# brest
## English
### Noun

brest (plural brests)
* Obsolete spelling of breast.
** 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Visions of the Worlds Vanitie”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:Thereout a strange beast with seven heads arose, / That townes and castles under her brest did coure.

#### Derived terms

* brest-plate

### Anagrams

* Streb

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English brēost, from Proto-West Germanic *breust, from Proto-Germanic *breustą.

#### Alternative forms

* breste, breost, breist, brost, brust, brist, breast, bryest

#### Pronunciation

* (Early Middle English) IPA: /brøːst/
* IPA: /breːst/
* (Late Middle English) IPA: /brɛst/

#### Noun

brest (plural brestes or bresten)
* chest, thorax
* The breast in several contexts:
** breast (protrusion on the front of the chest)
** female breast (for nursing)
** breast (cut of meat)
** breast, heart (centre of emotional functioning)
* breastplate, chest plate
* womb
* The front portion of a band or troop

##### Descendants

* English: brest, breast
* Scots: brest, breist, breest

##### References

* “brẹ̄st, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse brestr, from Proto-Germanic *brestuz; influenced by the cognate Old English byrst. Doublet of burst.

#### Alternative forms

* berst, barst

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brɛst/
* Rhymes: -ɛst

#### Noun

brest (plural brestes)
* A breaking or smashing.
* A noise or clamour.
* Damage or injury.
* Neediness.

##### Descendants

* English: bryst (obsolete)

##### References

* “brest, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse brestr.

### Noun

brest m (definite singular bresten, indefinite plural brestar or brester, definite plural brestane or brestene)
* a crack
    Det er ein brest i dette glaset.There is a crack in this glass.
* a flaw
    Det er ein brest i logikken din.There is a flaw in your logic.

### References

* “brest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* brist (Ikavian)
* brijest (Ijekavian)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *berstъ.

### Noun

brȇst m (Cyrillic spelling бре̑ст)
* elm (tree)

#### Declension
## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *berstъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brèːst/, /bréːst/, /brɛ́st/

### Noun

brẹ̄st or brȅst m inan
* elm (tree)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “brest”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Middle Welsh brest, from Middle English brest. Compare Cornish brest.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brɛsd/, [brɛst]
* Rhymes: -ɛsd

### Noun

brest m or f (plural brestiau or brestau or brestydd or brestys)
* breast, chest
    Synonyms: bron, mynwes

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “brest”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies