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==English==
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===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|brest||obsolete}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|brest}}, from {{inh|en|ang|brēost}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*breust}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*breustą}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰrews-||to swell}}. Compare {{cog|fy|boarst}}, {{cog|da|bryst}}, {{cog|sv|bröst}}; cf. also {{cog|nl|borst}}, {{cog|de|Brust}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|brĕst}}, {{IPA|en|/bɹɛst/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-breast.ogg|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-breast.wav}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɛst|s=1}}
* {{homophones|en|Brest}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}
[[File:Illu breast anatomy.jpg|thumb|A breast]]

# {{senseid|en|Q9103}}{{lb|en|anatomy}} Either of the two [[organ]]s on the [[front]] of a [[female]] [[human]]'s [[chest]], which [[contain]] the [[mammary gland]]s; also the [[analogous]] organs in [[male]]s.
#: {{ux|en|Tanya’s '''breasts''' grew remarkably during pregnancy.}}
# {{lb|en|anatomy}} The [[chest]], or front of the human thorax.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1798|author=w:Samuel Taylor Coleridge|title=w:The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
|passage=The Wedding-Guest here beat his '''breast''', / For he heard the loud bassoon.}}
# A section of clothing covering the breast area.
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1956|year_published=1972|author=w:Anthony Burgess|title=Time for a Tiger|series=The Malayan Trilogy|page=45|passage=By the time he reached the War Memorial damp had soaked through the '''breasts''' of his shirt.}}
# The figurative seat of the [[emotions]], [[feelings]] etc.; one’s heart or innermost thoughts.
#: {{ux|en|She kindled hope in the '''breast''' of all who heard her.}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Henry 8|act=III|scene=ii|passage=He has a loyal '''breast'''.}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Tempest|I|ii|text={{...}}Thou best know’st<br>What torment I did find thee in. Thy groans<Br>Did make wolves howl, and penetrate the '''breasts'''<br>Of ever-angry bears—it was a torment<br>To lay upon the damn’d, which Sycorax<br>Could not again undo. It was mine art,<br>When I arrived and heard thee, that made gape<br>The pine and let thee out.}}
#* {{RQ:Congreve Mourning Bride|page=1|passage=Muſick has Charms to ſooth a ſavage '''Breaſt''', / To ſoften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.}}
# The [[ventral]] portion of an animal’s [[thorax]].
#: {{ux|en|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]].
#: {{ux|en|Would you like '''breast''' or wing?}}
# {{senseid|en|front}} The front or forward part of anything.
#: {{co|en|chimney '''breast'''}}
#: {{co|en|plough '''breast'''}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Jeff Howell| title=The secret of longer lasting tiles &#91;print version: How to avoid cracking up, 4 April 2015, p.&nbsp;P7&#93;| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/11518126/The-secret-of-longer-lasting-tiles.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422110458/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/11518126/The-secret-of-longer-lasting-tiles.html| archivedate=22 April 2015| work={{w|The Daily Telegraph}} (Property)| date=7 April 2015| passage=If you burn wood on its own, the flue gases are cooler than from a coal fire. This can result in tars condensing out within the parging and brickwork of the flue, sometimes causing brown or yellow staining on upstairs chimney '''breasts'''.}}
# The [[upper]] [[surface]] of a [[landform]] or [[body of water]].
#* {{RQ:Milton Poems|poem=L'Allegro|text=Mountains on whose barren '''breast''' / The labouring clouds do often rest.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1865|author=w:Walt Whitman|title=Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems|chapter=[[w:When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd|When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d]]
|passage={{...}} In the distance the flowing glaze, the '''breast''' of the river, with a wind-dapple here and there, {{...}}}}
# {{lb|en|mining}} The face of a coal working.
# {{lb|en|mining}} The front of a furnace.
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} The power of singing; a musical voice.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Twelfth Night|II|iii|text=By my troth, the fool has an excellent '''breast'''.}}
