Masculine

calabrone

Meaning

European hornet (Vespa crabro)

Concepts

giant hornet

brown hornet

Vespa crabro

woman chaser

old world hornet

european hornet

Synonyms

Translations

Frequency

30k
Hyphenated as
ca‧la‧bró‧ne
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ka.laˈbro.ne/
Etymology

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin form *carabriōnem, from Latin crābrōnem, from Proto-Italic *krāzrō, from a Proto-Indo-European form *krH-s-r-o, from the root *ḱerh₂- (“head”).

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