different between bladder vs trigone

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tr?????n/, /?tr?????n/

Noun

trigone (plural trigones)

1. (botany) One of the thickenings of the cell wall at the angles where several cells join.
   • 1992, Marie L. Hicks, Guide to the Liverworts of North Carolina, page 66

     Leaf cells are about 25–30 ?m, with thin walls and bulging trigones.
2. (anatomy) A smooth triangular area on the inner surface of the bladder, bounded by the apertures of the ureters and urethra; a similar region of a mitral valve

Related terms

• trigonal

Anagrams

• Negrito, ergotin, genitor, negrito, toe ring, toering

Italian

Noun

trigone m (plural trigoni)

1. stingray

Adjective

trigone

1. feminine plural of trigono

Anagrams

• integro, integrò, negrito, ritegno, ritengo, tingerò

Latin

Adjective

trig?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of trig?nus