noun · rare

hornet

hornet · hornets

шершень

Hornisse

Any large wasp of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow-striped body and the…Any large wasp of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow-striped body and the ability to inflict a serious sting.

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UK/ˈhɔː.nɪt/US/ˈhɔɹ.nɪt/

» I've been stung by a hornet.

Меня ужалил шершень.

Meaning

2 senses

Any large wasp of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow-striped body and the ability to inflict a serious sting.
Hornisse
ше́ршеньšéršenʹ
ше́ршеньšéršenʹ
A person who pesters with petty but ceaseless attacks.

More definitions

large stinging paper wasp

Examples

39 sentences

I've been stung by a hornet.
ruМеня ужалил шершень.
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A swarm of hornets attacked the children.
ruНа детей напал рой шершней.
deEin Schwarm Hornissen hat die Kinder angegriffen.
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Tom is allergic to bees, hornets and wasps.
ruУ Тома аллергия на пчел, шершней и ос.
deTom ist allergisch auf Bienen, Hornissen und Wespen.
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That's a hornet, not a bee.
Це шершень, а не бджола.
ruЭто шершень, а не пчела.
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Tom stepped on a hornet nest.
deTom trat auf ein Hornissennest.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body:

Русский

By meaning 1

a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body:

Origin

From Middle English hernet, from Old English hyrnetu, hyrnete, from Proto-West Germanic *h

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”)).

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