Usage Note
Vessie refers to the urinary bladder. The idiom prendre des vessies pour des lanternes (to mistake bladders for lanterns) means to be completely fooled or gullible — a very common French expression. The plural is regular: vessies.
Examples
"Une infection peut irriter la vessie."
Natural Translation
An infection can irritate the bladder.

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