calabrone

Italian

Un calabrone – A hornet

Etymology

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin form *carabriōnem, from Latin crābrōnem, from Proto-Italic *krāzrō, from a Proto-Indo-European form *krH-s-r-o, from the root *ḱerh₂- (“head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.laˈbro.ne/
• Rhymes: -one
• Hyphenation: ca‧la‧bró‧ne

Noun

calabrone m (plural calabroni)

1. European hornet (Vespa crabro)

Further reading

• calabrone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• bracalone