# {{lb|en|swimming}} The {{l|en|breaststroke}}.

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|female organs}} See also [[Thesaurus:breasts]]
* {{sense|chest}} {{l|en|chest}}
* {{sense|seat of emotions}} {{l|en|heart}}, {{l|en|soul}}
* {{sense|cut of poultry}} {{l|en|white meat}}
* {{sense|cut of meat}} {{l|en|brisket}}

====Antonyms====
* {{antsense|cut of poultry}} {{l|en|thigh}}, {{l|en|wing}}, {{l|en|dark meat}}

====Derived terms====
{{der4|en|abreast|breast augmentation|breastaurant|breastbone|breast boobily|breast cancer|breastfeed|[[breast feeding]], [[breastfeeding]]|breasticle|breast ironing|breastless|[[breast milk]], [[breastmilk]]|breast mint|breastplate|breast pump|breast reduction|breaststroke|breastwork|forebreast|make a clean breast|redbreast|bare one's breast|beat one's breast|breast bone|breast drill|breast envy|breast feed|breast form|breast girth|breast implant|breast line|breast one's cards|breast pang|breast pocket|breast shell|breast strap|breast the tape|breast up|breast wall|breast-fed|breast-feed|breast-girth|breast-strap|broken breast|chicken breast|chimney-breast|hope springs eternal in the human breast|robin-breast|chimney breast|triple negative breast cancer|woody breast|breast boobily|breast flattening|breast torture|triple-negative breast cancer|comedy breasts|breast-beating|breast pad|bluebreast|Breastapo|breastband|breastbeam|breastfast|breastfeeder|breastflesh|breastful|breastgirth|breasthook|breastie|breastknot|breastlift|breastlike|breastling|breastpin|breastplough|breastpoint|breastrail|breastroke|breastrope|breastshot|breaststrap|breastwear|breastwheel|breasty|bressummer|nonbreast|outbreast|specklebreast|unbreast|velvetbreast|breast cleavage|breast down|Paget's disease of the breast}}

====Translations====
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{{trans-top|milk-producing organ}}
* Acehnese: {{tt|ace|mom}}
* Afar: {{tt|aa|angu}}
* Afrikaans: {{tt+|af|bors}}
* Aklanon: {{tt|akl|soso}}
* Albanian: {{tt+|sq|gji}}
* Amal: {{t|aad|m}}
* Andi: {{tt|ani|кока}}
* Arabic: {{tt|ar|ثَدْي|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{tt|arz|بز|m|tr=bezz}}
*: Gulf Arabic: {{tt|afb|ديد|m|tr=dēd}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{tt|acw|صَدِر|m|tr=ṣadir}}, {{tt|acw|ديس|m|tr=dēs}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|կուրծք}}, {{tt+|hy|ստինք}}
* Aromanian: {{tt|rup|sin}}
* Assamese: {{tt|as|স্তন}}
* Asturian: {{tt+|ast|pechu|m}}
* Avar: {{tt|av|кеке}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt|az|məmə}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|имсәк}}
* Basque: {{tt|eu|bular}}, {{tt|eu|titi}}, {{tt|eu|ugatz}}, {{tt+|eu|papar}}, {{tt|eu|papo}}
* Belarusian: {{tt|be|гру́дзі|f-p}}
* Bengali: {{tt+|bn|স্তন}}
* Bikol Central: {{tt|bcl|suso}}
* Breton: {{tt+|br|bronn|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|гърда́|f}}, {{tt|bg|гръд|f}}
* Burmese: {{tt+|my|နို့}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|pit|m}}, {{tt+|ca|mama|f}}, {{tt+|ca|mamella|f}} {{qual|colloquial, vulgar}}, {{tt+|ca|teta|f}} {{qual|colloquial}}, {{tt+|ca|sina|f}} {{qual|poetic, formal}}
* Chamicuro: {{tt|ccc|teni}}
* Chamorro: {{tt|ch|susu}}
* Chechen: {{tt|ce|нӏакха}}
* Chepang: {{tt|cdm|ङु}}
* Chichewa: {{tt|ny|bere}}
* Chinese:
*: Hokkien: {{tt+|nan-hbl|奶|tr=ling, ni}}
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|乳房|tr=rǔfáng}}, {{tt+|cmn|胸|tr=xiōng}}
* Chiricahua: {{tt|apm|-be’}}
