vespa

vespa

See also: Vespa and vèspa

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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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, 2023
• “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.

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Finnish

Etymology

Generalized from the Italian motor scooter brand name Vespa.

Pronunciation

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

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

Possessive forms of vespa (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	vespani	vespamme
2nd person	vespasi	vespanne
3rd person	vespansa

Synonyms

• skootteri

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French

Noun

vespa f (plural vespas)

1. Vespa

References

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

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Galician

Noun

vespa f (plural vespas)

1. Alternative form of avespa (“wasp”)

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛspa

Noun

vespa f (genitive singular vespu, nominative plural vespur)

1. hornet

Declension

declension of vespa

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vespa	vespan	vespur	vespurnar
accusative	vespu	vespuna	vespur	vespurnar
dative	vespu	vespunni	vespum	vespunum
genitive	vespu	vespunnar	vespa	vespanna

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Interlingua

Noun

vespa (plural vespas)

1. wasp

Related terms

• vespere
• vespiario

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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

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vespa f (genitive vespae); first declension

1. wasp

Declension

First-declension noun.

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

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: yeaspi
  • Romanian: viespe
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Piedmontese: vespa
  • Lombard: besba, veisp
  • Influenced by Frankish *wapsa:
    • Piedmontese: ghespa
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: aviespa ⇒ aviespara
  • Galician: avespa, vespa ⇒ avéspora, nespra
  • Portuguese: vespa
  • Spanish: avispa
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: vespa
  • Italian: vespa
    • → Spanish: vespa
  • Sicilian: vespa
  • Venetian: brespa
• Òc:
  • Catalan: vespa, vrespa, vespra
  • Occitan: vèspa
  • Gascon: vrèspa
  • Aragonese: viespra, vrespa, vrispa, viespa
  • Influenced by Frankish *wapsa:
    • Occitan: guèspa, guespa
    • Aragonese: grespa
  • Franco-Provençal: vépa
• Oïl:
• Influenced by Frankish *wapsa:
  • Franc-Comtois: vépre (former wespe)
  • Norman: vêpre (former wespe)
  • Bourguignon: gueîpe
  • French: guêpe
  • Gallo: gésp
  • Walloon: wesse
  • Franco-Provençal: gouépa
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: gjespe, yespe
  • Ladino: bezba
  • Romansch: vespra
• Sardinian:
  • espa
• Borrowings:
  • → Esperanto: vespo
    • Ido: vespo
  • → Interlingua: vespa

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

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Piedmontese

Noun

vespa f (plural vespe)

1. wasp

Related terms

• vespé
• vespun

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Portuguese

vespa (Polistes dominulus)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈves.pɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈves.pɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈveʃ.pɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈves.pa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈveʃ.pɐ/

• Hyphenation: ves‧pa

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese vespa, from Latin vespa,[1][2] from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“to weave”).

Noun

vespa f (plural vespas)

1. wasp

Related terms

• vespão
• vespeiro

Etymology 2

From Italian Vespa.[1][2]

Noun

vespa f (plural vespas)

1. motor scooter

References

1. “vespa” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “vespa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Further reading

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

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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

Declension of vespa

	singular	plural
nominative	vȅspa	vespe
genitive	vespe	vȇspā/vȇspī
dative	vespi	vespama
accusative	vespu	vespe
vocative	vespo	vespe
locative	vespi	vespama
instrumental	vespom	vespama

References

• “vespa” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin vespa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vespa f (plural vespi)

1. wasp

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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

• vespino

Further reading

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

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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

Declension of vespa
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vespa	vespan	vespor	vesporna
Genitive	vespas	vespans	vespors	vespornas

References

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