chest

(Anglais)

Noun

1. A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
2. (obsolete) A coffin.
3. The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
4. A chest of drawers.
5. The portion of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the homologous area in some other animals.
6. The front (anterior) surface of this portion of the torso.
7. (euphemistic) A female human's breasts.
8. A hit or blow made with one's chest.

Verb

1. To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)
2. (transitive) To deposit in a chest.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To place in a coffin.
4. (Africa, transitive) To handle, deal with.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/t͡ʃɛst/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: cheste

Hérité de ancien anglais: ċest

Hérité de moyen anglais: chest

Hérité de ancien anglais: ċēast

Appartenant à Old Frisian: kāse

Appartenant à Old Saxon: caest

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: kōsa

In summary

From Middle English cheste, chiste, from Old English ċest, ċist (“chest, casket; coffin; rush basket; box”), from Proto-West Germanic *kistu (“chest, box”), from Latin cista (“chest, box”), from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “chest, box, basket, hamper”).

Concepts

poitrine

sein

coffre

thorax

caisse

📦

commode

bahut

bac

⛴️

malle

huche

guerre

mamelle

grosse caisse

nichon

boîte

📦

baquet

néné

nichons

seins

Thébé

rototos

rotoplots

rotoplos

loloche

nénés

ronplonplons

roploplos

loloches

nibards

airbags

agence

roberts

arche

armoire

boite

bureau

buste

cantine

carton

corbeille

gorge

poitrail

secrétaire

tiroir

torse

caissette

lolos

Synonymes

breast

box

📦

bosom

thorax

trunk

case

coffer

casket

cabinet

🗄️

ark

bust

heart

❤️

container

dresser

pectus

safe

large box

breasts

chest of drawers

pail

chest cavity

tin

urn

strongbox

sack

bottle

crate

bin

pot

closet

thoracic cage

bureau

bucket

🪣

jar

🫙

coffin

⚰️

sternum

can

jug

war

vessel

wardrobe

treasury

breastbone

suitcase

exchequer

rib

repository

keg

locker

basket

🧺

Traductions

pecho

Brust

petto

borst

peito

στήθος

torace

tórax

Brustkorb

pit

Truhe

kist

📦

boezem

cassa

seio

Phrases

An hour later , he had before him a chest of Spanish gold coins .

Une heure plus tard, il avait devant lui un coffre de pièces d'or espagnoles.

His heart squeezed , as if his chest had suddenly compressed it .

Son cœur serra, comme si sa poitrine l'avait soudainement comprimée.