bladder
Syllables: blad·derUK/ˈblædə//ˈblædɚ/
bladder noun: a flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.
Noun
bladder (plural bladders)
- A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.
- Synonyms:
- vesica
- Specifically, the urinary bladder.
- Synonyms:
- vesica
- A hollow, inflatable organ of a plant.
- The inflatable bag inside various balls used in sports, such as footballs and rugby balls.
- A container in the form of a flexible bag.
- a fuel bladder
- A sealed plastic bag that contains wine and is usually packaged in a cask.
- Anything inflated, empty, or unsound.
- to swim with bladders of philosophy1711, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, “Sensus Communis”, in Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times
Verb
bladder (third-person singular simple present bladders, present participle bladdering, simple past and past participle bladdered)
bladder meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
bladder in Hindi
- the bladder
- बस्त bast
bladder in Tamil
- flexible sac in zoology
- பை pai
bladder in Marathi
- मूत्राशय, मुत्राशय, मूत्राशय़
bladder in Urdu
- مثانہ, پھکنا
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- bladder in Bengali
- মূত্রথলি
- bladder in Telugu
- ఉచ్చబుడ్డ uccabuḍḍa, నీరుతిత్తి nīrutitti, మూత్రతిత్తి mūtratitti
- bladder in Malayalam
- മൂത്രസഞ്ചി, വായു നിറയ്ക്കാവുന്ന സഞ്ചി
- bladder in Kannada
- ಮೂತ್ರಕೋಶ, ಗಾಳಿ ತುಂಬುವ ಚೀಲ, ತಿತ್ತಿ, ತೆಳುಚೀಲ
- bladder in Punjabi
- ਬਲੈਡਰ
- bladder in Gujarati
- મૂત્રાશય, મૂત્રાશયનું, મૂત્રાશયને
- bladder in Odia
- ମୂତ୍ରାଶଯ଼
- bladder in Sanskrit
- वस्ति vastí, गण्ड gaṇḍá
- bladder in Assamese
- পিত pit
- bladder in Nepali
- मूत्राशय, मुत्राशय
- bladder in Arabic
- حُوَيْصِلَة ḥuwayṣila
- bladder in Persian
- آبدان ābdān
- Dhivehi
- މަސާނާ masānā
Examples of bladder in a sentence
- Her baby had always been active, even before he was born, when he would kick her bladder.
- Excuse me, where is the little boys' room? My son is about to burst a bladder.
- "It slowly impacts the bladder and the liver, and then the urinary tract.
Synonyms of bladder
Forms of bladder
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | bladders |
| alternative Scotland | blather |
| alternative Scotland | blether |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | bladders |
| present participle | bladdering |
| past participle | bladdered |
| past | bladdered |
Origin of bladder
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”).
Words formed from bladder
- air bladder
- bald as a bladder of lard
- bashful bladder
- bladderball
- bladder campion
- bladder cancer
- bladder cherry
- bladder cicada
- bladder desperation
- bladdered
- bladderet
- bladder fermentation syndrome
- bladder fern
- bladderful
- bladder infection
- bladder kelp
- bladderless
- bladderlike
- bladdernut
- bladder plum
- bladderpod
- bladder senna
- bladder worm
- bladderworm
- bladderwort
- bladder wrack
- bladderwrack
- bladdery
- cackle-bladder
- cackle bladder
- gallbladder
- gall bladder
- gas bladder
- megabladder
- neobladder
- nonbladder
- overactive bladder
- painful bladder syndrome
- plum bladder
- shy bladder
- swim-bladder
- swim bladder
- urinary bladder
Phrases with bladder
Words that rhyme with bladder
Questions about bladder
- What does bladder mean?
- Bladder means a flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.
- What is bladder in Hindi?
- Bladder in Hindi is बस्त (bast). See Bladder meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bladder?
- Bladder can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce bladder?
- Bladder is pronounced /ˈblædə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bladder?
- The plural of bladder is bladders.
Words near bladder in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bladder (page history and authors); बस्त (Hindi) (page history and authors); bladder (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bladder (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bladder (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఉచ్చబుడ్డ (Telugu) (page history and authors); bladder (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bladder (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bladder (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bladder (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bladder (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); गण्ड (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); পিত (Assamese) (page history and authors); bladder (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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