Wasp

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1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Translations 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Etymology 1.2.2 See also

English

Noun

wasp (plural: wasps )

1. Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet or bee

Translations

• Bosnian: osa f
• Czech: vosa f
• Danish: hveps
• Dutch: wesp
• Finnish: ampiainen
• German: Wespe f
• Italian: vespa f
• Latin: vespa f
• Lithuanian: vapsva f, širšė f, širšuolis m (Vespa crabro)
• Mongolian: морин зөгий
• Slovene: osa f
• Swedish: geting c

Noun

wasp (plural: wasps )

Etymology

Originally an acronym: white Anglo-Saxon protestant

1. A member of the dominant American middle-class culture, a white Anglo-Saxon protestant.

See also

• cracker
• honky