vespa
Catalan
Etymology
Category:Catalan terms derived from Proto-Italic#VESPACategory:Catalan terms inherited from Proto-Italic#VESPACategory:Catalan terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#VESPACategory:Catalan terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#VESPAInherited from Old CatalanCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Old Catalan#VESPACategory:Catalan terms derived from Old Catalan#VESPA vespa, from LatinCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Latin#VESPACategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#VESPA vespa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈbes.pə]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#VESPA
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈves.pə]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#VESPA
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈves.pa]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#VESPA
Category:Catalan terms with audio pronunciation#VESPAAudio (Catalonia): (file)
Noun
vespa f (plural vespes)Category:Catalan lemmas#VESPACategory:Catalan nouns#VESPACategory:Catalan countable nouns#VESPACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#VESPACategory:Catalan feminine nouns#VESPACategory:Pages with entries#VESPACategory:Pages with 15 entries#VESPA
Related terms
References
- “vespa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “vespa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “vespa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “vespa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
Finnish
Etymology
Generalized from the ItalianCategory:Finnish terms borrowed from Italian#VESPACategory:Finnish terms derived from Italian#VESPA motor scooter brand name Vespa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋespɑ/, [ˈʋe̞s̠pɑ̝]Category:Finnish 2-syllable words#VESPACategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#VESPA
- Rhymes: -espɑCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/espɑ#VESPACategory:Rhymes:Finnish/espɑ/2 syllables#VESPA
- Syllabification(key): ves‧pa
- Hyphenation(key): ves‧pa
Noun
vespaCategory:Finnish lemmas#VESPACategory:Finnish nouns#VESPACategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#VESPACategory:Pages with entries#VESPACategory:Pages with 15 entries#VESPA (informalCategory:Finnish informal terms#VESPA)
- scooter (motorcycle or moped equipped with a platform for the operator's feet)
Declension
| Inflection of vespa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vespa | vespat | |
| genitive | vespan | vespojen | |
| partitive | vespaa | vespoja | |
| illative | vespaan | vespoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vespa | vespat | |
| accusative | nom. | vespa | vespat |
| gen. | vespan | ||
| genitive | vespan | vespojen vespain rare | |
| partitive | vespaa | vespoja | |
| inessive | vespassa | vespoissa | |
| elative | vespasta | vespoista | |
| illative | vespaan | vespoihin | |
| adessive | vespalla | vespoilla | |
| ablative | vespalta | vespoilta | |
| allative | vespalle | vespoille | |
| essive | vespana | vespoina | |
| translative | vespaksi | vespoiksi | |
| abessive | vespatta | vespoitta | |
| instructive | — | vespoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
French
Noun
vespa f (plural vespas)Category:French lemmas#VESPACategory:French nouns#VESPACategory:French countable nouns#VESPACategory:French entries with incorrect language header#VESPACategory:French feminine nouns#VESPACategory:Pages with entries#VESPACategory:Pages with 15 entries#VESPA
References
- “vespa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Galician
Noun
vespa f (plural vespas)Category:Galician lemmas#VESPACategory:Galician nouns#VESPACategory:Galician countable nouns#VESPACategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#VESPACategory:Galician feminine nouns#VESPACategory:Pages with entries#VESPACategory:Pages with 15 entries#VESPA
- alternative form of avespa (“wasp”)
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Noun
vespa f (genitive singular vespu, nominative plural vespur)Category:Icelandic lemmas#VESPACategory:Icelandic nouns#VESPACategory:Icelandic entries with incorrect language header#VESPACategory:Icelandic feminine nouns#VESPACategory:Pages with entries#VESPACategory:Pages with 15 entries#VESPA
Declension
Indonesian
Etymology
Genericized trademarkCategory:Indonesian genericized trademarks#VESPA from VespaCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#VESPA.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian)
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛspa/ [ˈfɛs.pa]Category:Indonesian 2-syllable words#VESPACategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#VESPA
- Syllabification: ves‧pa
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛspa/ [ˈpɛs.pa]Category:Indonesian 2-syllable words#VESPACategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#VESPA
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛspa/ [ˈfɛs.pa]Category:Indonesian 2-syllable words#VESPACategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#VESPA
- Rhymes: -ɛspaCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ɛspa#VESPACategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ɛspa/2 syllables#VESPACategory:Indonesian terms where syllabification alignment failed#VESPA
Noun
vespa (plural vespa-vespa)Category:Indonesian lemmas#VESPACategory:Indonesian nouns#VESPACategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#VESPACategory:Pages with entries#VESPACategory:Pages with 15 entries#VESPA
Interlingua
Noun
vespa (plural vespas)Category:Interlingua lemmas#VESPACategory:Interlingua nouns#VESPACategory:Interlingua entries with incorrect language header#VESPACategory:Pages with entries#VESPACategory:Pages with 15 entries#VESPA
Related terms
Italian
Etymology
Category:Italian terms derived from Proto-Italic#VESPACategory:Italian terms inherited from Proto-Italic#VESPACategory:Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#VESPACategory:Italian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#VESPAInherited from LatinCategory:Italian terms inherited from Latin#VESPACategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#VESPA vespa
Pronunciation
Noun
vespa f (plural vespe)Category:Italian lemmas#VESPACategory:Italian nouns#VESPACategory:Italian countable nouns#VESPACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#VESPACategory:Italian feminine nouns#VESPACategory:Pages with entries#VESPACategory:Pages with 15 entries#VESPA
- wasp
- (motorcyclingCategory:it:Motorcycles#VESPA) alternative letter-case form of Vespa; motor scooter
- Coordinate term: lambretta
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Vespidae on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Piaggio Vespa on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Latin
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-ItalicCategory:Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic#VESPACategory:Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic#VESPA *wospā, metathesized from earlier *wopsā, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#VESPA *wóbʰseh₂, from *webʰ- (“to weave”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)Category:Requests for references for etymologies in Latin entries#VESPA Cognate with English wasp.
