Phrase guide

gall bladder

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈɡɑl.blæɾɚ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A pear-shaped organ that stores bile from the liver, until the body needs it for the digestion and absorption of fats in the duodenum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cholecyst, cholecysto-, vesica biliaris, vesica fellea, gall

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gallbladder

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bladder, vesica

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

131 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: galblaas — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Albanian: tëmth — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Albanian: idhcë — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Arabic: مَرَارَة (marāra) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Arabic: مرارة — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Arabic: مرارة (marrāra) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Armenian: լեղապարկ (leġapark) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Azerbaijani: ödlük — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Azerbaijani: öd kisəsi — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Basque: behazun xixku — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Belarusian: жаўця́к (žawcják) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Belarusian: жо́ўцевы пузы́р (žówcjevy puzýr) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Bengali: পিত্তাশয় (pittaśoẏ) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Central Bikol: apdo — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Bulgarian: жлъ́чен меху́р (žlǎ́čen mehúr) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Bulgarian: жлъчка (žlǎčka) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Catalan: bufeta biliar — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Catalan: vesícula biliar — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Cebuano: apdo — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Chinese Mandarin: 膽囊 /胆囊 (dǎnnáng) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Chinese Mandarin: 苦膽 /苦胆 (kǔdǎn) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Czech: žlučník — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Danish: galdeblære — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Dhivehi: ފިތް (fit̊) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Dutch: galblaas — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Erzya: сэпе (sëpe) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Esperanto: galveziko — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Esperanto: gala veziko — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Estonian: sapp — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Estonian: sapipõis — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Faroese: gallbløðra — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Faroese: gall — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Finnish: sappirakko — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Finnish: sappi — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • French: vésicule biliaire — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Friulian: vissie de fêl — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Galician: vexiga — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Galician: vesícula biliar — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Georgian: ნაღვლის ბუშტი (naɣvlis bušṭi) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • German: Gallenblase — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Greek: χοληδόχος κύστη (cholidóchos kýsti) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Greek: χολή (cholí) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Ancient Greek: χοληδόχος κύστις (kholēdókhos kústis) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Ancient Greek: χοληδόχος (kholēdókhos) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Greenlandic: sungaq — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Gujarati: પિત્તાશય (pittāśya) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Hebrew: כִּיס הַמָּרָה (kis hamará) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Hindi: पित्ताशय (pittāśay) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Hungarian: epehólyag — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Icelandic: gallblaðra — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Indonesian: kantong empedu — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Indonesian: kandung empedu — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Ingrian: sappirakko — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Inuktitut: ᓱᖓᖅ (sungaq) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Irish: máilín domlais — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Irish: domlas — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Irish: mála an domlais — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Italian: cistifellea — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Italian: colecisti — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Japanese: 胆嚢 (tannō) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Javanese: kantung empedu — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Kalmyk: цөсн (tsösn) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Kapampangan: atdu — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Khmer: ប្រមាត់ (prɑɑmŏət) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Komi-Zyrian: сӧп (söp) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Korean: 쓸개 (sseulgae) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Korean: 담낭 (damnang) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Northern Kurdish: kîsikê zeravê — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Northern Kurdish: zeravdank — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Latin: fel — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Latin: vesica biliaris — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Latvian: žultspūslis — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Lithuanian: tulžies pūslė — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Macedonian: жолчка (žolčka) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Malay: pundi hempedu — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Malayalam: പിത്താശയം (pittāśayaṁ) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Maltese: marrara — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Manchu: ᠰᡳᠯᡥᡳ (silhi) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Māori: kouawai — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Marathi: पित्ताशय (pittāśay) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Mongolian: цѳсний гэр (cösnii ger) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Classical Nahuatl: chichicatl — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Nanai: силтэ (silte) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Navajo: atłʼizh bizis — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Norwegian Bokmål: galleblære — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gallblære — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: galleblære — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Odia: ପିତ୍ତକୋଷ (pittakoṣa) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Ojibwe: niinzob — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Old English: ġealla — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Old Turkic: 𐰇𐰓 — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Pashto: تريخی — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Pela: kji̠55 — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Persian: مراره (marâre) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Persian: کیسه صفرا — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Plautdietsch: Gaulblada — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Polish: pęcherzyk żółciowy — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Polish: woreczek żółciowy — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Portuguese: vesícula biliar — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Rapa Nui: 'au — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Romanian: vezică biliară — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Romanian: colecist — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Romanian: fiere — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Romanian: bășica fierii — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Russian: же́лчный пузы́рь (žélčnyj puzýrʹ) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Russian: жёлчный пузы́рь (žólčnyj puzýrʹ) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Northern Sami: sáhppi — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Serbo-Croatian: жу̏чња̄к — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Serbo-Croatian: žȕčnjāk — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Sicilian: culicisti — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Slovak: žlčník — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Slovene: žolčnik — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Lower Sorbian: žołcnik — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Spanish: vesícula biliar — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Sundanese: hampru — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Swedish: gallblåsa — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Tagalog: apdo — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Tagalog: apduhan — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Tamil: பித்தப்பை (pittappai) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Telugu: పిత్తాశయము (pittāśayamu) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Thai: ถุงน้ําดี (tǔng-náam-dii) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Turkish: safra kesesi — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Turkish: öd kesesi — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Ukrainian: жо́вчний міху́р (žóvčnyj mixúr) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Urdu: ئۆت خالتیسی — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Uzbek: safro — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Vietnamese: bao đựng mật — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Vietnamese: túi mật — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Welsh: coden fustl — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Yami: apdo — pear-shaped organ that stores bile
  • Yiddish: גאַל (gal) — pear-shaped organ that stores bile