hornet

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• UK: /ˈhɔː.nɪt/
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• US: /ˈhɔɹ.nɪt/
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)nɪt
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AO1 R N IH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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”), Proto-Slavic *sьrxy (whence Old Church Slavonic сръшень (srŭšenĭ, “hornet”) and many others), Albanian grerë, grenzë (“wasp, hornet”)).

107 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: greth — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Arabic: زُنْبُور (zunbūr) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Armenian: ձիաբոռ (jiaboṙ) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Armenian: ձիաստաց (jiastacʻ) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Assamese: কোদো (küdü) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Assamese: কোদো বৰল (küdü borol) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Basque: liztortzar — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Belarusian: шэ́ршань (šéršanʹ) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Bengali: ভীমরুল (bhimrul) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Breton: c'hwiliorez — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Breton: pennmarc'henn — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Bulgarian: стъ́ршел (stǎ́ršel) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Burmese: ပျားတူ (pya:tu) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Catalan: vespa xana — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Chinese Mandarin: 大黃蜂 /大黄蜂 (dàhuángfēng) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Cimbrian: bumpala — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Cornish: hwyrnores — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Czech: sršeň — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Danish: hveps — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Danish: gedehams — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Dutch: hoornaar — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Dutch: hoorntje — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Esperanto: krabro — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Estonian: vapsik — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Finnish: herhiläinen — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• French: frelon — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Friulian: calavron — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Friulian: avon — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Galician: carrizo — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Galician: tártago — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Georgian: ონავარი (onavari) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• German: Hornisse — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Greek: σερσένι (serséni) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Greek: σκούρκος (skoúrkos) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Ancient Greek: ἀνθρηδών (anthrēdṓn) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Hebrew: צרעה (tzir'a) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Hebrew: דַּבּוּר (dabbúr) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Hungarian: lódarázs — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Icelandic: geitungur — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Ido: horniso — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Ingrian: hörhöläin — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Irish: cearnabhán — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Irish: cornfhoiche — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Italian: calabrone — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Japanese: 雀蜂 (suzumebachi) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Japanese: スズメバチ (suzumebachi) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• S'gaw Karen: ဖျၢ (hpluh) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Kazakh: бүгелек (bügelek) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Khmer: ញាំង (ñĕəng) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Khmer: តាហ៊រ (taahɔɔ) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Korean: 말벌 (malbeol) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Korean: 호넷 (honet) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Central Kurdish: زەردەواڵە (zerdewalle) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Ladin: bespia da corn — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Latgalian: šyršyns — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Latin: crābrō — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Latvian: sirsenis — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Latvian: irsis — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Linngithigh: onhi — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Lithuanian: širšė — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Macedonian: стршен (stršen) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Malay: tebuan — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Navajo: tsísʼnáłtsooítsoh — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Norman: frêlon — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Norwegian: geithams — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Pannonian Rusyn: шершень (šeršenʹ) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Polabian: sarsin — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Polish: szerszeń — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Portuguese: vespão — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Portuguese: abelha-pedreira — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Purepecha: tsïtsïsï — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Romanian: gărgăun — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Romansh: vesprun — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Russian: ше́ршень (šéršenʹ) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Sardinian: cardùbbulu — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Sardinian: gardùbbulu — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Sardinian: ardùbbulu — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Scottish Gaelic: connspeach — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Serbo-Croatian: стршљен — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Serbo-Croatian: stršljen — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Shor: шашқақ — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Sicilian: cardùbbulu — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Slovak: sršeň — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Slovene: sršen — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Spanish: avispón — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Swedish: bålgeting — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Tarifit: iyarẓẓi — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Telugu: కందిరీగ (kandirīga) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Thai: แตน (dtɛɛn) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Tooro: enwa class 9 — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Turkish: eşek arısı — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Ottoman Turkish: اشك آریسی (eşek arısı) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Ottoman Turkish: زنبور (zenbur) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Turkmen: eşegary — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Udmurt: мушкион (muškion) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Ukrainian: ше́ршень (šéršenʹ) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Unami: weòputis — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Venetan: avón — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Venetan: graùgn — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Venetan: graón — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Venetan: gravarón — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Venetan: cavaƚarón — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Vilamovian: hjenc — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Walloon: fonnet — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Welsh: cacynen feirch — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Welsh: marchgacynen — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
• Yiddish: פֿערדבין (ferdbin) — a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body