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bladder en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈblædə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈblædɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English bladdre, bleddre, bladder, bledder, from Old English blæddre, a variant of blǣdre, blēdre (“blister, bladder”), from Proto-West Germanic *blādrā, from Proto-Germanic *blēdrǭ, *bladrǭ (“blister, bladder”).

Meanings

  1. A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.
  2. Specifically, the urinary bladder.
  3. A hollow, inflatable organ of a plant.
  4. The inflatable bag inside various balls used in sports, such as footballs and rugby balls.
  5. A container in the form of a flexible bag.
    • a fuel bladder
  6. A container in the form of a flexible bag. ▸ A sealed plastic bag that contains wine and is usually packaged in a cask.
  7. (figuratively) Anything inflated, empty, or unsound.
    • to swim with bladders of philosophy 1711, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, “Sensus Communis”, in Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
blather Scotland, alternative lexicographic
bladders Number=Plur lexicographic
blether Scotland, alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

bladderful · bladder kelp · bladdered · bladder wrack · bladderet · bladderworm · bladder infection · swim-bladder · cackle bladder · bladderless · bladderwort · bladder fermentation syndrome · bladdery · urinary bladder · bladder campion · gall bladder · bladder plum · bladder desperation · gas bladder · swim bladder · megabladder · cackle-bladder · gallbladder · bladdernut · shy bladder · bladderlike · bladderwrack · painful bladder syndrome · bladder cherry · bladder worm · overactive bladder · neobladder · nonbladder · bladder cicada · bladderball · plum bladder · bladder senna · bladder cancer · air bladder · bald as a bladder of lard · bladderpod · bashful bladder · bladder fern

Hypernyms

urogenital sinus - embryological precursor

Synonyms

vesica · vesica

Translations (70)

grc κύστις (flexible sac in zoology) · ta பை (flexible sac in zoology) · mh bok (flexible sac in zoology) · it vescica (flexible sac in zoology) · ro bășică (flexible sac in zoology) · km ផ្លោក (flexible sac in zoology) · nl blaas (flexible sac in zoology) · fa آبدان (flexible sac in zoology) · wa vexheye (flexible sac in zoology) · fr vésicule (flexible sac in zoology) · pl pęcherz (flexible sac in zoology) · sv blåsa (flexible sac in zoology) · dv މަސާނާ (flexible sac in zoology) · ca bufeta (flexible sac in zoology) · bg торби́чка (flexible sac in zoology) · es barrica plástica (sealed plastic wine bag) · zh 球膽 /球胆 (inflatable bag inside a ball) · la vēsīca (flexible sac in zoology) · mi tōngāmimi (flexible sac in zoology) · gd balg (hollow inflatable organ in botany) · izh rakko (flexible sac in zoology) · es vejiga (flexible sac in zoology) · ja 嚢状組織 (flexible sac in zoology) · de Blase (flexible sac in zoology) · oc bofiga (flexible sac in zoology) · ru пузы́рь (flexible sac in zoology) · oc vessiga (flexible sac in zoology) · gd balg (flexible sac in zoology) · da blære (flexible sac in zoology) · fi rakko (hollow inflatable organ in botany) · gd balg (inflatable bag inside a ball) · kea bixiga (flexible sac in zoology) · et põis (flexible sac in zoology) · ro vezică (flexible sac in zoology) · fr cubi (sealed plastic wine bag) · de Blase (hollow inflatable organ in botany) · ar حُوَيْصِلَة (flexible sac in zoology) · be бу́рбалка (flexible sac in zoology) · el σαμπρέλα (inflatable bag inside a ball) · bg плондир (inflatable bag inside a ball) · he שַׁלְפּוּחִית (flexible sac in zoology) · gl vexiga (flexible sac in zoology) · bg мехур (hollow inflatable organ in botany) · hu hólyag (flexible sac in zoology) · fi rakko (inflatable bag inside a ball) · fr vessie (inflatable bag inside a ball) · fur vissie (flexible sac in zoology) · ast vexiga (flexible sac in zoology) · be пузы́р (flexible sac in zoology) · eo veziko (flexible sac in zoology) · de Blase (inflatable bag inside a ball) · bg меху́р (flexible sac in zoology) · xsv dumsle (flexible sac in zoology) · cs duše (inflatable bag inside a ball) · pt bexiga (flexible sac in zoology) · zh 氣囊 /气囊 (hollow inflatable organ in botany) · uk міху́р (flexible sac in zoology) · ko 부레 (flexible sac in zoology) · es bota (sealed plastic wine bag) · es cubi (sealed plastic wine bag) · ga lamhnán (flexible sac in zoology) · ru ка́мера (inflatable bag inside a ball) · sk mechúr (flexible sac in zoology) · ca veixiga (flexible sac in zoology) · cs měchýř (flexible sac in zoology) · arz مثانة (flexible sac in zoology) · fr vésicule (hollow inflatable organ in botany) · ja(flexible sac in zoology) · fi rakko (flexible sac in zoology) · nds Blaas (flexible sac in zoology)

bladder en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈblædə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈblædɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English bladdre, bleddre, bladder, bledder, from Old English blæddre, a variant of blǣdre, blēdre (“blister, bladder”), from Proto-West Germanic *blādrā, from Proto-Germanic *blēdrǭ, *bladrǭ (“blister, bladder”).

Meanings

  1. To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
    • bladder'd up with pride of his own merit 1610, Giles Fletcher, Christ's Victorie and Triumph, in Heaven, in Earth, over and after Death:
  2. (transitive) To store or put up in bladders.
    • bladdered lard

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bladders Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
bladdering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
blather Scotland, alternative lexicographic
blether Scotland, alternative lexicographic
bladdered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bladdered Tense=Past lexicographic