Plural of wasp
regular plural
The plural of wasp is wasps.
Forms of wasp
| Singular | wasp /wɒsp/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | wasps |
| Countable | countable |
Wasps in a sentence
- Our shed has several insect infestations, including ants, yellowjackets, and wasps.From the entry insect
- The two bi-planes swirled around each other like angry wasps in a violent dogfight.From the entry dogfight
- Certain wasps and bees are arrhenotokous.From the entry arrhenotokous
- Trophallaxis is at its most highly developed in social insects such as ants, wasps, bees and termites, but is also used by some birds, and by wolves and vampire bats.From the entry trophallaxis
- He said that just angered the yellow jackets, the highly aggressive wasps that live in such colonies.2019 June 30, Mariel Padilla, “Officials Warn of Wasp ‘Super Nests’ in Alabama”, in The New York Times. From the entry yellow jacket
Meaning of wasp
- noun Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet.
- noun Any of the members of suborder Apocrita, excepting the ants (family Formicidae) and bees (clade Anthophila).
- noun Any of the members of the family Vespidae.
Questions about the plural of wasp
- What is the plural of wasp?
- The plural of wasp is wasps.
- Is wasp countable?
- Wasp is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wasp (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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