Phrase guide

urinary bladder

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

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noun

Meaning 1

An elastic, muscular sac situated in the pelvic cavity, into which urine from the kidneys is temporarily stored prior to disposal by urination. Urine enters the bladder via the ureters and exits via the urethra.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a membranous sac for temporary retention of urine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bladder, vesica

History

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Across languages

Translations

171 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: blaas — urinary bladder
  • Albanian: fshikë — urinary bladder
  • Southern Altai: куук (kuuk) — urinary bladder
  • Western Apache: golizh besiłtaané — urinary bladder
  • Arabic: مَثَانَة (maṯāna) — urinary bladder
  • Arabic: مَثَانَة بَوْلِيَّة (maṯāna bawliyya) — urinary bladder
  • Armenian: միզապարկ (mizapark) — urinary bladder
  • Aromanian: bishicã — urinary bladder
  • Aromanian: bishãcã — urinary bladder
  • Asturian: vexiga — urinary bladder
  • Azerbaijani: sidiklik — urinary bladder
  • Belarusian: мачавы́ пузы́р (mačavý puzýr) — urinary bladder
  • Belarusian: мачаві́к (mačavík) — urinary bladder
  • Belarusian: капшу́к (kapšúk) — urinary bladder
  • Bengali: মূত্রাশয় (mutraśoẏ) — urinary bladder
  • Bulgarian: пи́кочен меху́р (píkočen mehúr) — urinary bladder
  • Burmese: ဆီးအိမ် (hci:im) — urinary bladder
  • Burmese: စည်ဖောင်း (canyhpaung:) — urinary bladder
  • Catalan: bufeta — urinary bladder
  • Catalan: veixiga — urinary bladder
  • Catalan: bufa — urinary bladder
  • Cebuano: pantog — urinary bladder
  • Chinese Cantonese: 膀胱 (pong4 gwong1) — urinary bladder
  • Chinese: 膀胱 (zh-min-nan) — urinary bladder
  • Chinese: 小肚 (zh-min-nan) — urinary bladder
  • Chinese: 尿帕仔 (jiō-phè-á, liō-phè-á) — urinary bladder
  • Chinese: 尿袋 (jiō-tē, liō-tē) — urinary bladder
  • Chinese: 尿脬 (jiō-pha, liō-pha) — urinary bladder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 膀胱 (pángguāng) — urinary bladder
  • Czech: močový měchýř — urinary bladder
  • Danish: urinblære — urinary bladder
  • Dutch: blaas — urinary bladder
  • Esperanto: urina veziko — urinary bladder
  • Estonian: kusepõis — urinary bladder
  • Finnish: virtsarakko — urinary bladder
  • French: vessie — urinary bladder
  • Friulian: vissie — urinary bladder
  • Friulian: višìe — urinary bladder
  • Galician: vexiga urinaria — urinary bladder
  • Galician: vexiga — urinary bladder
  • Georgian: შარდის ბუშტი (šardis bušṭi) — urinary bladder
  • German: Blase — urinary bladder
  • German: Harnblase — urinary bladder
  • Greek: ουροδόχος κύστη (ourodóchos kýsti) — urinary bladder
  • Gujarati: મૂત્રાશય (mūtrāśya) — urinary bladder
  • Haitian Creole: blad pise — urinary bladder
  • Hindi: मूत्राशय (mūtrāśay) — urinary bladder
  • Hindi: मसाना (masānā) — urinary bladder
  • Hindi: फुकना (phuknā) — urinary bladder
  • Hungarian: hólyag — urinary bladder
  • Hungarian: húgyhólyag — urinary bladder
  • Icelandic: þvagblaðra — urinary bladder
  • Ilocano: basisaw — urinary bladder
  • Indonesian: kandung kemih — urinary bladder
  • Ingrian: kusirakko — urinary bladder
  • Inuktitut: ᓇᑲᓱᒃ (nakasuk) — urinary bladder
  • Irish: lamhnán fuail — urinary bladder
  • Irish: fual-lamhnán — urinary bladder
  • Italian: vescica — urinary bladder
  • Japanese: 膀胱 (bōkō) — urinary bladder
  • Kalmyk: давсг (davsg) — urinary bladder
  • Kannada: ಮೂತ್ರಕೋಶ (mūtrakōśa) — urinary bladder
  • Kapampangan: pantug — urinary bladder
  • Kazakh: қуық (quyq) — urinary bladder
  • Khmer: ផ្លោកនោម (phlaok noom) — urinary bladder
  • Khmer: មុត្តាស័យ (muttaasay) — urinary bladder
  • Khmer: មូត្រាស័យ (muutraasay) — urinary bladder
  • Korean: 오줌통 (ojumtong) — urinary bladder
  • Korean: 방광 (banggwang) — urinary bladder
  • Central Kurdish: میزەڵدان (mîzelldan) — urinary bladder
  • Northern Kurdish: mîzdank — urinary bladder
  • Kyrgyz: табарсык (tabarsık) — urinary bladder
  • Lao: ພົກຍ່ຽວ (phok nyiāu) — urinary bladder
  • Lao: ກະເພາະຍ່ຽວ (ka phǫ nyiāu) — urinary bladder
  • Latin: vēsīca ūrīnāria — urinary bladder
  • Latvian: urīnpūslis — urinary bladder
