vessie

vessie

French

Etymology

From Middle French vessie, from Old French vessie, vecie, from Vulgar Latin *vēxīca, from Latin vēsīca (“bladder”).

• Cognate with Italian vescica, Portuguese bexiga, Romanian bășică, Spanish vejiga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛ.si/, /ve.si/

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Noun

vessie f (plural vessies)

1. (anatomy) bladder

Derived terms

• prendre des vessies pour des lanternes

Related terms

• vésicant
• vésicule

Further reading

• “vessie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• visées, vissée

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French vessie, vecie, from Vulgar Latin *vēxīca, from Latin vēsīca (“bladder”).

Noun

vessie f (plural vessies)

1. bladder

Descendants

• French: vessie

See also

• urine

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French vessie, vecie, from Vulgar Latin *vēxīca, from Latin vēsīca (“bladder”).

Noun

vessie f (plural vessies)

1. (Jersey, anatomy) bladder
2. (Jersey) blister

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Old French

Alternative forms

• vecie

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *vēxīca, from Latin vēsīca (“bladder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vəˈsi.ə/

Noun

vessie f (oblique plural vessies, nominative singular vessie, nominative plural vessies)

1. bladder

Descendants

• Middle French: vessie
  • French: vessie
• Norman: vessie
• Walloon: vexheye