different between bladder vs gland

English

Alternative forms

• blather, blether (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English bladdre, bleddre, bladder, bledder, from Old English blæddre, a variant of bl?dre, bl?dre (“blister, bladder”), from Proto-Germanic *bl?dr?, *bladr? (“blister, bladder”); akin to Old High German platara (German Blatter) and Old Norse blaðra (Danish blære), (Norwegian blære).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?blæd?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?blæ??/
• Rhymes: -æd?(r)

Noun

bladder (plural bladders)

1. (zoology) A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.
2. (anatomy) Specifically, the urinary bladder.
3. (botany) A hollow, inflatable organ of a plant.
4. The inflatable bag inside various balls used in sports, such as footballs and rugby balls.
5. A sealed plastic bag that contains wine and is usually packaged in a cask.
6. (figuratively) Anything inflated, empty, or unsound.
   • 1711, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, "Sensus Communis", in Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times

     to swim with bladders of philosophy

Synonyms

• vesica

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

bladder (third-person singular simple present bladders, present participle bladdering, simple past and past participle bladdered)

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

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2. (transitive) To store or put up in bladders.

   bladdered lard

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch blader. Variant of blaar. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bl?.d?r/
• Hyphenation: blad?der
• Rhymes: -?d?r

Noun

bladder f or m (plural bladders, diminutive bladdertje n)

1. blister, particularly of paint

Middle English

Noun

bladder

1. Alternative form of bladdre

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?lænd/
• Rhymes: -ænd

Etymology 1

From Latin gl?ns (“acorn”).

Noun

gland (plural glands)

1. (zoology) An organ that synthesizes a substance, such as hormones or breast milk, and releases it, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).
2. (botany) A secretory structure on the surface of an organ.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:gland

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• organ

Etymology 2

19th century. Etymology unknown.

Noun

gland (plural glands)

2. (mechanical) A compressable cylindrical case and its contents around a shaft where it passes through a barrier, intended to prevent the passage of a fluid past the barrier, such as:
   1. A gland used around a ship’s propeller shaft.
   2. A gland used around a tap, valve or faucet.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French glant, from Latin gl?ndem, accusative singular of gl?ns, from Proto-Indo-European *g?elh?- (“acorn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l??/

Noun

gland m (plural glands)

1. acorn
2. (anatomy) glans
   • 1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l'École du libertinage

     Brise-cul, vingt-huit ans, l'air d'un satyre, son vit est tortu; la tête ou le gland en est énorme: il a huit pouces trois lignes de tour, et le corps du vit huit pouces sur seize de long; ce vit majestueux est absolument cambré.

3. tassel
4. (vulgar, slang) (of a person) prick, wanker, bell end

Derived terms

• glander

Related terms

• glande

Further reading

• “gland” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Friulian

Alternative forms

• glant

Etymology

From Latin gl?ndem, accusative of gl?ns.

Noun

gland m (plural glands)

1. acorn

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gland, from Latin glans, glandis. Doublet of the inherited ghind?.

Noun

gland n (plural glanduri)

1. (anatomy) glans penis

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