* Cimbrian: {{tt|cim|bruust|f}}, {{tt|cim|pusum|m}}
* Coptic: {{tt|cop|ⲕⲓϥⲓ|f}}, {{tt|cop|ⲙⲛⲟⲧ|m}}, {{tt|cop|ⲙⲛⲟϯ|p}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{tt|crh|emçek}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|prs|m}}, {{tt+|cs|ňadro|n}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|bryst|n}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|borst|f}}
* Erzya: {{tt|myv|поте}}, {{t|myv|меште}}
* Esperanto: {{tt|eo|mamo}}
* Estonian: {{tt+|et|rind}}
* Evenki: {{tt|evn|хикэн}}, {{tt|evn|укун}}
* Ewe: {{tt|ee|no}}
* Faroese: {{tt+|fo|bróst|n}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|rinta}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|sein|m}}, {{tt+|fr|poitrine|f}}
* Friulian: {{tt|fur|stomi}}, {{tt|fur|pet}}, {{tt|fur|tete}}, {{tt|fur|sen}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|peito|m}}, {{tt+|gl|seo|m}}, {{tt+|gl|teta|f}}, {{tt+|gl|mama|f}}
* Garus: {{t|gyb|a:}}
* Georgian: {{tt|ka|ძუძუ}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Brust|f}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|στήθος|n}}, {{tt+|el|μαστός|m}} {{qual|formal}}
*: Ancient: {{tt|grc|μαστός|m}}
* Greenlandic: {{tt|kl|iviangeq}}
* Guaraní: {{tt|gn|titi}}
* Gujarati: {{tt|gu|સ્તન}}
* Haitian Creole: {{tt|ht|sen}}
* Hamtai: {{t|hmt|aamga}}
* Hawaiian: {{tt|haw|ū}}, {{tt|haw|waiū}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|שָׁד|m|tr=shad}}, {{tt|he|ציצי|m|tr=tsitsi}} {{qual|colloquial, vulgar}}
* Hindi: {{tt+|hi|स्तन|m}}
* Hittite: {{tt|hit|𒋼𒂊𒋫𒀭|tr=te-e-ta-an}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|mell}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|brjóst|n}}, {{tt|is|bobblingur|m}} (vulgar)
* Ido: {{tt+|io|mamo}}
* Inari Sami: {{t-needed|smn}}
* Indonesian: {{tt+|id|payudara}}, {{tt|is|buah dada}}, {{tt+|id|susu}} {{qual|colloquial, vulgar}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|nännä}}
* Ingush: {{tt|inh|накха}}
* Iranun: {{tt|ill|susu}}
* Irish: {{tt|ga|brollach|m}}, {{tt|ga|cíoch|f}}, {{tt|ga|broinne|m}}
*: Old Irish: {{tt|sga|bruinne|m}}, {{tt|sga|cích|n}}
* Isnag: {{tt|isd|xatat}}
* Italian:  {{tt+|it|mammella|f}}, {{tt+|it|poppa|m}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|胸|tr=むね, mune}}, {{tt+|ja|乳房|tr=ちぶさ, chibusa}}, {{tt+|ja|にゅうぼう|tr=nyūbō}}
* Javanese: {{tt|jv|susu}}
* Kannada: {{tt+|kn|ಮೊಲೆ}}, {{tt+|kn|ಸ್ತನ}}
* Karok: {{tt|kyh|úuchich}}
* Kashubian: {{tt|csb|piers}}
* Kazakh: {{tt|kk|емшек}}
* Khmer: {{tt+|km|ដោះ}}, {{tt+|km|សុដន់}}, {{tt+|km|ថនៈ}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|유방(乳房)}}, {{tt+|ko|가슴}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt|ckb|مەمک}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|çiçik}}, {{tt+|kmr|memik|f}}
* Kyrgyz: {{tt+|ky|төш}}, {{tt+|ky|көкүрөк}}
* Laboya: {{tt|lmy|susu}}
* Lao: {{tt+|lo|ຕູ້}}, {{tt|lo|ເຕົ້ານົມ}}, {{tt|lo|ຖານາ}}, {{tt+|lo|ນົມ}}
* Latgalian: {{tt|ltg|kryuts|f}}
* Latin: {{tt|la|mamma|f}}, {{tt|la|sūmen|n}}
* Latvian: {{tt+|lv|krūts|f}}
* Lezgi: {{tt|lez|хур}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt|lt|krūtis|f}}
* Luhya: {{tt|luy|kamaturu}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|града|f}}, {{tt|mk|дојка|f}}
* Malagasy: {{t+|mg|nono}}
* Malay: {{tt+|ms|tetek}}, {{tt|ms|payudara}}, {{tt+|ms|susu}}, {{tt+|ms|buah dada}}
* Malayalam: {{tt+|ml|മുല}}, {{tt|ml|സ്‌തനം}}
* Maltese: {{tt|mt|tas-sider}}
* Manchu: {{tt|mnc|ᡥᡠᡥᡠᠨ}}, {{tt|mnc|ᡨᡠᠩᡤᡝᠨ}}
* Manx: {{tt|gv|kee}}
