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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesvespa
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈvɛspa
"Ho visto una vespa nel giardino."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A stinging winged insect that typically has a yellow and black striped body.
"A wasp landed on the picnic table and alarmed the children." - 2
Acronym for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (often capitalized as WASP), referring to a member of a high-status, upper-middle-class group of white Americans of British Protestant ancestry.
"The traditional establishment was often described as being dominated by WASPs."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English word 'wæps', stemming from Proto-Germanic '*wabis-' and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root '*wobʰ-s-', meaning 'weaver' due to the way they weave their paper nests. Historically, the spelling shifted in Middle English via metathesis from 'wasp' to 'waps' and back.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Wasp" is said worldwide
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guêpe
Transliteration: ɡɛp
"Une guêpe a piqué mon bras."
Wespe
Transliteration: ˈvɛspə
"Die Wespe flog um das süße Obst."
vespa
Transliteration: ˈvɛspa
"Ho visto una vespa nel giardino."
avispa
Transliteration: aˈvispa
"Cuidado con la avispa en el jardín."
vespa
Transliteration: ˈvɛspɐ
"A vespa construiu um ninho na árvore."
तैया
Transliteration: taiya
"बगीचे में एक तैयार उड़ रही थी।"
黄蜂
Transliteration: huáng fēng
"小心树上的黄蜂。"
말벌
Transliteration: malbeol
"정원에 말벌이 나타났습니다."
スズメバチ
Transliteration: suzumebachi
"庭にスズメバチが巣を作りました。"
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