poitrine

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) chest, thorax, torso
2. (feminine) breast, bosom
3. (feminine) breast (of poultry, as meat)

Verb

1. first-person singular indicative/present of poitriner
2. (first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive) first-person singular subjunctive present of poitriner
3. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) second-person singular imperative of poitriner
4. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular indicative present of poitriner
5. (form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) third-person singular subjunctive present of poitriner

poitriner

1. to sing with a chest voice
2. (figuratively, literally, regional) to keep one's cards close to one's chest

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Concepts

chest

breast

bosom

thorax

brisket

bust

breasts

tit

boob

tits

boobies

war

boobs

chest cavity

knockers

butchery cut

funbags

chee chee

rib-cage

chest measurement

cleavage

girth

knocker

loop

➿

milk

🥛

pectus

ribcage

titty

white meat

woman’s breast

ample bosom

female breast

rib cage

thoracic cavity

Synonyms

sein

poitrail

thorax

seins

mamelle

partie

côté

gorge

guerre

nichon

lolos

nichons

nibards

airbags

néné

roberts

poche de poitrine

buste

bourse

lolo

🥛

rototos

rotoplots

rotoplos

loloche

nénés

ronplonplons

roploplos

nibard

robert

lait

🥛

loloches

Translations

Brust

pecho

peito

borst

petto

στήθος

pit

göğüs

Busen

pectus

seio

boezem

tórax

Brustkasten

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pwa.tʁin/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: poitrine

Cognate with Spanish: pretina

In summary

Inherited from Old French poitrine, peitrine, from Vulgar Latin *pectorīna, derived from Latin pectus. Gradually replaced pis, now meaning udder. Cognate with Spanish pretina (“waistband”).

Sentences

Forgeot mourut d’une maladie de poitrine .

Forgeot died of chest disease.