Tom was killed by a giant hornet.
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Hornet
//ˈhɔɹ.nɪt//
Synonyms for "hornet" (6 found)
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106 translations across 82 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- greth noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀνθρηδών noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Arabic
1 entries- زُنْبُور noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Armenian
2 entries- ձիաբոռ noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
- ձիաստաց noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Assamese
2 entries- কোদো noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
- কোদো বৰল noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Basque
1 entries- liztortzar noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Belarusian
1 entries- шэ́ршань noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Bengali
1 entries- ভীমরুল noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Breton
2 entries- c'hwiliorez noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
- pennmarc'henn noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Bulgarian
1 entries- стъ́ршел noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Burmese
1 entries- ပျားတူ noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Catalan
1 entries- vespa xana noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- زەردەواڵە noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 大黃蜂 /大黄蜂 noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Cimbrian
1 entries- bumpala noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Cornish
1 entries- hwyrnores noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Czech
1 entries- sršeň noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Danish
2 entries- gedehams noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
- hveps noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Dutch
2 entries- hoornaar noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
- hoorntje noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Esperanto
1 entries- krabro noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Estonian
1 entries- vapsik noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Finnish
1 entries- herhiläinen noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
French
1 entries- frelon noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Friulian
2 entries- avon noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
- calavron noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Galician
2 entries- carrizo noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
- tártago noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Georgian
1 entries- ონავარი noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
German
1 entries- Hornisse noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Greek
2 entries- σερσένι noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
- σκούρκος noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Hebrew
2 entries- דַּבּוּר noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
- צרעה noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Hungarian
1 entries- lódarázs noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Icelandic
1 entries- geitungur noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Ido
1 entries- horniso noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Ingrian
1 entries- hörhöläin noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Irish
2 entries- cearnabhán noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
- cornfhoiche noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Italian
1 entries- calabrone noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Japanese
2 entries- スズメバチ noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
- 雀蜂 noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Khmer
2 entries- ញាំង noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
- តាហ៊រ noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Korean
2 entries- 말벌 noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
- 호넷 noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Ladin
1 entries- bespia da corn noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Latgalian
1 entries- šyršyns noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Latin
1 entries- crābrō noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Latvian
2 entries- irsis noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
- sirsenis noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Linngithigh
1 entries- onhi noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Lithuanian
1 entries- širšė noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Macedonian
1 entries- стршен noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Malay
1 entries- tebuan noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Navajo
1 entries- tsísʼnáłtsooítsoh noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Norman
1 entries- frêlon noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Norwegian
1 entries- geithams noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- اشك آریسی noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
- زنبور noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- шершень noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Polabian
1 entries- sarsin noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Polish
1 entries- szerszeń noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Portuguese
2 entries- abelha-pedreira noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
- vespão noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Purepecha
1 entries- tsïtsïsï noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Romanian
1 entries- gărgăun noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Romansch
1 entries- vesprun noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Russian
1 entries- ше́ршень noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
S'gaw Karen
1 entries- ဖျၢ noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Sardinian
3 entries- ardùbbulu noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
- cardùbbulu noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
- gardùbbulu noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- connspeach noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- stršljen noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
- стршљен noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Shor
1 entries- шашқақ noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Sicilian
1 entries- cardùbbulu noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Slovak
1 entries- sršeň noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Slovene
1 entries- sršen noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Spanish
1 entries- avispón noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Swedish
1 entries- bålgeting noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Tarifit
1 entries- iyarẓẓi noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Telugu
1 entries- కందిరీగ noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Thai
1 entries- แตน noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Tooro
1 entries- enwa class 9 noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Turkish
1 entries- eşek arısı noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Turkmen
1 entries- eşegary noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Udmurt
1 entries- мушкион noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ше́ршень noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Unami
1 entries- weòputis noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Venetan
4 entries- avón noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
- cavaƚarón noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
- gravarón noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
- graón noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Vilamovian
1 entries- hjenc noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Walloon
1 entries- fonnet noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Welsh
2 entries- cacynen feirch noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
- marchgacynen noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿערדבין noun (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
I've been stung by a hornet.
Source: tatoeba (3222456)
Tom stepped on a hornet nest.
Source: tatoeba (3401575)
A hornet is buzzing.
Source: tatoeba (5405930)
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