Vesícula - Wiktionary

See also: vesicula

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin vēsīcula (“little bladder”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): (Central) [bəˈzi.ku.lə]
• IPA(key): (Balearic) [vəˈzi.ku.lə]
• IPA(key): (Valencia) [veˈzi.ku.la]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

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vesícula f (plural vesícules)

1. (biology) a vesicle
2. (anatomy) a small bladder; a vesica Synonym: bufeta
3. (pathology) a small blister Synonym: butllofa

Derived terms

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• vesícula aerífera
• vesícula biliar
• vesícula de Polli
• vesícula natatòria
• vesícula seminal
• vesícula vitel·lina

Related terms

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• veixiga
• vesicular

Further reading

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• “vesícula”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “vesícula”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “vesícula” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “vesícula” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin vēsīcula (“little bladder”).

Noun

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vesícula f (plural vesículas)

1. (cytology) vesicle

Related terms

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• vexiga

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:vesículaWikipedia pt

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin vēsīcula (“little bladder”). Cognate with French vésicule, Italian vescicola, Spanish vesícula, Romanian veziculă.

Pronunciation

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• (Brazil) IPA(key): /veˈzi.ku.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /veˈzi.ku.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /veˈzi.ku.la/

 

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨˈzi.ku.lɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨˈzi.ku.lɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨˈzi.ku.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -ikulɐ
• Hyphenation: ve‧sí‧cu‧la

Noun

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vesícula f (plural vesículas)

1. (anatomy, biology, cytology) vesicle
2. (anatomy, biology, cytology) bladder

Further reading

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• “vesícula”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “vesícula”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:vesículaWikipedia es

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin vēsīcula (“little bladder”). Cognate with French vésicule, Italian vescicola, Portuguese vesícula, Romanian veziculă.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /beˈsikula/ [beˈsi.ku.la]
• Rhymes: -ikula
• Syllabification: ve‧sí‧cu‧la

Noun

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vesícula f (plural vesículas)

1. (cytology) vesicle

Derived terms

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• vesícula biliar
• vesícula seminal

Related terms

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• vejiga

Further reading

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• “vesícula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025