  • Lezgi: кӏеп (ḳep) — urinary bladder
  • Lithuanian: šlapimo pūslė — urinary bladder
  • Low German: Blaas — urinary bladder
  • Macedonian: мочен меур (močen meur) — urinary bladder
  • Macedonian: бешика (bešika) — urinary bladder
  • Malagasy: tatavia — urinary bladder
  • Malay: pundi kencing — urinary bladder
  • Malayalam: മൂത്രാശയം (mūtrāśayaṁ) — urinary bladder
  • Maltese: bużżieqa tal-awrina — urinary bladder
  • Manchu: ᠰᡳᡶᡠᠯᡠ (sifulu) — urinary bladder
  • Māori: tōngāmimi — urinary bladder
  • Māori: pukumimi — urinary bladder
  • Marathi: मूत्राशय (mūtrāśay) — urinary bladder
  • Marshallese: bok — urinary bladder
  • Mongolian: давсаг (davsag) — urinary bladder
  • Navajo: łizh bee dah siyínígíí — urinary bladder
  • Navajo: alizh bizis — urinary bladder
  • Norwegian Bokmål: urinblære — urinary bladder
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: urinblære — urinary bladder
  • Occitan: bofiga — urinary bladder
  • Occitan: vessiga — urinary bladder
  • Occitan: veishiga — urinary bladder
  • Ossetian: сапоны таппуз (sapony tappuz) — urinary bladder
  • Ossetian: къуыпсы — urinary bladder
  • Pashto: مثانه (masāna) — urinary bladder
  • Persian: مَثانِه (masâne) — urinary bladder
  • Persian: میزدان (mizdân) — urinary bladder
  • Persian: گُمیزدان (gomizdân) — urinary bladder
  • Polish: pęcherz — urinary bladder
  • Polish: pęcherz moczowy — urinary bladder
  • Portuguese: bexiga — urinary bladder
  • Rapa Nui: tāua mimi — urinary bladder
  • Romanian: bășică — urinary bladder
  • Romanian: vezică — urinary bladder
  • Romanian: vezică urinară — urinary bladder
  • Romansh: vaschia — urinary bladder
  • Romansh: vischigia — urinary bladder
  • Romansh: vascheia — urinary bladder
  • Romansh: vschia — urinary bladder
  • Romansh: scufla — urinary bladder
  • Russian: мочево́й пузы́рь (močevój puzýrʹ) — urinary bladder
  • Northern Sami: gožžaráhkku — urinary bladder
  • Sanskrit: मूत्राशय (mūtrāśaya) — urinary bladder
  • Sardinian: buscica — urinary bladder
  • Sardinian: bussica — urinary bladder
  • Sardinian: busica — urinary bladder
  • Sardinian: piscica — urinary bladder
  • Sardinian: buciuca — urinary bladder
  • Sardinian: busuca — urinary bladder
  • Scottish Gaelic: aotroman — urinary bladder
  • Serbo-Croatian: мокраћна бешика — urinary bladder
  • Serbo-Croatian: mokraćna bešika — urinary bladder
  • Serbo-Croatian: mjehur — urinary bladder
  • Sicilian: viscica — urinary bladder
  • Sicilian: vuscica — urinary bladder
  • Sicilian: buscica — urinary bladder
  • Sinhalese: මුත්රාශය (mutrāśaya) — urinary bladder
  • Slovak: močový mechúr — urinary bladder
  • Slovene: mehur — urinary bladder
  • Slovene: sečni mehur — urinary bladder
  • Lower Sorbian: puchoŕ — urinary bladder
  • Upper Sorbian: močowy — urinary bladder
  • Upper Sorbian: pucher — urinary bladder
  • Upper Sorbian: močica — urinary bladder
  • Sotho: senya — urinary bladder
  • Spanish: vejiga — urinary bladder
  • Swahili: kibofu — urinary bladder
  • Swedish: urinblåsa — urinary bladder
  • Tagalog: pantog — urinary bladder
  • Tajik: масона (masona) — urinary bladder
  • Tamil: சிறுநீர்ப்பை (ciṟunīrppai) — urinary bladder
  • Telugu: మూత్రకోశము (mūtrakōśamu) — urinary bladder
  • Telugu: మూత్రాశయము (mūtrāśayamu) — urinary bladder
  • Thai: หัวไส้ (hǔua-sâi) — urinary bladder
  • Thai: กระเพาะปัสสาวะ (grà-pɔ́-bpàt-sǎa-wá) — urinary bladder
  • Turkish: kavuk — urinary bladder
  • Turkish: mesane — urinary bladder
  • Turkish: sidik torbası — urinary bladder
  • Turkish: idrar torbası — urinary bladder
  • Turkish: idrar kesesi — urinary bladder
  • Turkish: sidik kesesi — urinary bladder
  • Ottoman Turkish: مثانه (mesane) — urinary bladder
  • Ukrainian: сечови́й міху́р (sečovýj mixúr) — urinary bladder
  • Urdu: مَثانَہ (masānā) — urinary bladder
  • Urdu: پُھکْنا (phuknā) — urinary bladder
  • Uyghur: دوۋساق (dowsaq) — urinary bladder
  • Uzbek: qovuq — urinary bladder
  • Venetan: vesiga — urinary bladder
  • Vietnamese: bàng quang — urinary bladder
  • Vietnamese: bóng đái — urinary bladder
  • Vietnamese: bọng đái — urinary bladder
  • Volapük: yurinavesid — urinary bladder
  • Walloon: vexheye — urinary bladder
  • Yiddish: בלאָז (bloz) — urinary bladder
  • Yiddish: פּענכער (penkher) — urinary bladder