Pronunciation
Noun
vespa f (genitive vespae)Category:Latin lemmas#VESPACategory:Latin nouns#VESPACategory:Latin first declension nouns#VESPACategory:Latin feminine nouns in the first declension#VESPACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#VESPACategory:Latin feminine nouns#VESPACategory:Pages with entries#VESPACategory:Pages with 15 entries#VESPA; first declension
- wasp (insect)
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
- vespōsus (“waspy”)
Descendants
(Note: terms beginning with ⟨g⟩, ⟨gh⟩ and ⟨gu⟩ may have been conflated with or influenced by Frankish *wapsu (“wasp”).)
- Insular Romance:
- Balkano-Romance:
- Italo-Dalmatian:
- Gallo-Italic:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
See also
References
- “vespa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vespa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "vespa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “vĕspa”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 707
Piedmontese
Noun
vespa f (plural vespe)Category:Piedmontese lemmas#VESPACategory:Piedmontese nouns#VESPACategory:Piedmontese entries with incorrect language header#VESPACategory:Piedmontese feminine nouns#VESPACategory:Pages with entries#VESPACategory:Pages with 15 entries#VESPA
Related terms
Category:pms:Insects#VESPAPortuguese

Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -espɐ, (Portugal) -eʃpɐCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/espɐ#VESPACategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/espɐ/2 syllables#VESPACategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/eʃpɐ#VESPACategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/eʃpɐ/2 syllables#VESPA
- Hyphenation: ves‧pa
Etymology 1
Category:Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Italic#VESPACategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Proto-Italic#VESPACategory:Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#VESPACategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#VESPAFrom Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#VESPACategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#VESPA vespa, from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Latin#VESPACategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#VESPA vespa.[1][2]
Noun
vespa f (plural vespas)Category:Portuguese lemmas#VESPACategory:Portuguese nouns#VESPACategory:Portuguese countable nouns#VESPACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#VESPACategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#VESPACategory:Pages with entries#VESPACategory:Pages with 15 entries#VESPA
- wasp
- Synonyms: marimbondo, caba, cabatão
Related terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from ItalianCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from Italian#VESPACategory:Portuguese terms derived from Italian#VESPA Vespa.[1][2]
Noun
vespa f (plural vespas)Category:Portuguese lemmas#VESPACategory:Portuguese nouns#VESPACategory:Portuguese countable nouns#VESPACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#VESPACategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#VESPACategory:Pages with entries#VESPACategory:Pages with 15 entries#VESPA
References
- 1 2 “vespa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- 1 2 “vespa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Further reading
- “vespa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “vespa”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from ItalianCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms borrowed from Italian#VESPACategory:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Italian#VESPA vespa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋêspa/Category:Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation#VESPA
- Hyphenation: ves‧pa
Noun
vȅspa f (Cyrillic spelling ве̏спа)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#VESPACategory:Serbo-Croatian nouns#VESPACategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#VESPACategory:Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns#VESPACategory:Pages with entries#VESPACategory:Pages with 15 entries#VESPA
Declension
References
- “vespa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
Sicilian
Etymology
Inherited from LatinCategory:Sicilian terms inherited from Latin#VESPACategory:Sicilian terms derived from Latin#VESPA vespa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛspa/, [ˈvɛʃpa]Category:Sicilian terms with IPA pronunciation#VESPA
- Hyphenation: vès‧pa
Noun
vespa f (plural vespi)Category:Sicilian lemmas#VESPACategory:Sicilian nouns#VESPACategory:Sicilian nouns with red links in their headword lines#VESPACategory:Sicilian entries with incorrect language header#VESPACategory:Sicilian feminine nouns#VESPACategory:Pages with entries#VESPACategory:Pages with 15 entries#VESPA
Category:scn:Vespids#VESPASpanish
Etymology
Borrowed from ItalianCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Italian#VESPACategory:Spanish terms derived from Italian#VESPA vespa. Doublet of avispaCategory:Spanish doublets#VESPA.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbespa/ [ˈbes.pa]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#VESPACategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#VESPA
- Rhymes: -espaCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/espa#VESPACategory:Rhymes:Spanish/espa/2 syllables#VESPA
- Syllabification: ves‧pa
Noun
vespa f (plural vespas)Category:Spanish lemmas#VESPACategory:Spanish nouns#VESPACategory:Spanish countable nouns#VESPACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#VESPACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#VESPACategory:Pages with entries#VESPACategory:Pages with 15 entries#VESPA
Derived terms
Further reading
- “vespa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Swedish
Etymology
Genericized trademark from the ItalianCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from Italian#VESPACategory:Swedish terms derived from Italian#VESPA motor scooter brand Vespa.
Noun
vespa cCategory:Swedish lemmas#VESPACategory:Swedish nouns#VESPACategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#VESPACategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#VESPACategory:Pages with entries#VESPACategory:Pages with 15 entries#VESPA
- a motor scooter (small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | vespa | vespas |
| definite | vespan | vespans | |
| plural | indefinite | vespor | vespors |
| definite | vesporna | vespornas |
References
- “vespa”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “vespa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “vespa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
