Wasp Definition
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old English wæsp.
Noun
wasp (plural wasps)
wasp
- Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet or bee.
- A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspish.
Translations
insect
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- Kurdish: زهردهواڵه ku(ku) (zerdewale)
- Latin: vespa la(la) f.
- Lithuanian: vapsva f., širšė f., širšuolis m. (Vespa crabro)
- Macedonian: оса mk(mk) (ósa) f.
- Malay: tebuan, penyengat ms(ms)
- Mongolian: морин зөгий mn(mn)
- Navajo: tsísʼnáłtsooí
- Norwegian: veps no(no) m.
- Old English: wæsp ang(ang) m.
- Persian: زنبور fa(fa) (zanbōr)
- Polish: osa pl(pl) f.
- Portuguese: vespa pt(pt)
- Romanian: viespe ro(ro) f.
- Russian: оса ru(ru) (osá) f.
- Scottish Gaelic: speach f.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: оса sr(sr) f., зоља sr(sr) f.
- Roman: osa f., zolja f.
- Slovak: please add this translation if you can
- Slovene: osa sl(sl) f.
- Spanish: avispa es(es) f.
- Swedish: geting sv(sv) c.
- Tamazight: ireẓẓi m., areẓẓa m.
- Turkish: yaban arısı tr(tr)
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Etymology 2
Originally an acronym for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant.
Noun
wasp (plural wasps)
- A member of the dominant American upper-class culture, a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant.
See also
Anagrams
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