blister

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• UK: /ˈblɪstə(ɹ)/
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• General-American: /ˈblɪstɚ/
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• CMU ARPABET: B L IH1 S T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English blister, from Old French blestre, from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Dutch blyster (“swelling”), Old Norse blastr (“a blowing”).

190 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: аӡа́ӷьа (adzáğja) — bubble on the skin
• Abkhaz: ашәра́ (aŝwrá) — bubble on the skin
• Abkhaz: ашәы́ра (aŝwə́ra) — bubble on the skin
• Albanian: mbledhur — bubble on the skin
• Western Apache: daʼiłtáné — bubble on the skin
• Arabic: بَطْبَاطَة (baṭbāṭa) — bubble on the skin
• Arabic: نَفْطَة (nafṭa) — bubble on the skin
• Armenian: բշտիկ (bštik) — bubble on the skin
• Assamese: ফোঁহা (phü̃ha) — bubble on the skin
• Asturian: angüeña — bubble on the skin
• Azerbaijani: qabarcıq — bubble on the skin
• Basque: baba — bubble on the skin
• Belarusian: пухі́р (puxír) — bubble on the skin
• Bulgarian: пришка (priška) — bubble on the skin
• Bulgarian: мехур (mehur) — bubble on the skin
• Catalan: butllofa — bubble on the skin
• Chinese Cantonese: 水疱 (seoi2 paau3) — bubble on the skin
• Chinese Cantonese: 水泡 (seoi2 pok1) — bubble on the skin
• Chinese Mandarin: 水疱 (shuǐpào) — bubble on the skin
• Chinese Mandarin: 皰 /疱 (pào) — bubble on the skin
• West Circassian: псыбыб (psəbəb) — bubble on the skin
• Czech: puchýř — bubble on the skin
• Old Czech: pryskýř — bubble on the skin
• Danish: vable — bubble on the skin
• Danish: blære — bubble on the skin
• Danish: vabel — bubble on the skin
• Dutch: blaar — bubble on the skin
• Dutch: blein — bubble on the skin
• Dutch: blister — bubble on the skin
• Dutch: blaasje — bubble on the skin
• Esperanto: blazo — bubble on the skin
• Estonian: vill — bubble on the skin
• Estonian: rakk — bubble on the skin
• Faroese: bløðra — bubble on the skin
• Faroese: blæma — bubble on the skin
• Finnish: rakkula — bubble on the skin
• Finnish: rakko — bubble on the skin
• French: ampoule — bubble on the skin
• French: cloque — bubble on the skin
• French: boursouflure — bubble on the skin
• French: phlyctène — bubble on the skin
• Galician: bocha — bubble on the skin
• Galician: ampola — bubble on the skin
• Galician: vexiga — bubble on the skin
• Georgian: ბებერა (bebera) — bubble on the skin
• German: Blase — bubble on the skin
• Greek: φουσκάλα (fouskála) — bubble on the skin
• Ancient Greek: φλύκταινα (phlúktaina) — bubble on the skin
• Ancient Greek: πομφός (pomphós) — bubble on the skin
• Ancient Greek: φλυκτίς (phluktís) — bubble on the skin
• Hebrew: שַׁלְפּוּחִית (shalpuẖít) — bubble on the skin
• Hiligaynon: lap-ok — bubble on the skin
• Hindi: छाला (chālā) — bubble on the skin
• Hindi: फफोला (phapholā) — bubble on the skin
• Hungarian: vízhólyag — bubble on the skin
• Hungarian: hólyag — bubble on the skin
• Icelandic: blaðra — bubble on the skin
• Icelandic: vessabóla — bubble on the skin
• Icelandic: vatnsbóla — bubble on the skin
• Ingrian: vesirakko — bubble on the skin
• Ingrian: vesivilli — bubble on the skin
• Irish: spuaic — bubble on the skin
• Irish: clog — bubble on the skin
• Italian: vescica — bubble on the skin
• Italian: bolla — bubble on the skin
• Japanese: まめ (mame) — bubble on the skin
• Japanese: 水膨れ (mizubukure) — bubble on the skin
• Japanese: 火脹れ (hibukure) — bubble on the skin
• Japanese: 水疱 (suihō) — bubble on the skin
• Kazakh: күлбіреу (külbıreu) — bubble on the skin
• Kazakh: күлдіреу (küldıreu) — bubble on the skin
• Kazakh: қолдырау (qoldyrau) — bubble on the skin
• Khmer: ដំណួច (dɑmnuəc) — bubble on the skin
• Korean: 물집 (muljip) — bubble on the skin
• Central Kurdish: بِلۆق (biloq) — bubble on the skin
• Southern Kurdish: تووقاڵە (tûqalle) — bubble on the skin
• Latin: pustula — bubble on the skin
• Lithuanian: pūslė — bubble on the skin
• Lower Tanana: tunedza' — bubble on the skin
• Luxembourgish: Bloder — bubble on the skin
• Macedonian: ме́ур (méur) — bubble on the skin
• Macedonian: плу́скавец (plúskavec) — bubble on the skin
• Macedonian: плик (plik) — bubble on the skin
• Manx: mamm — bubble on the skin
• Māori: hoipū — bubble on the skin
• Māori: pūputa — bubble on the skin
• Māori: kōpūpū — bubble on the skin
• Marshallese: bok — bubble on the skin
• Mongolian: цэврүү (cevrüü) — bubble on the skin
• Navajo: tóʼiiłtą́ — bubble on the skin
• Norman: boursoufliuthe — bubble on the skin
• Norwegian Bokmål: vannblemme — bubble on the skin
