špajhl

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Speichel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃpǎjxl/
• Hyphenation: špaj‧hl

Noun

špàjhl m (Cyrillic spelling шпа̀јхл)

1. (regional, dentistry) suction (device for sucking in patient's saliva)

References

• “špajhl”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025