noun · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈblædə/
General-American:/ˈblædɚ/
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rhymes with -ædə(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:B L AE1 D ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vesica
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Specifically, the urinary bladder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vesica
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A hollow, inflatable organ of a plant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The inflatable bag inside various balls used in sports, such as footballs and rugby balls.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A container in the form of a flexible bag.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
a fuel bladder
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A container in the form of a flexible bag.
A sealed plastic bag that contains wine and is usually packaged in a cask.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
Anything inflated, empty, or unsound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
verb
Meaning 8
To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
verb
Meaning 9
To store or put up in bladders.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
bladdered lard
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
noun
Meaning 10
a bag that fills with air
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bag
11
noun
Meaning 11
a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vesica
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sac
Narrower terms: gallbladder, gall bladder, urinary bladder
History
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”).
Across languages
Translations
70 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
حُوَيْصِلَة
(ḥuwayṣila)
— flexible sac in zoology
Arabic:
مثانة
(masāna)
— flexible sac in zoology
Asturian:
vexiga
— flexible sac in zoology
Belarusian:
бу́рбалка
(búrbalka)
— flexible sac in zoology
Belarusian:
пузы́р
(puzýr)
— flexible sac in zoology
Bulgarian:
меху́р
(mehúr)
— flexible sac in zoology
Bulgarian:
торби́чка
(torbíčka)
— flexible sac in zoology
Catalan:
bufeta
— flexible sac in zoology
Catalan:
veixiga
— flexible sac in zoology
Czech:
měchýř
— flexible sac in zoology
Danish:
blære
— flexible sac in zoology
Dhivehi:
މަސާނާ
(masānā)
— flexible sac in zoology
Dutch:
blaas
— flexible sac in zoology
Esperanto:
veziko
— flexible sac in zoology
Estonian:
põis
— flexible sac in zoology
Finnish:
rakko
— flexible sac in zoology
French:
vésicule
— flexible sac in zoology
Friulian:
vissie
— flexible sac in zoology
Galician:
vexiga
— flexible sac in zoology
German:
Blase
— flexible sac in zoology
Ancient Greek:
κύστις
(kústis)
— flexible sac in zoology
Hebrew:
שַׁלְפּוּחִית
(shalpuẖít)
— flexible sac in zoology
Hungarian:
hólyag
— flexible sac in zoology
Ingrian:
rakko
— flexible sac in zoology
Irish:
lamhnán
— flexible sac in zoology
Italian:
vescica
— flexible sac in zoology
Japanese:
嚢状組織
— flexible sac in zoology
Japanese:
嚢
— flexible sac in zoology
Kabuverdianu:
bixiga
— flexible sac in zoology
Khmer:
ផ្លោក
(phlaok)
— flexible sac in zoology
Korean:
부레
(bure)
— flexible sac in zoology
Latin:
vēsīca
— flexible sac in zoology
Low German:
Blaas
— flexible sac in zoology
Māori:
tōngāmimi
— flexible sac in zoology
Marshallese:
bok
— flexible sac in zoology
Occitan:
bofiga
— flexible sac in zoology
Occitan:
vessiga
— flexible sac in zoology
Persian:
آبدان
(ābdān)
— flexible sac in zoology
Polish:
pęcherz
— flexible sac in zoology
Portuguese:
bexiga
— flexible sac in zoology
Romanian:
vezică
— flexible sac in zoology
Romanian:
bășică
— flexible sac in zoology
Russian:
пузы́рь
(puzýrʹ)
— flexible sac in zoology
Scottish Gaelic:
balg
— flexible sac in zoology
Slovak:
mechúr
— flexible sac in zoology
Spanish:
vejiga
— flexible sac in zoology
Sudovian:
dumsle
— flexible sac in zoology
Swedish:
blåsa
— flexible sac in zoology
Tamil:
பை
(pai)
— flexible sac in zoology
Ukrainian:
міху́р
(mixúr)
— flexible sac in zoology
Walloon:
vexheye
— flexible sac in zoology
Bulgarian:
мехур
(mehur)
— hollow inflatable organ in botany
Chinese:
氣囊 /气囊
(qìnáng)
— hollow inflatable organ in botany
Finnish:
rakko
— hollow inflatable organ in botany
French:
vésicule
— hollow inflatable organ in botany
German:
Blase
— hollow inflatable organ in botany
Scottish Gaelic:
balg
— hollow inflatable organ in botany
Bulgarian:
плондир
(plondir)
— inflatable bag inside a ball
Chinese:
球膽 /球胆
(qiúdǎn)
— inflatable bag inside a ball
Czech:
duše
— inflatable bag inside a ball
Finnish:
rakko
— inflatable bag inside a ball
French:
vessie
— inflatable bag inside a ball
German:
Blase
— inflatable bag inside a ball
Greek:
σαμπρέλα
(sampréla)
— inflatable bag inside a ball
Russian:
ка́мера
(kámera)
— inflatable bag inside a ball
Scottish Gaelic:
balg
— inflatable bag inside a ball
French:
cubi
— sealed plastic wine bag
Spanish:
cubi
— sealed plastic wine bag
Spanish:
barrica plástica
— sealed plastic wine bag