* Maranao: {{tt|mrw|soso}}
* Meriam: {{tt|ulk|nano}}
* Minangkabau: {{tt+|min|dado}}
* Mokilese: {{t|mkj|dihdi}}
* Moksha: {{t|mdf|мяште}}
* Mon: {{tt|mnw|တှ်|tr=tɔh}}
* Mongolian: {{tt+|mn|мээм}}
* Mwani: {{tt|wmw|were}}
* Nahuatl: {{tt+|nah|chichihualli}}
* Nanai: {{tt|gld|кун}}, {{tt|gld|тунгэн}}
* Navajo: {{tt|nv|-be’}}
* Neapolitan: {{tt|nap|pietto|m}}
* Nepali: {{tt+|ne|स्तन}}
* Nivkh: {{tt|niv|моть}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt+|nb|bryst|n}}, {{tt|nb|pupp|m}} {{qual|informal}}
*: Nynorsk: {{tt|nn|bryst|n}}, {{tt|nn|pupp|m}} {{qual|informal}}
* Occitan: {{tt|oc|pièit|m}}
* Odia: {{tt|or|ସ୍ତନ}}
* Ojibwe: {{q|my breast}} {{tt|oj|indoodooshim}}
* Old English: {{tt|ang|brēost|n}}
* Ossetian: {{tt|os|риу}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{tt|ota|پستان|tr=pistan}}, {{tt|ota|ثدی|tr=sedy}}
* Pali: {{tt|pi|thana|m}}
* Pashto: {{tt+|ps|تی|m|tr=tay}}, {{tt|ps|غلانځه|f|tr=ǧǝlānza}}, {{tt|ps|چچو|m|tr=čačo}}
* Persian: {{tt+|fa|پستان|tr=pestân}}, {{tt+|fa|ممه|tr=mame}}
* Pitjantjatjara: {{tt|pjt|ipi}}, {{tt|pjt|mimi}}
* Plautdietsch: {{tt|pdt|Brost|f}}
* Polabian: {{t|pox|börsťă|f}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|pierś|f}}, {{tt+|pl|biust|m}}, {{tt+|pl|cycek|m}} {{qualifier|colloquial, not polite}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|seio|m}}, {{tt+|pt|peito|m}}, {{tt+|pt|mama|f}}, {{tt+|pt|maminha|f}}
* Quechua: {{tt|qu|ñuñu}}
* Romagnol: {{tt|rgn|pët|m}}
* Romani: {{tt|rom|ćući|f}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|piept|n}}, {{tt+|ro|sân|m}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|грудь|f}}, {{tt+|ru|гру́ди|f-p}}, {{tt+|ru|сиська|alt=си́ськи|f-p}} {{qual|mildly vulgar}}, {{tt+|ru|пе́рси|f-p}} {{qual|dated or poetic}}, {{tt+|ru|дойка|f-p|alt=до́йки}} {{qual|slang}}, {{tt+|ru|ти́тьки|f-p}} {{qual|slang or childish}}, {{tt+|ru|буфер|m-p|alt=буфера́}} {{qual|slang}}
* Sami:
*: Inari: {{tt|smn|njamma}}
*: Northern: {{tt|se|čižži}}
*: Skolt: {{tt|sms|râʹdd}}
* Sanskrit: {{tt+|sa|कुच}}, {{tt+|sa|स्तन|m}}
* Sardinian: {{tt|sc|sinu}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|cìoch|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|гру̑ди|f-p}}, {{tt|sh|си̏са|f}}, {{tt|sh|пр̏са|n-p}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|grȗdi|f-p}}, {{tt+|sh|sȉsa|f}}, {{tt+|sh|pȑsa|n-p}}
* Shan: {{tt+|shn|ၼူမ်း}}
* Sicilian: {{tt+|scn|nennè|f}}
* Sinhalese: {{t-needed|si}}
* Slovak: {{tt+|sk|prsník|m}}, {{tt+|sk|prsia|n-p}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|prsi|p}}, {{tt|sl|dojka|f}}
* Somali: {{tt+|so|laab}}, {{tt|so|naas}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{tt|dsb|bok|m}}, {{tt|dsb|prědk|m}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|pecho|m}}, {{tt+|es|seno|m}}, {{tt+|es|teta|f}}
* Sundanese: {{tt|su|pinarep}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|titi|c5|c6}}, {{t+|sw|ziwa}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|bröst|n}}
* Tabasaran: {{tt|tab|мухур}}
* Tagalog: {{tt+|tl|suso}}
* Tajik: {{tt|tg|пистон}}
* Tamil: {{tt+|ta|முலை}}
* Tatar: {{tt+|tt|ими}}
* Tausug: {{tt|tsg|duru}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|చన్ను}}, {{tt+|te|స్తనము}}
* Tetum: {{tt|tet|susun}}
* Thai: {{tt|th|เต้านม}}, {{tt+|th|นม}}
* Tibetan: {{tt|bo|ནུ་མ}}
* Tocharian B: {{q|dual}} {{tt|txb|päścane}}
* Tok Pisin: {{tt|tpi|susu}}
* Tooro: {{t|ttj|ibeere}}, {{t|ttj|ensundu}} {{qual|of a dog}}
