tailed hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)
yellow hornet (Vespa simillima xanthoptera)
yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina)
green hornet
Japanese giant hornet
mad as a hornet
murder hornet

Translations

a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body

Albanian: greth (sq) m
Arabic: زُنْبُور‎ m (zunbūr)
Armenian: ձիաբոռ (hy) (jiaboṙ), ձիաստաց (jiastacʿ)
Assamese: কোদো (küdü), কোদো বৰল (küdü borol)
Basque: liztortzar (eu)
Belarusian: шэ́ршань m (šéršanʹ)
Bengali: ভীমরুল (bhīmôrul)
Breton: pennmarc'henn f, gwesped-koad
Bulgarian: стъ́ршел (bg) m (stǎ́ršel)
Burmese: ပျားတူ (my) (pya:tu)
Catalan: vespa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大黃蜂／大黄蜂 (zh) (dàhuángfēng)
Cimbrian: bumpala f
Cornish: hwyrnores
Czech: sršeň (cs) m
Danish: hveps (da) c, gedehams c
Dutch: hoornaar (nl) c, hoorntje (nl)
Esperanto: krabro
Estonian: vapsik
Finnish: herhiläinen (fi)
French: frelon (fr) m
Galician: carrizo (gl) m
Georgian: ონავარი (onavari)
German: Hornisse (de) f
Greek: σερσένι (el) f (serséni), σκούρκος m (skoúrkos)
Ancient: ἀνθρηδών m (anthrēdṓn)
Hebrew: צרעה‎ (he) m (tzir'a), דַּבּוּר‎ (he) m (dabbúr)
Hungarian: lódarázs (hu)
Ido: horniso (io)
Irish: cearnabhán f
Italian: calabrone (it) m
Japanese: 雀蜂 (すずめばち, suzumebachi), スズメバチ (ja) (suzumebachi)
Khmer: ញាំង (ñĕəng), តាហ៊រ (km) (taahɔɔ)
Korean: 말벌 (ko) (malbeol), 호넷 (honet)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: زەردەواڵە‎ (ku) (zerdewalle)
Ladin: bespia da corn f
Latgalian: šyršyns
Latin: crābrō m
Latvian: sirsenis m, irsis m
Lithuanian: širšė
Macedonian: стршен m (stršen)
Malay: tebuan (ms)
Navajo: tsísʼnáłtsooítsoh
Norman: frêlon m
Norwegian: geithams (no) m
Ottoman Turkish: اشك آریسی‎ (eşek arısı)
Polish: szerszeń (pl) m
Portuguese: vespão m, abelha-pedreira f
Purepecha: tsïtsïsï
Romanian: gărgăun (ro) m
Romansch: vesprun m
Russian: ше́ршень (ru) m (šéršenʹ)
S'gaw Karen: ဖျၢ (hpluh)
Sardinian: cardùbbulu m, gardùbbulu, ardùbbulu m
Scottish Gaelic: connspeach f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: стршљен m
Roman: stršljen (sh) m
Shor: шашқақ
Slovak: sršeň m
Slovene: sršen (sl) m
Spanish: avispón m
Swedish: bålgeting (sv) c
Telugu: కందిరీగ (te) (kandirīga)
Thai: แตน (th) (dtɛɛn)
Turkish: eşek arısı (tr)
Ukrainian: ше́ршень m (šéršenʹ)
Venetian: avón, graùgn m, graón m, gravarón, cavaƚarón m
Vilamovian: hjenc
Walloon: fonnet (wa)
Welsh: cacynen (cy) f, cacwn pl
Yiddish: פֿערדבין‎ f (ferdbin)

Anagrams

'nother, Rhoten, Theron, Thoren, Thorne, enhort, nother, other'n, throne

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

hornet n

definite singular of horn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hornet n

definite singular of horn

Swedish

Noun

hornet

definite singular of horn.