bladder

Meaning

Noun

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.
6. A container in the form of a flexible bag.
7. (figuratively) Anything inflated, empty, or unsound.

Verb

1. To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
2. (transitive) To store or put up in bladders.

Synonyms

urinary bladder

bubble

blister

vesica

vesicle

windbag

bleb

cyst

vesica urinaria

urocyst

inner tube

urocystis

balloon

🎈

twaddler

tube

urinate

urine

water blister

cystis urinaria

bladder tank

collapsible bladder

flexible tank

flexitank

collapsible drum

blivet

versica

bark pocket

air bag

water vacuole

air sac

bag

bile

blain

bowel

crop

duct

follicle

gall

gourd

kidney

pouch

👝

puff

Translations

vessie

vescica

vejiga

Blase

bexiga

blaas

Harnblase

vesica

κύστη

bombolla

vésicule

butllofa

bolha

empola

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈblædə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bladdre

Inherited from Old English: blæddre

In summary

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”).