* Torres Strait Creole: {{tt|tcs|susu}}
* Tumbuka: {{t|tum|bele}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|meme}}
* Turkmen: {{tt|tk|emjek}}, {{tt|tk|määme}}
* Ugaritic: {{tt|uga|𐎘𐎄}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt|uk|грудь|f}}, usually plural: {{tt|uk|гру́ди|f-p}}
* Urdu: {{tt|ur|پستان|m|tr=pistān}}
* Uyghur: {{tt|ug|يېلىن}}, {{tt|ug|ئەمچەك}}
* Uzbek: {{tt+|uz|emchak}}, {{tt+|uz|yelin}}
* Venetan: {{tt|vec|pèto}}
* Vietnamese: {{tt+|vi|vú}}
* Volapük: {{tt+|vo|blöt}}
* Waray-Waray: {{tt|war|suso}}
* Welsh: {{tt+|cy|bron|f}}
* West Frisian: {{tt|fy|boarst}}
* Western Apache: {{tt|apw|-be’}}
* Wolof: {{tt+|wo|ween}}
* Xhosa: {{tt|xh|ibele}}
* Yagara: {{tt|yxg|ammoo}}
* Yakut: {{t|sah|эмиий}}
* Yámana: {{tt|yag|tapoS}}
* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|ברוסט|f}}
* Yucatec Maya: {{tt|yua|iim}}
* Yurok: {{tt|yur|newon}}
* Zealandic: {{tt|zea|bost|m}}
* Zulu: {{tt|zu|ibele|c5|c6}}
* ǃXóõ: {{tt|nmn|gǂqhèẽ}}
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{{trans-top|chest}}
* Arabic: {{tt+|ar|صَدْر|m}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|կուրծք}}
* Aromanian: {{tt+|rup|cheptu}}
* Asturian: {{tt+|ast|pechu}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt+|az|döş}}, {{t+|az|köks}}, {{t+|az|sinə}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|күкрәк}}, {{tt|ba|түш}}
* Bengali: {{tt+|bn|বুক}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|छाती}}
* Breton: {{tt+|br|bruched|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|гърди́|p}}, {{tt|bg|гръден кош}}
* Burmese: {{tt+|my|ရင်}}, {{tt+|my|ရင်ဘတ်}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|pit|m}}
* Chamicuro: {{tt|ccc|tu'lu}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{tt|yue|胸部|tr=hung1 bou6}}
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|胸部|tr=xiōngbù}}
* Classical Nahuatl: {{tt|nci|ēlchiquihuitl}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{tt|crh|köküs}}, {{tt|crh|kökrek}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|hruď}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|borst|f}}
* Estonian: {{tt+|et|rind}}, {{tt|et|rindkere}}
* Faroese: {{tt|fo|bringa|f}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|rinta}}, {{tt+|fi|rintakehä}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|poitrine|f}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|peito|m}}, {{tt+|gl|seo|m}}
* Georgian: {{tt|ka|მკერდი}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Brust|f}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|στήθος|n}}, {{tt+|el|στέρνο|n}}
*: Ancient: {{tt|grc|στῆθος|n}}
* Gujarati: {{tt+|gu|છાતી}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|חזה|m|tr=khaze}}
* Hindi: {{tt+|hi|छाती|f}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|mell}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|bringa|f}}, {{tt+|is|brjóst|f}}
* Indonesian: {{tt+|id|dada}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|nännä}} {{qualifier|of a woman}}, {{t|izh|rinta}} {{qualifier|in general}}
* Irish: {{tt|ga|brollach|m}}, {{tt|ga|ucht|m}}
* Istro-Romanian: {{tt|ruo|kľeptu}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|petto|m}}, {{tt+|it|seno|m}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|胸|tr=[[むね]], mune}}
* Javanese: {{tt+|jv|dhadha}}
* Kabuverdianu: {{tt|kea|petu}}
* Kazakh: {{tt|kk|кеуде}}
