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