Italian

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Etymology

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From vespa +‎ -aio. Compare French guêpier, Portuguese vespeiro, Romanian viespar, Catalan vesper, Occitan vespièr, Piedmontese vespé, Friulian gjespâr, Sicilian visparu, Sardinian ghespàrju, Spanish avispero.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /veˈspa.jo/
  • Rhymes: -ajo
  • Hyphenation: ve‧spà‧io

Noun

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vespaio m (plural vespai)

  1. wasp's nest (real and figurative)
    Synonym: vespeto
  2. anthrax
    Synonym: antrace

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