* Khmer: {{tt|km|ដើមទ្រូង|tr=daəm truung}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|가슴}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt|ckb|سنگ}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|bersîng}}, {{tt+|kmr|sîng|m}}
* Kyrgyz: {{tt+|ky|көкүрөк}}
* Lao: {{tt|lo|ຊວງ}}
* Latin: {{tt|la|pectus|n}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|гради|f-p}}
* Malay: {{tt+|ms|dada}}
* Maltese: {{tt|mt|sider|m}}
* Neapolitan: {{tt|nap|pietto|m}}
* Nepali: {{tt|ne|छाती}}
* Norman: {{tt|nrf|broinne|m}}
* Norwegian: {{tt+|no|bryst|n}}
* Occitan: {{tt+|oc|pitre}}
* Ojibwe: {{q|my breast}} {{tt|oj|nikaakigan}}
* Old Church Slavonic: {{t|cu|пръси|f-p}}
* Old Javanese: {{tt|kaw|ḍaḍa}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{tt|ota|گوگس|tr=göğüs}}, {{t|ota|باغر|tr=bağır}}
* Pashto: {{tt+|ps|سينه|f|tr=siná}}
* Persian: {{tt+|fa|سینه|tr=sine}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|peito|m}}, {{tt+|pt|peitos|m-p}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|piept}}
* Romansch: {{tt|rm|pet}}, {{tt|rm|pèz}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|грудь|f}}
* Sami:
*: Inari: {{tt|smn|radde}}
*: Northern: {{tt|se|raddi}}, {{tt|se|radderiggi}}
*: Skolt: {{tt|sms|râ´dd}}
*: Southern: {{tt|sma|mïelke}}
* Sanskrit: {{tt+|sa|वक्षस्|n}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|broilleach|m}}, {{tt|gd|uchd|m}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|pecho|m}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|kifua}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|bröst|n}}, {{tt+|sv|bringa|n}}
* Tajik: {{tt|tg|сина}}
* Tarifit: {{t|rif|admar|m}}
* Tatar: {{tt+|tt|түш}}, {{tt+|tt|күкрәк}}
* Thai: {{tt+|th|ทรวง}}
* Tooro: {{t|ttj|ekifuba}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|göğüs}}
* Turkmen: {{tt|tk|göwüs}}
* Urdu: {{tt|ur|چهاتی|f|tr=chātī}}
* Uzbek: {{tt+|uz|bagʻir}}
* Volapük: {{tt+|vo|blöt}}
* Walloon: {{tt+|wa|pwetrene|f}}
* Zealandic: {{tt|zea|bost|m}}
* ǃXóõ: {{tt|nmn|gǂqhèẽ}}
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{{trans-top|section of clothing covering the breast area}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt|bg|нагръдник|m}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|borst|f}}
* Finnish: {{tt|fi|rinnus}}, {{tt+|fi|rintamus}}, {{tt+|fi|miehusta}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|στήθος|n}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt|ckb|سنگ}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|bersîng|f}}
* Norwegian: {{tt+|no|bryst|n}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|грудь|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|broilleach|m}}
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{{trans-top|seat of emotions}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt|bg|гръд|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|思想|tr=sīxiǎng}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|hart|n}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|rinta}}, {{tt+|fi|sydän}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|poitrine|f}}, {{tt+|fr|cœur|m}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Brust|f}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|καρδιά|f}}, {{tt+|el|στήθος|n}} {{qual|usually plural}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|לב|m|tr=lev}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|kebel}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|brjóst|f}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt+|ckb|دڵ}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|dil|m}}, {{tt+|kmr|sîng|m}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|гради|f-p}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{tt|zdj|ifuɓa|c7|c8}}
