guêpe
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French guespe, from Old French guespe, wespe, wapce (“hornet, wasp”), from a conflation of Latin vespa (“wasp”), and Old Frankish *wespa, *wapsa (“wasp”), from Proto-Germanic *wapsō (“wasp”); both from Proto-Indo-European *wops-éh₂, from *wóps (“wasp”).
Cognate with Spanish avispa (“wasp”), Portuguese vespa (“wasp”), Italian vespa (“wasp”), Old High German wefsa (“wasp”), Old Saxon waspa, wespia (“wasp”), Old English wæsp, wæps (“wasp”), (whence English wasp). More at wasp.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ɡɛp/
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- IPA(key): /ɡɛːp/ (older, now chiefly Belgium, Canada)
- (Louisiana) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛp/
Noun edit
guêpe f (plural guêpes)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “guêpe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.