vespiary

English

Etymology

From Latin vespa (“wasp”), formed in imitation of apiary (a similar structure for bees).

Noun

vespiary (plural vespiaries)

1. A nest built by a social wasp species.
2. A colony of wasps living in such a nest.

Translations

a wasps' nest

• Bulgarian: гнездо на оси (gnezdo na osi)
• Catalan: vesper (ca) m
• Finnish: ampiaispesä
• French: guêpier (fr) m
• Friulian: gjespâr m
• Galician: avespeiro (gl) m, avesporeiro (gl) m, nespreiro (gl) m
• German: Wespennest (de) n
• Hungarian: darázsfészek (hu)
• Hunsrik: Wespenist n
• Ingrian: rakko
• Italian: vespaio (it) m
• Macedonian: о́сарник m (ósarnik), о́сило n (ósilo)
• Occitan: vespièr m
• Portuguese: vespeiro (pt) m
• Romanian: viespar (ro) n
• Russian: оси́ное гнездо́ n (osínoje gnezdó)
• Sardinian: ghespàrju m
• Spanish: avispero (es) m
• Volapük: vesepanäst (vo), (older term) lubienöp

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967