bladder
English
/ˈblædə/, /ˈblæɾɚ/
noun
Definitions
- (zoology) A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.
- (anatomy) Specifically, the urinary bladder.
- (botany) A hollow, inflatable organ of a plant.
- The inflatable bag inside various balls used in sports, such as footballs and rugby balls.
- A sealed plastic bag that contains wine and is usually packaged in a cask cask.
- (figurative) Anything inflated, empty, or unsound.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bladdre inherited from Old English blæddre inherited from Proto-Germanic *blēdrǭ.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*blēdrǭ
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ball English
- bladderball English
- bladdered English
- bladderful English
- bladderless English
- bladderlike English
- bladdernut English
- bladderpod English
- bladderworm English
- bladderwort English
- bladderwrack English
- bladdery English
- gall English
- gallbladder English
- megabladder English
- nasogallbladder English
- neobladder English
- nonbladder English
- nut English
- pod English
- worm English
- wort English
- wrack English
- bledder Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰleh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *blēdrǭ Proto-Germanic
- blæddre Old English
- blǣdre Old English
- bladdre Middle English
- bladdren Middle English
- blaðra Old Norse
- blātere Middle High German
- Bloder Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *blādrā gmw-pro