vêpre

See also: vepre, vépre, and vêpré

Champenois

Alternative forms

• (Ardennais) waspe
• (Rémois) weupe

Etymology

Inherited from Old French wespe, from Latin vespa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɛpr/

Noun

vêpre f (plural vêpres)

1. (Troyen, Langrois) wasp

References

• Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎^[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
• Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎^[2] (in French), Troyes

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French vespre, from Latin vesper, vespera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛpʁ/

Noun

vêpre m (plural vêpres)

1. (archaic, humorous) the evening

   Synonym: soir

Related terms

• vêprée

Further reading

• “vêpre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Alternative forms

• vêpe (continental Norman)
• vepr (Sark)

Etymology

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French vespe, guespe, wespe, from Latin vespa, possibly with Germanic influence. Compare French guêpe. Cf. also Norwegian veps, Danish hveps.

Noun

vêpre m (plural vêpres)

1. (Jersey) wasp