guêpe
French, noun/ɡɛp/
guêpe is spelled G-U-Ê-P-E (5 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,681st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guêpe is a French feminine noun meaning “wasp (any of many types of stinging flying insects resembling a hornet, normally of the suborder Apocrita)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Insecte de l’ordre des hyménoptères (sous-classe des ptérygotes, groupe des néoptères)”.
What does guêpe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewasp (any of many types of stinging flying insects resembling a hornet, normally of the suborder Apocrita)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Insecte de l’ordre des hyménoptères (sous-classe des ptérygotes, groupe des néoptères). 2. Meuble représentant l’animal du même nom dans les armoiries.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of guêpe
- guêpes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guêpe?
- /ɡɛp/
- /ɡɛːp/
- Quebec [ɡaɛ̯p]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to guêpe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is guêpe in French?
guêpe appears 1.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).