* Norwegian: {{tt+|no|bryst|n}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|coração|m}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|се́рдце|n}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|corazón|m}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|kifua|c7|c8}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|bröst|n}}
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{{trans-top|animal's thorax}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|դոշ}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|胸甲|tr=xiōngjiǎ}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|borst|f}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|rinta}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|poitrine|f}}, {{tt+|fr|poitrail|m}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|στήθος|n}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|mell}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|bringa|f}}
* Irish: {{tt|ga|ucht|m}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|sîng|m}}, {{tt+|kmr|bersîng|m}}, {{tt|kmr|berçîsk|m}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|гради|f-p}}
* Norwegian: {{tt+|no|bryst|n}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|peito|m}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|грудь|f}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|pechuga|f}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|bröst|n}}
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{{trans-top|choice cut of meat from poultry or other animals}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|гърди|p}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{tt|yue|胸|tr=hung1}}
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|胸|tr=xiōng}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|borst|f}}, {{tt+|nl|borststuk|n}}
* Faroese: {{tt|fo|bringa|f}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|rinta}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|blanc|m}}
* German: {{tt|de|-brust|f}}, {{tt|de|Entenbrust|f}} {{qual|duck}}, {{tt|de|Fasanenbrust|f}} {{qual|pheasant}}, {{tt|de|Gänsebrust|f}} {{qual|goose}}, {{tt|de|Geflügelbrust|f}} {{qual|chicken}}, {{tt+|de|Hühnchenbrust|f}} {{qual|chicken}}, {{tt+|de|Hähnchenbrust|f}} {{qual|chicken}}, {{tt|de|Hammelbrust|f}} {{qual|sheep}}, {{tt|de|Schweinsbrust|f}} {{qual|pork}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|στήθος|n}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|mell}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|bringa|f}}
* Indonesian: {{tt+|id|dada}}
* Irish: {{tt|ga|brollach|m}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|petto|m}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt|ckb|سنگ}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|sîng|m}}, {{tt+|kmr|bersîng|m}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|гради|f-p}}
* Norwegian: {{tt+|no|bringe|c}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|peito|m}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|гру́дка|f}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|pechuga|f}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|bröst|n}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt|uk|груди́нка|f}}
