šišmiš

See also: şişmiş

Serbo-Croatian

FWOTD – 6 September 2015

Etymology

From šiš +‎ miš: "fluttering mouse". Compare German Fledermaus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃǐʃmiʃ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

šìšmiš m animacy unspecified (Cyrillic spelling шѝшмиш)

  1. bat (small flying mammal)
  2. (soccer, slang, chiefly in plural) Valencia CF player

References

  • “šišmiš”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • “šišmiš”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 966
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