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vassblemme — bubble on the skin
• Occitan: bofiga — bubble on the skin
• Persian: تاول (tâval) — bubble on the skin
• Plautdietsch: Blos — bubble on the skin
• Polish: pęcherz — bubble on the skin
• Polish: bąbel — bubble on the skin
• Polish: pęcherzyk — bubble on the skin
• Portuguese: bolha — bubble on the skin
• Romanian: bășică — bubble on the skin
• Russian: волды́рь (voldýrʹ) — bubble on the skin
• Russian: нары́в (narýv) — bubble on the skin
• Russian: мозо́ль (mozólʹ) — bubble on the skin
• Scottish Gaelic: balg — bubble on the skin
• Serbo-Croatian: пли̑к — bubble on the skin
• Serbo-Croatian: жу̑љ — bubble on the skin
• Serbo-Croatian: ме̏хӯр — bubble on the skin
• Serbo-Croatian: plȋk — bubble on the skin
• Serbo-Croatian: žȗlj — bubble on the skin
• Serbo-Croatian: mȅhūr — bubble on the skin
• Sicilian: mpudda — bubble on the skin
• Sicilian: foddira — bubble on the skin
• Slovak: pľuzgier — bubble on the skin
• Slovene: žulj — bubble on the skin
• Spanish: ampolla — bubble on the skin
• Spanish: ámpula — bubble on the skin
• Swedish: blåsa — bubble on the skin
• Tagalog: paltos — bubble on the skin
• Tagalog: libtos — bubble on the skin
• Tagalog: libtok — bubble on the skin
• Tamil: கொப்புளம் (koppuḷam) — bubble on the skin
• Tarifit: tařeffixt — bubble on the skin
• Tatar: кабарчык (qabarçıq) — bubble on the skin
• Thai: ผด (pòt) — bubble on the skin
• Thai: ตุ่ม (dtùm) — bubble on the skin
• Thai: พุพอง — bubble on the skin
• Tibetan: ཆུ་ལྒང (chu lgang) — bubble on the skin
• Tocharian B: weru — bubble on the skin
• Turkish: kabarcık — bubble on the skin
• Ottoman Turkish: قبارجق (kabarcık) — bubble on the skin
• Ukrainian: пухи́р (puxýr) — bubble on the skin
• Urdu: چھالا (chālā) — bubble on the skin
• Volapük: buläd — bubble on the skin
• Welsh: pothell — bubble on the skin
• Welsh: chwysigen — bubble on the skin
• Yup'ik: erraneq — bubble on the skin
• Yup'ik: qerraneq — bubble on the skin
• Zazaki: bılık — bubble on the skin
• Zulu: ivusela — bubble on the skin
• Finnish: pullistuma — swelling on a plant
• Galician: bugallo — swelling on a plant
• Abkhaz: акака́ҷ (akʼakʼáčʼ) — bubble on a painted surface
• Abkhaz: ақәа́қәа (akwákwa) — bubble on a painted surface
• Albanian: flluskë — bubble on a painted surface
• Chinese Mandarin: 氣泡 /气泡 (qìpào) — bubble on a painted surface
• Finnish: kupru — bubble on a painted surface
• Finnish: rakko — bubble on a painted surface
• French: cloque — bubble on a painted surface
• Galician: borbulla — bubble on a painted surface
• Galician: vincha — bubble on a painted surface
• Galician: bagura — bubble on a painted surface
• Galician: burnexa — bubble on a painted surface
• German: Blase — bubble on a painted surface
• Greek: φουσκάλα (fouskála) — bubble on a painted surface
• Hindi: पपड़ी (papṛī) — bubble on a painted surface
• Hungarian: felhólyagzás — bubble on a painted surface
• Hungarian: felhólyagosodás — bubble on a painted surface
• Hungarian: kipattogzás — bubble on a painted surface
• Hungarian: felpattogzás — bubble on a painted surface
• Irish: clog — bubble on a painted surface
• Italian: bolla — bubble on a painted surface
• Japanese: 膨れ (fukure) — bubble on a painted surface
• Manx: bolgan — bubble on a painted surface
• Portuguese: bolha — bubble on a painted surface
• Russian: пузы́рь (puzýrʹ) — bubble on a painted surface
• Asturian: angüeñar — cause blisters to form
• Bulgarian: изприщвам се (izprištvam se) — cause blisters to form
• Dutch: blaren trekken — cause blisters to form
• Finnish: rakkoilla — cause blisters to form
• Finnish: mennä rakoille — cause blisters to form
• French: cloquer — cause blisters to form
• French: se couvrir d'ampoules — cause blisters to form
• Galician: envexigar — cause blisters to form
• Irish: spuaiceanna a thógáil ar — cause blisters to form
• Irish: cloig a thógáil ar — cause blisters to form
• Irish: cloig a thógáil i (paintwork) — cause blisters to form
• Macedonian: исплуска (ispluska) — cause blisters to form
• Māori: hoipū — cause blisters to form
• Spanish: ampollar — cause blisters to form
• Ottoman Turkish: قبارمق (kabarmak) — cause blisters to form
• Finnish: lytätä — criticise severely
• Finnish: haukkua — criticise severely
• French: critiquer — criticise severely
• French: blâmer — criticise severely
• German: kritisieren — criticise severely
• Finnish: puhjeta rakoiksi — break out in blisters
• Galician: esbochar — break out in blisters
• German: Blasen werfen — break out in blisters
• Māori: hoipū — break out in blisters