* Volapük: {{tt|vo|-blötot}}, {{tt|vo|gokablötot}} {{qual|chicken}}, {{tt|vo|dindunablötot}} {{qual|turkey}}, {{tt|vo|pijunablötot}} {{qual|pigeon}}, {{tt|vo|pijunülablötot}} {{qual|squab}}, {{tt|vo|fasanablötot}} {{qual|pheasant}}, {{tt|vo|koturablötot}} {{qual|quail}}
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{{checktrans-top}}
* Romanian: {{tt+check|ro|sân|f}}, {{tt-check|ro|tâță|f}} :[[sâni]], [[tâțe]] {{g|p}}
* Thai: {{tt-check|th|เต้านม|tr=dtâo nom}}
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}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive|often|figurative}} To [[push]] against with the [[#Noun|breast]]; to [[meet]] [[full on]], [[oppose]], [[face]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1817|author=William Wirt|title=Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry|url=https://archive.org/details/sketchesoflifech1817wirt/page/22|page=22|text={{...}}when the court, very much to the credit of their candour and firmness, '''breasted''' the popular current by sustaining the demurrer.}}
# To reach the top (of a hill).
#: {{ux|en|He '''breasted''' the hill and saw the town before him.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1947|month=January and February|author=O. S. Nock|title="The Aberdonian" in Wartime|journal=Railway Magazine|page=8|text=With the sea below us grey and storm swept, and the coast line vague in the driving rain, we forged our way up the bank to '''breast''' the summit at 37 m.p.h.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1960|month=March|author=Cecil J. Allen|title=Locomotive Running Past and Present|journal=Trains Illustrated|page=178|text=But this was excelled by the remarkable feat of ''Iron Duke'', on the second run, in accelerating from a dead start at Miller's Dale up 1 in 90 to no less than 53 m.p.h. before '''breasting''' the summit at Peak Forest.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|cooking}} To [[debreast]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2005|title=Texas Judicial Cookbook: Hello There!
|passage='''Breast''' the birds; wash and dry well. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place the birds in a roasting pan.}}

====Translations====
{{multitrans|data=
{{trans-top|to meet full on}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt|bg|противопоставям се}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|ponnistella}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|tê koşîn}}, {{tt+|kmr|hewl dan}}
{{trans-bottom}}
}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aberst|Baster|Be star|Sterba|Tarbes|abrest|barest|baster|bestar|rebats|tabers}}

{{C|en|Cuts of meat}}

==Irish==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|ga|briost}}

===Etymology===
From {{m|ga|beir as|t=carry off}}; the ''-t'' is {{glossary|excrescent}} (compare {{m|ga|aríst}} from {{m|ga|arís}}).

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ga|a=Ulster|/bʲɾʲɨ̞sˠt̪ˠ/|ref1={{R:ga:Quiggin|129|386}}|qq=corresponds to the form {{m|ga|briost}}}}

===Interjection===
{{head|ga|interjection}}

# {{n-g|expresses disapproval or contempt}} {{q|generally followed by a [[disjunctive]] pronoun}}
#: {{uxi|ga|'''Breast''' thú!|Up yours!}}
#: {{uxi|ga|'''Breast''' seo!|Screw this!}}
#: {{uxi|ga|'''Breast''' í!|The hell with her!}}

===References===
{{reflist|size=smaller}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:ga:Dinneen 1927}}
* {{R:ga:Ó Dónaill}}