# vespa
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan vespa, from Latin vespa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈbes.pə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈves.pə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈves.pa]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

vespa f (plural vespes)
* wasp

#### Related terms

* vesper

### References

* “vespa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “vespa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “vespa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “vespa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Finnish
### Etymology

Generalized from the Italian motor scooter brand name Vespa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋespɑ/, [ˈʋe̞s̠pɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -espɑ
* Hyphenation: ves‧pa

### Noun

vespa (informal)
* scooter (motorcycle or moped equipped with a platform for the operator's feet)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of vespa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vespani
vespani
accusative
nom.
vespani
vespani
gen.
vespani
genitive
vespani
vespojeni vespaini $^{rare}$
partitive
vespaani
vespojani
inessive
vespassani
vespoissani
elative
vespastani
vespoistani
illative
vespaani
vespoihini
adessive
vespallani
vespoillani
ablative
vespaltani
vespoiltani
allative
vespalleni
vespoilleni
essive
vespanani
vespoinani
translative
vespakseni
vespoikseni
abessive
vespattani
vespoittani
instructive
comitative
—vespoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vespasi
vespasi
accusative
nom.
vespasi
vespasi
gen.
vespasi
genitive
vespasi
vespojesi vespaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
vespaasi
vespojasi
inessive
vespassasi
vespoissasi
elative
vespastasi
vespoistasi
illative
vespaasi
vespoihisi
adessive
vespallasi
vespoillasi
ablative
vespaltasi
vespoiltasi
allative
vespallesi
vespoillesi
essive
vespanasi
vespoinasi
translative
vespaksesi
vespoiksesi
abessive
vespattasi
vespoittasi
instructive
comitative
—vespoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vespamme
vespamme
accusative
nom.
vespamme
vespamme
gen.
vespamme
genitive
vespamme
vespojemme vespaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
vespaamme
vespojamme
inessive
vespassamme
vespoissamme
elative
vespastamme
vespoistamme
illative
vespaamme
vespoihimme
adessive
vespallamme
vespoillamme
ablative
vespaltamme
vespoiltamme
allative
vespallemme
vespoillemme
essive
vespanamme
vespoinamme
translative
vespaksemme
vespoiksemme
abessive
vespattamme
vespoittamme
instructive
comitative
—vespoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vespanne
vespanne
accusative
nom.
vespanne
vespanne
gen.
vespanne
genitive
vespanne
vespojenne vespainne $^{rare}$
partitive
vespaanne
vespojanne
inessive
vespassanne
vespoissanne
elative
vespastanne
vespoistanne
illative
vespaanne
vespoihinne
adessive
vespallanne
vespoillanne
ablative
vespaltanne
vespoiltanne
allative
vespallenne
vespoillenne
essive
vespananne
vespoinanne
translative
vespaksenne
vespoiksenne
abessive
vespattanne
vespoittanne
instructive
comitative
—vespoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vespansa
vespansa
accusative
nom.
vespansa
vespansa
gen.
vespansa
genitive
vespansa
vespojensa vespainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
vespaansa
vespojaan vespojansa
inessive
vespassaan vespassansa
vespoissaan vespoissansa
elative
vespastaan vespastansa
vespoistaan vespoistansa
illative
vespaansa
vespoihinsa
adessive
vespallaan vespallansa
vespoillaan vespoillansa
ablative
vespaltaan vespaltansa
vespoiltaan vespoiltansa
allative
vespalleen vespallensa
vespoilleen vespoillensa
essive
vespanaan vespanansa
vespoinaan vespoinansa
translative
vespakseen vespaksensa
vespoikseen vespoiksensa
abessive
vespattaan vespattansa
vespoittaan vespoittansa
instructive
comitative
—vespoineen vespoinensa :

#### Synonyms

* skootteri

## French
### Noun

vespa f (plural vespas)
* Vespa

### References

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

## Galician
### Noun

vespa f (plural vespas)
* Alternative form of avespa (“wasp”)

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɛspa

### Noun

vespa f (genitive singular vespu, nominative plural vespur)
* hornet

#### Declension
## Indonesian
### Etymology

Genericized trademark from Vespa.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈvɛspa/ [ˈfɛs.pa]
* Rhymes: -ɛspa
* Syllabification: ves‧pa

