bešika

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian bășică, from Italian vescica, from Latin vēsīca (“bladder”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /běʃika/
  • Hyphenation: be‧ši‧ka

Noun

bèšika f (Cyrillic spelling бѐшика)

  1. (anatomy, regional, Bosnia, Serbia) the urinary bladder [from 18th c.]
    Synonyms: mȅhūr, mjȅhūr
  2. (zoology) a flexible sac in fish that can expand and contract and that holds air; swimming bladder [from 18th c.]
  3. cradle [from 20th c.]
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