vespo

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wespe, English wasp, Yiddish וועספּ (vesp), Italian and Latin vespa, all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wóps (“wasp”). Compare Romanian viespe, French guêpe, Dutch wesp, Latvian vapsene. Distantly related to Russian оса (osa), Polish osa, Welsh gwchi (“drone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvespo]
• Rhymes: -espo
• Hyphenation: ves‧po

Noun

vespo (accusative singular vespon, plural vespoj, accusative plural vespojn)

1. wasp

See also

• abelo (“bee”)
• krabro (“hornet”)

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto vespo, English wasp, French guêpe, German Wespe, Italian vespa, Spanish avispa, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wapsō and Latin vespa respectively.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈves.po/

Noun

vespo (plural vespi)

1. wasp