vespa
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan vespa, from Latin vespa, from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“to weave”).
Pronunciation
Related terms
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, 2024
- “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.
Finnish
Etymology
Generalized from the Italian motor scooter brand name Vespa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋespɑ/, [ˈʋe̞s̠pɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -espɑ
- Syllabification(key): ves‧pa
Noun
vespa (informal)
- scooter (motorcycle or moped equipped with a platform for the operator's feet)
Declension
Inflection of vespa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | ||
abessive | vespatta | vespoitta | ||
instructive | — | vespoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Synonyms
French
References
- “vespa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛspa
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
Audio (file)
Noun
vespa f (plural vespe)
- wasp
- (motorcycling) Alternative letter-case form of Vespa; motor scooter
- Coordinate term: lambretta
Further reading
- Vespidae on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
- Piaggio Vespa on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *wospā, metathesized from earlier Proto-Italic *wopsā, from Proto-Indo-European *wops-éh₂, from *wóps; see also wasp.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯es.pa/, [ˈu̯ɛs̠pä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈves.pa/, [ˈvɛspä]
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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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:
- Gallo-Italic:
- Piedmontese: vespa
- Lombard: besba, veisp
- Influenced by Frankish *wapsa:
- Piedmontese: ghespa
- Ibero-Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Òc:
- Oïl:
- Influenced by Frankish *wapsa:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Sardinian:
- Borrowings:
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
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈves.pɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈveʃ.pɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈves.pa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈveʃ.pɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbeʃ.pɐ/
- Hyphenation: ves‧pa
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese vespa, from Latin vespa,[1][2] from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“to weave”).
References
- “vespa” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “vespa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Further reading
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋêspa/
- Hyphenation: ves‧pa
Declension
References
- “vespa” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Sicilian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛspa/, [ˈvɛʃpa]
- Hyphenation: vès‧pa
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbespa/ [ˈbes.pa]
- Rhymes: -espa
- Syllabification: ves‧pa
Derived terms
Further reading
- “vespa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
Genericized trademark from the Italian motor scooter brand Vespa.
Declension
Declension of vespa | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | vespa | vespan | vespor | vesporna |
Genitive | vespas | vespans | vespors | vespornas |
References
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