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bladder

/ˈblædɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.62 in modern English

Syllables
blad-der
IPA
/ˈblædɚ/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.

noun

Specifically, the urinary bladder.

noun

A hollow, inflatable organ of a plant.

noun

The inflatable bag inside various balls used in sports, such as footballs and rugby balls.

noun

A container in the form of a flexible bag.

noun

A container in the form of a flexible bag.

noun

Anything inflated, empty, or unsound.

verb

To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: bladdre, blæddre, *blādrā, *blēdrǭ

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈblædɚ/
  • British English: /ˈblædə/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

bladders (plural) blather (alternative, Scotland) blether (alternative, Scotland) bladders (present, singular) bladdering (participle, present) bladdered (participle, past) bladdered (past)

Derived Forms

bladderball bladdered bladderet bladderful bladderless bladderlike bladdernut bladderpod bladderworm bladderwort bladderwrack bladdery

Phrases

air bladder bald as a bladder of lard bashful bladder bladder campion bladder cancer bladder cherry bladder cicada bladder desperation

Synonyms

vesica

Rhymes With

ladder bader sadder adder madder kadar madar brader radder madere badder gladder

Questions

How do you pronounce bladder?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈblædɚ/.
What does bladder mean?
A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.
Where does bladder come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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