hornet

== English == === Etymology === 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”)). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɔː.nɪt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɔɹ.nɪt/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nɪt === Noun === hornet (plural hornets) Any large wasp of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow-striped body and the ability to inflict a serious sting. A person who pesters with petty but ceaseless attacks. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== bee wasp === Anagrams === 'nother, Rhoten, Theron, Thoren, Thorne, enhort, nother, other'n, throne == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === hornet n definite singular of horn == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === hornet n definite singular of horn == Swedish == === Noun === hornet definite singular of horn