Masculine
calabrone
Meaning
European hornet (Vespa crabro)
Concepts
giant hornet
brown hornet
Vespa crabro
woman chaser
old world hornet
european hornet
Synonyms
Translations
Frequency
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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