Phrase guide

swim bladder

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A gas-filled sac within the bodies of most fish that variously acts as a float, lung, sound-producing organ or an aid to hearing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: usually

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: air bladder, gas bladder

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: air bladder, float

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sac

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نَفَّاخَة الْعَوْم — fish organ
  • Arabic: مَثَانَة الْعَوْم — fish organ
  • Arabic: مَثَانَة السِّبَاحَة — fish organ
  • Arabic: مَثَانَة الْغَاز — fish organ
  • Armenian: լողափամփուշտ (loġapʻampʻušt) — fish organ
  • Basque: igeri-maskuri — fish organ
  • Belarusian: плавальны пузыр (plavalʹny puzyr) — fish organ
  • Bengali: পটকা (poṭka) — fish organ
  • Bulgarian: плавателен мехур (plavatelen mehur) — fish organ
  • Catalan: bufeta natatòria — fish organ
  • Catalan: vesícula natatòria — fish organ
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鰾 /鳔 (biào) — fish organ
  • Chinese Mandarin: 魚鰾 /鱼鳔 (yúbiào) — fish organ
  • Czech: plynový měchýř — fish organ
  • Danish: svømmeblære — fish organ
  • Dutch: zwemblaas — fish organ
  • Dutch: visblaas — fish organ
  • Esperanto: naĝoveziko — fish organ
  • Estonian: ujupõis — fish organ
  • Finnish: uimarakko — fish organ
  • French: vessie natatoire — fish organ
  • Galician: vexiga natatoria — fish organ
  • Georgian: საცურავი ბუშტი (sacuravi bušṭi) — fish organ
  • German: Schwimmblase — fish organ
  • Greek: νηκτική κύστη (niktikí kýsti) — fish organ
  • Hebrew: שלפוחית אוויר — fish organ
  • Hindi: वायुशय (vāyuśay) — fish organ
  • Hungarian: úszóhólyag — fish organ
  • Icelandic: sundmagi — fish organ
  • Indonesian: gelembung renang — fish organ
  • Ingrian: kalanrakko — fish organ
  • Irish: bolgán — fish organ
  • Italian: vescica natatoria — fish organ
  • Japanese: 鰾 (ukibukuro) — fish organ
  • Kalmyk: шоһл (şoğl) — fish organ
  • Korean: 부레 (bure) — fish organ
  • Lithuanian: plaukiojimo pūslė — fish organ
  • Malay: pundi renang — fish organ
  • Māori: kōputaputa — fish organ
  • Persian: بادکنک شناوری — fish organ
  • Polish: pęcherz pławny — fish organ
  • Portuguese: bexiga natatória — fish organ
  • Romanian: vezică înotătoare — fish organ
  • Russian: пла́вательный пузы́рь (plávatelʹnyj puzýrʹ) — fish organ
  • Serbo-Croatian: riblji mjehur — fish organ
  • Spanish: vejiga natatoria — fish organ
  • Swedish: simblåsa — fish organ
  • Turkish: yüzme kesesi — fish organ
  • Ukrainian: пла́вальний міху́р (plávalʹnyj mixúr) — fish organ
  • Vietnamese: bong bóng cá — fish organ
  • Volapük: fitavesid — fish organ