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hornet

See also: Hornet and hörnet

English edit

 
A hornet.
 
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Etymology edit

From Middle English hernet, from Old English hyrnetu, hyrnete, from Proto-West Germanic *hurnutu, from Proto-Germanic *hurznutō (compare German Hornisse), alteration of Proto-Germanic *hursulǭ (compare Dutch horzel), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂sro- (“hornet”, literally “the one with horns (antennae)”), from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”) (compare Welsh creyryn (“gadfly”), Latin crābrō (“hornet”), Lithuanian širšė (“wasp”), Old Church Slavonic сръшень (srŭšenĭ, “hornet”), Albanian grerë, grenzë (“wasp, hornet”)).

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɔː.nɪt/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɔɹ.nɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nɪt

Noun edit

hornet (plural hornets)

  1. A large wasp, of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow-striped body and the ability to inflict a serious sting.
  2. A person who pesters with petty but ceaseless attacks.

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body

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Norwegian Bokmål edit

Noun edit

hornet n

  1. definite singular of horn

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Noun edit

hornet n

  1. definite singular of horn

Swedish edit

Noun edit

hornet

  1. definite singular of horn
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