breast

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Etymology

From Middle English brest, from Old English brēost, from Proto-Germanic

Pronunciation

A woman's breasts.

Noun

breast (plural breasts)

Either of the two organs on the front of a woman's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in men.
Tanya's breasts grew alarmingly during pregnancy.
The chest, or front of the human thorax.
- 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
  The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, For he heard the loud bassoon.
A section of clothing covering the breast area.
The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one's heart or innermost thoughts.
She kindled hope in the breast of all who heard her.
The ventral portion of an animal's thorax.
The robin has a red breast.
A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.
Would you like breast or wing?

Synonyms

(female organs): See also Wikisaurus:breasts
(chest): chest
(seat of emotions): heart, soul
(cut of poultry): white meat
(cut of meat): brisket

Antonyms

(cut of poultry): thigh, wing, dark meat

Derived terms

Translations

female organ

Albanian: gji (sq)
Arabic: ثدي (ar) (ṯadī) m
Egyptian Arabic: بز (bezz) m
Armenian: կուրծք (hy) (kurck')
Aromanian: sin (rup)
Basque: bular (eu), titi (eu), ugatz (eu), papar (eu), papo (eu)
Belarusian: грудзі (be) (hrúdzi) f pl
Breton: bronn (br) f
Bulgarian: гърда (bg) (gǎrda) f , бюст (bg) (bjust) m
Catalan: pit (ca) m
Chamicuro: teni
Chamorro: susu (ch)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 乳房 (cmn) (rǔfáng), 胸 (cmn) (xiōng)

Min Nan: 奶 (nan) (ling, ni)
Chiricahua: -be’
Coptic: ⲕⲓϥⲓ (kifi) f, ⲙⲛⲟⲧ (ʔmnod, ʔmnot) m, ⲙⲛⲟϯ (ʔmnodi, ʔmnoti) pl
Crimean Tatar: emçek
Czech: prs (cs) m, ňadro (cs) n
Danish: bryst (da) n
Dutch: borst (nl) f
Esperanto: mamo (eo)
Estonian: rind (et)
Ewe: no
Faroese: bróst (fo) n
Finnish: rinta (fi)
French: sein (fr) m
Friulian: stomi, pet, tete, sen
Georgian: ძუძუ (ka) (dzudzu)
German: Brust (de) f
Greek: στήθος (el) (stíthos) n , (formal) μαστός (el) (mastós) m
Guaraní: titi (gn)
Haitian Creole: sen
Hawaiian: ū, waiū
Hebrew: שד (he) (shad) m, (colloquial, vulgar) ציצי (he) (tsitsi) m
Hindi: स्तन (hi) (stan) m
Hungarian: mell (hu)
Icelandic: brjóst (is) n, bobblingur (is) m (vulgar)
Ido: mamo (io)
Indonesian: payudara (id), (colloquial, vulgar) susu (id)
Irish: brollach (ga) m, cíoch (ga) f
Italian: seno (it) m
Japanese: 胸 (ja) (むね, muné), 乳房 (ja) (ちぶさ, chibusa), にゅうぼう (ja) (nyūbō)
Kannada: ಮೊಲೆ (kn) (mūla)
Kazakh: кеуде (kk) (kewde)
Khmer: ដោះ (km) (dɑh), ថនា (km) (tʰanie), សុដន់ (km) (sodɑn)
Korean: 유방 (ko) (yubang) (乳房 (ko))

Kurdish:
Sorani: مه‌مک (ku) (memk)
Lao: ຕູ້ (lo) (tuu)
Latgalian: kryuts f
Latin: mamma (la) f
Latvian: krūts (lv) f
Lithuanian: krūtis (lt) f
Luhya: kamaturu
Macedonian: града (mk) (gráda) f, дојка (mk) (dójka) f
Malay: tetek (ms), payudara (ms), susu (ms)
Malayalam: മുല (ml) (mula), സ്‌തനം (ml) (sthanam)
Manx: kee (gv)
Meriam: nano
Navajo: -be’
Northern Sami: čižži
Norwegian: bryst (no) n
Ottoman Turkish: پستان (pistan), ثدی (sedy)
Persian: پستان (fa) (pestân)
Pitjantjatjara: ipi, mimi
Polish: pierś (pl) f, biust (pl) m
Portuguese: seio (pt) m, peito (pt) m
Romanian: piept (ro) m and f, sân (ro)
Russian: грудь (ru) (grudʹ) f , груди (ru) (grúdi) f pl , (mildly vulgar) сиськи (ru) (sísʹki) f pl
Sardinian: sinu (sc)
Scottish Gaelic: cìoch (gd) f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: груди (sh) f pl, сиса (sh) f

Roman: grudi (sh) f pl, sisa (sh) f
Sicilian: nennè (scn) f
Slovak: prsia (sk) n pl
Slovene: prsi (sl) pl, dojka (sl) f
Spanish: pecho (es) m, seno (es) m, teta (es) f
Swedish: bröst (sv) n
Tagalog: suso (tl)
Telugu: చన్ను (te) (cannu), స్తనము (te) (stanamu)
Thai: เต้านม (th) (dtâo nom)
Torres Strait Creole: susu
Turkish: meme (tr)
Ukrainian: грудь (uk) (hrudʹ) f , груди (uk) (hrúdy) f pl
Urdu: پستان (ur) (pistān) m
Vietnamese: vú (vi)
Volapük: blöt (vo)
West Frisian: boarst (fy)
Western Apache: -be’
Yiddish: ברוסט (yi) (brust) f
Zulu: ibele (zu) 5/6

