vespiary

vespiary

English

Etymology

From Latin vespa (“wasp”), formed in imitation of apiary (a similar structure for bees).

Noun

vespiary (plural vespiaries)

1. A nest built by a social wasp species.
2. A colony of wasps living in such a nest.

Translations

a wasps' nest

Catalan: vesper (ca) m Finnish: ampiaispesä French: guêpier (fr) m Friulian: gjespâr m Galician: avespeiro (gl) m, avesporeiro (gl) m, nespreiro (gl) m German: Wespennest (de) n Hungarian: darázsfészek (hu) Hunsrik: Wespenist n Italian: vespaio (it) m

Macedonian: осило n (ósilo) Occitan: vespièr m Portuguese: vespeiro (pt) m Romanian: viespar (ro) m Russian: оси́ное гнездо́ n (osínoje gnezdó) Sardinian: ghespàrju m Spanish: avispero m Volapük: vesepanäst (vo), (older term) lubienöp

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967