vespa

See also: Vespa and vèspa

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈbes.pə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈves.pə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈves.pa]
  • (file)

Noun

vespa f (plural vespes)

  1. wasp

References

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)

  1. 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
abessive vespatta vespoitta
instructive vespoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of vespa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative vespani vespani
accusative nom. vespani vespani
gen. vespani
genitive vespani vespojeni
vespainirare
partitive vespaani vespojani
inessive vespassani vespoissani
elative vespastani vespoistani
illative vespaani vespoihini
adessive vespallani vespoillani
ablative vespaltani vespoiltani
allative vespalleni vespoilleni
essive vespanani vespoinani
translative vespakseni vespoikseni
abessive vespattani vespoittani
instructive
comitative vespoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative vespasi vespasi
accusative nom. vespasi vespasi
gen. vespasi
genitive vespasi vespojesi
vespaisirare
partitive vespaasi vespojasi
inessive vespassasi vespoissasi
elative vespastasi vespoistasi
illative vespaasi vespoihisi
adessive vespallasi vespoillasi
ablative vespaltasi vespoiltasi
allative vespallesi vespoillesi
essive vespanasi vespoinasi
translative vespaksesi vespoiksesi
abessive vespattasi vespoittasi
instructive
comitative vespoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative vespamme vespamme
accusative nom. vespamme vespamme
gen. vespamme
genitive vespamme vespojemme
vespaimmerare
partitive vespaamme vespojamme
inessive vespassamme vespoissamme
elative vespastamme vespoistamme
illative vespaamme vespoihimme
adessive vespallamme vespoillamme
ablative vespaltamme vespoiltamme
allative vespallemme vespoillemme
essive vespanamme vespoinamme
translative vespaksemme vespoiksemme
abessive vespattamme vespoittamme
instructive
comitative vespoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative vespanne vespanne
accusative nom. vespanne vespanne
gen. vespanne
genitive vespanne vespojenne
vespainnerare
partitive vespaanne vespojanne
inessive vespassanne vespoissanne
elative vespastanne vespoistanne
illative vespaanne vespoihinne
adessive vespallanne vespoillanne
ablative vespaltanne vespoiltanne
allative vespallenne vespoillenne
essive vespananne vespoinanne
translative vespaksenne vespoiksenne
abessive vespattanne vespoittanne
instructive
comitative vespoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative vespansa vespansa
accusative nom. vespansa vespansa
gen. vespansa
genitive vespansa vespojensa
vespainsarare
partitive vespaansa vespojaan
vespojansa
inessive vespassaan
vespassansa
vespoissaan
vespoissansa
elative vespastaan
vespastansa
vespoistaan
vespoistansa
illative vespaansa vespoihinsa
adessive vespallaan
vespallansa
vespoillaan
vespoillansa
ablative vespaltaan
vespaltansa
vespoiltaan
vespoiltansa
allative vespalleen
vespallensa
vespoilleen
vespoillensa
essive vespanaan
vespanansa
vespoinaan
vespoinansa
translative vespakseen
vespaksensa
vespoikseen
vespoiksensa
abessive vespattaan
vespattansa
vespoittaan
vespoittansa
instructive
comitative vespoineen
vespoinensa

Synonyms

French

Noun

vespa f (plural vespas)

  1. Vespa

References

Galician

Noun

vespa f (plural vespas)

  1. Alternative form of avespa (wasp)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛspa

Noun

vespa f (genitive singular vespu, nominative plural vespur)

  1. hornet

Declension

Interlingua

Noun

vespa (plural vespas)

  1. wasp

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
  • (file)

Noun

vespa f (plural vespe)

  1. wasp
  2. (motorcycling) Alternative letter-case form of Vespa; motor scooter
    Coordinate term: lambretta

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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
    • Megleno-Romanian: ghiaspi
    • Romanian: viespe
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Piedmontese: vespa
    • Lombard: besba, veisp
    • Influenced by Frankish *wapsa:
      • Piedmontese: ghespa
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Òc:
    • Catalan: vespa, vrespa, vespra
    • Occitan: vèspa
    • Gascon: vrèspa
    • Aragonese: viespra, vrespa, vrispa, viespa
    • Merged with Frankish *wapsu, *waspijā:
      • Occitan: guèspa, guespa
      • Aragonese: grespa
    • Franco-Provençal: vépa
  • Oïl:
  • Influenced by Frankish *wapsa:
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Sardinian:
  • Borrowings:

See also

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

Piedmontese

Noun

vespa f (plural vespe)

  1. wasp
  • vespé
  • vespun

Portuguese

vespa (Polistes dominulus)

Pronunciation

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

  • 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).

Noun

vespa f (plural vespas)

  1. wasp

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Vespa.[1][2]

Noun

vespa f (plural vespas)

  1. motor scooter

References

Further reading

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

References

  • vespa” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin vespa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vespa f (plural vespi)

  1. wasp

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

Further reading

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

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