### Noun

vespa (plural vespa-vespa)
* (colloquial) scooter
    Synonym: skuter

## Interlingua
### Noun

vespa (plural vespas)
* wasp

#### Related terms

* vespere
* vespiario

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin vespa

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɛ.spa/
* Rhymes: -ɛspa
* Hyphenation: vè‧spa
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

vespa f (plural vespe)
* wasp
* (motorcycling) Alternative letter-case form of Vespa; motor scooter
    Coordinate term: lambretta

#### Derived terms

* vespaio
* vespina
* vespone
* vespetta

### Further reading

* Vespidae on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{it}$
* Piaggio Vespa on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{it}$

## Latin
### Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wospā, metathesized from earlier Proto-Italic *wopsā, from Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂, from *webʰ-; see also wasp.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯es.pa/, [ˈu̯ɛs̠pä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈves.pa/, [ˈvɛspä]

### Noun

vespa f (genitive vespae); first declension
* wasp

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* vespōsus (“waspy”)

#### Descendants

Note: terms beginning with "g","gh" and "gu" may have been conflated with or influenced from Frankish *wapsu (“wasp”).
* Insular Romance:
** Sardinian: espa
* Balkano-Romance:
** Aromanian: yeaspi, yiaspi, vaspe
** Megleno-Romanian: ghiaspi, vaspi
** Romanian: viespe, veaspă, jeaspă (regional, Moldavia)
* Italo-Dalmatian:
** Corsican: vespa
** Italian: vespa
*** → Spanish: vespa
** Neapolitan: vèspera, vespa, respa
** Sicilian: vespa
** Venetan: brespa
* Rhaeto-Romance:
** Friulian: gjespe, yespe
** Romansch: vespra
* Gallo-Italic:
** Piedmontese: vespa, ghespa
** Lombard: besba, veisp
* Occitano-Romance:
** Catalan: vespa, vrespa, vespra
** Occitan: vèspa, guèspa, guespa
*** Gascon: vrèspa
* Gallo-Romance:
** Franco-Provençal: gouépa, guépa (Beaujolais), gué̱pa (Bressan), vouipa, vuyipa (Fribourgeois), vèspa, vepa (Piemontais), vépa (Savoyard)
** Old French:
*** Bourguignon: gueîpe
*** Champenois: vêpre
*** Franc-Comtois: vépre (former wespe)
*** French: guêpe
*** Gallo: gésp
*** Norman: vêpre (former wespe)
*** Walloon: wesse
* Ibero-Romance:
** Aragonese: viespra, vrespa, vrispa, viespa, grespa
** Asturian: aviespa ⇒ aviespara
** Galician: avespa, vespa ⇒ avéspora, nespra
** Portuguese: vespa
** Spanish: avispa
* Borrowings:
** → Esperanto: vespo
*** Ido: vespo
** → Interlingua: vespa

### See also

* apis
* crabro

### 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’s 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)
* wasp

#### Related terms

* vespé
* vespun

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈves.pɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈves.pɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈveʃ.pɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈves.pa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈveʃ.pɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈveʃ.pɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbeʃ.pɐ/
* Hyphenation: ves‧pa

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese vespa, from Latin vespa.

#### Noun

vespa f (plural vespas)
* wasp
    Synonyms: marimbondo, caba, cabatão

##### Related terms

* vespa do mar
* vespão
* vespeiro

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Vespa.

#### Noun

vespa f (plural vespas)
* motor scooter

### References

* 1 2 “vespa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* 1 2 “vespa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

### Further reading

* “vespa”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “vespa”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vespa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋêspa/
* Hyphenation: ves‧pa

### Noun

vȅspa f (Cyrillic spelling ве̏спа)
* (informal) motor scooter

#### Declension
### References

* “vespa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Sicilian
### Etymology

From Latin vespa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɛspa/, [ˈvɛʃpa]
* Hyphenation: vès‧pa

### Noun

vespa f (plural vespi)
* wasp

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vespa. Doublet of avispa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbespa/ [ˈbes.pa]
* Rhymes: -espa
* Syllabification: ves‧pa

### Noun

vespa f (plural vespas)
* Vespa (brand name)
* scooter (powered bicycle or tricycle)

#### Derived terms

* vespino

### Further reading

* “vespa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

Genericized trademark from the Italian motor scooter brand Vespa.

### Noun

vespa c
* a motor scooter (small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame)
    Synonyms: scooter, (when clear from context) skoter

#### Declension
### References

* vespa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* vespa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* vespa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)