brisket

English

Etymology

From Middle English brusket, probably from Old Danish bryske (“cartilage, gristle”), from Old Norse brjósk, from Proto-Germanic *briuskiz (compare German Brausche (“knot on the head”)). Cognate with Danish brusk, Icelandic brjósk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɪskɪt/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɪskɪt

Noun

brisket (countable and uncountable, plural briskets)

1. The chest of an animal.
2. A cut of meat taken from the chest, especially from the section under the first five ribs.
   • 2016, Samantha Skaggs, Real Food Slow Cooker Suppers, Page Street Publishing, →ISBN, page 146:

     Right after chili, smoked beef brisket could easily be the state food of Texas.

3. A smoked meat dish made from cow brisket popular in Texas.
4. (Humorous, Internet slang) The character Bridget, a character from the video game series Guilty Gear.

Derived terms

• brisket disease

 

Translations

chest of an animal

• Azerbaijani: döş (az)
• Bashkir: түш (tüş)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胸部 (zh) (xiōngbù), 胸肉 (zh) (xiōngròu)

• Finnish: rinta (fi), rintakehä (fi)
• French: poitrine (fr) f, poitrail (fr) m
• German: Brust (de) f
• Italian: petto (it) m, punta di petto f
• Portuguese: peito (pt) m
• Russian: груди́нка (ru) f (grudínka)
• Spanish: pecho (es)
• Swedish: bringa (sv) c
• Volapük: blöt (vo)
• Yiddish: ברוסט f (brust)

cut of meat

• Azerbaijani: döş əti
• Bashkir: түш ите (tüş ite)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腩 (zh) class 块 (nán) (Only commonly for beef [牛腩])

• Czech: hrudí n, nízké žebro
• Danish: spidsbryst n
• Dutch: klapstuk (nl) n
• Finnish: rintapala (fi), rinta (fi), brisketti
• French: poitrine (fr) f
• German: Bruststück (de) n
• Korean: 양지머리 (yangjimeori)
• Norman: brueûtchet m (Jersey)
• Portuguese: peito (pt) m
• Russian: грудинка (ru) (grudinka)
• Spanish: falda (es)
• Swedish: bringa (sv) c
• Volapük: blöted
• Yiddish: ברוסט f (brust)

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