chest

Arabic: صدر (ar) (ṣadr) m
Armenian: կուրծք (hy) (kurck')
Breton: bruched (br) m
Bulgarian: гърди (bg) (gǎrdí) pl , гръден кош (bg) (grǎden koš)
Burmese: ရင် (my) (yin), ရင်ဘတ် (my) (yinbat)
Catalan: pit (ca) m
Chamicuro: tu'lu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 胸部 (cmn) (xiōngbù)
Crimean Tatar: köküs, kökrek
Czech: hruď (cs)
Dutch: borst (nl) f
Faroese: bringa (fo) f
Finnish: rinta (fi), rintakehä (fi)
French: poitrine (fr) f
German: Brust (de) f
Greek: στήθος (el) (stíthos) n , στέρνο (el) (stérno) n
Hebrew: חזה (he) (khaze) m
Hungarian: mell (hu)
Icelandic: bringa (is) f, brjóst (is) f
Irish: brollach (ga) m, ucht (ga) m

Japanese: 胸 (ja) (むね, muné)
Khmer: ដើមទ្រូង (km) (daəm truung)
Korean: 가슴 (ko) (gaseum)
Kurdish:
Sorani: سنگ (ku) (sing)
Lao: ຊວງ (lo) (suang)
Latin: pectus (la) n
Macedonian: гради (mk) (grádi) f pl
Maltese: sider (mt) m
Neapolitan: pietto m
Norwegian: bryst (no) n
Portuguese: peito (pt) m, peitos (pt) m pl
Russian: грудь (ru) (grudʹ) f
Scottish Gaelic: broilleach (gd) m, uchd (gd) m
Spanish: pecho (es) m
Swedish: bröst (sv) n, bringa (sv) n
Turkish: göğüs (tr)
Volapük: blöt (vo)
Walloon: pwetrene (wa) f
ǃXóõ: gǂqhèẽ

section of clothing covering the breast area

Dutch: borst (nl) f
Finnish: rinnus (fi), rintamus (fi), miehusta (fi)
Greek: στήθος (el) (stíthos) n
Kurdish:
Sorani: سنگ (ku) (sing)

Norwegian: bryst (no) n
Russian: грудь (ru) (grudʹ) f
Scottish Gaelic: broilleach (gd) m

seat of emotions

Bulgarian: гръд (bg) f (grǎd)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 思想 (cmn) (sīxiǎng)
Finnish: rinta (fi), sydän (fi)
French: poitrine (fr) f
Greek: καρδιά (el) (kardiá) f
Hebrew: לב (he) (lev) m
Hungarian: kebel (hu)

Icelandic: brjóst (is) f
Kurdish:
Sorani: دڵ (ku) (dil)
Macedonian: гради (mk) (grádi) f pl
Norwegian: bryst (no) n
Russian: сердце (ru) (sérdce) n (letter "д" ("d") is silent)
Spanish: corazón (es) m
Swedish: bröst (sv) n

animal's thorax

Armenian: դոշ (hy) (doš)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 胸甲 (cmn) (xiōngjiǎ)
Dutch: borst (nl) f
Finnish: rinta (fi)
French: poitrine (fr) f, poitrail (fr) m
Greek: στήθος (el) (stíthos) n
Hungarian: mell (hu)

Icelandic: bringa (is) f
Irish: ucht (ga) m
Macedonian: гради (mk) (grádi) f pl
Norwegian: bryst (no) n
Portuguese: peito (pt) m
Russian: грудь (ru) (grudʹ) f
Spanish: pechuga (es) f
Swedish: bröst (sv) n

choice cut of meat from poultry or other animals

Bulgarian: гърди (bg) pl (gǎrdi)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 胸 (cmn) (xiōng)
Dutch: borst (nl) f, borststuk (nl) n
Faroese: bringa (fo) f
Finnish: rinta (fi)
French: blanc (fr) m
German: -brust (de) f, Entenbrust (de) f (duck), Fasanenbrust (de) f (pheasant), Gänsebrust (de) f (goose), Geflügelbrust (de) f (chicken), Hühnchenbrust (de) f (chicken), Hähnchenbrust (de) f (chicken), Hammelbrust (de) f (sheep), Schweinsbrust (de) f (pork)
Greek: στήθος (el) (stíthos) n
Hungarian: mell (hu)

Icelandic: bringa (is) f
Irish: brollach (ga) m
Kurdish:
Sorani: سنگ (ku) (sing)
Macedonian: гради (mk) (grádi) f pl
Norwegian: bringe (no) c
Russian: грудка (ru) (grúdka) f
Spanish: pechuga (es) f
Swedish: bröst (sv) n
Volapük: -blötot (vo), gokablötot (vo) (chicken), dindunablötot (vo) (turkey), pijunablötot (vo) (pigeon), pijunülablötot (vo) (squab), fasanablötot (vo) (pheasant), koturablötot (vo) (quail)

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Romanian: sân (ro) f, tâță (ro) f :sâni, tâțe pl
Swahili: maziwa pl (sw) (noun 6) (2)

Thai: เต้านม (th)
Swahili: titi (sw), matiti (sw) (pl noun 5/6), titi (sw)

Verb

breast (third-person singular simple present breasts, present participle breasting, simple past and past participle breasted)

(transitive) To push against with the breast; to meet full on, to oppose, to face.
He breasted the hill and saw the town before him.
- Wirt
  The court breasted the popular current by sustaining the demurrer.