# chest
## English

Picture dictionary :
chest :
* vertebral columnvertebral column
* ribrib
* heartheart
* lunglung
* kidneykidney
* liverliver

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃɛst/
* (Scotland, dialectal, obsolete) IPA: /t͡ʃɪst/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛst

### Etymology 1

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”).

#### Alternative forms

* chist (obsolete)

#### Noun

chest (plural chests)
* A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
    The clothes are kept in a chest.
** 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶ […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, […].
* (obsolete) A coffin.
* The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
    You can take the money from the chest.
* A chest of drawers.
* (anatomy) The portion of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the homologous area in other animals.
    Synonym: thorax
    Holonyms: torso, trunk; body
    Comeronyms: head, neck, abdomen, limbs
    She had a sudden pain in her chest.
    An anteroposterior radiograph found opacities throughout her chest.
* The front (anterior) surface of this portion of the torso.
    Holonyms: thorax; torso, trunk
    Comeronyms: back, dorsum
    He has a tattoo on his chest, and another on his upper back.
* (euphemistic) A female human's breasts.
    He avoided being seen gazing at her chest, although he dearly longed to stare.
* A hit or blow made with one's chest.
    She scored with a chest into the goal.

##### Synonyms

* (the thorax): breast
* (box): trunk

##### Derived terms

* arm-chest
* bad chest
* barrel chest
* beat one's chest
* blanket chest
* bookchest
* chestage
* chestal
* chest bag
* chest band
* chest-beating
* chest becket
* chest breather
* chest bump
* chest-bump
* chest button
* chest candy
* chest cavity
* chest cold
* chest day
* chest expander
* chestfeed
* chestfeeder
* chest freezer
* chestful
* chestguard
* chest hair
* chest-high
* chesticle
* chesticles
* chestless
* chestlike
* chestly
* chest mark
* chest melon
* chest note
* chest of drawers
* chest one's cards
* chestpad
* chest pass
* chestpiece
* chestplate
* chest press
* chest rub
* chest surgery
* chest-thumping
* chest tightness
* chest tube
* chest up
* chest voice
* chest wall
* chesty
* community chest
* coolchest
* crescentchest
* flail chest
* freeze chest
* funnel chest
* get off one's chest
* get the dirty water off one's chest
* Hadley chest
* hope chest
* ice chest
* keep one's cards close to one's chest
* medicine chest
* midchest
* modified chest thrust
* money chest
* outchested
* pie chest
* pigeon chest
* plan chest
* puff one's chest
* put hair on one's chest
* put hair on someone's chest
* sea chest
* side chest
* slop chest
* steam chest
* take off one's chest
* take something off one's chest
* tea chest
* tea chest bass
* tea chest bassist
* tool chest
* toychest
* treasure chest
* unchest
* warchest
* war chest
* water on the chest
* wedding chest
* windchest
* with one's chest

##### Translations

Afrikaans: kis (af)
Albanian: kraharor (sq) m, sënduk (sq) m, sepete (sq) f
Arabic: صُنْدُوق (ar) m (ṣundūq), صَنْدُوق (ar) m (ṣandūq)
Armenian: սնդուկ (hy) (snduk)
Azerbaijani: sandıq (az)
Bashkir: һандыҡ (handıq)
Belarusian: ку́фар m (kúfar), скры́ня f (skrýnja)
Bengali: সিন্দুক (bn) (śinduk)
Bulgarian: кути́я (bg) f (kutíja), сандъ́к (bg) m (sandǎ́k)
Catalan: arca (ca) f, cofre (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 箱 (zh) (xiāng)
Crimean Tatar: sandık
Czech: truhla (cs) f
Danish: kiste c
Dutch: kist (nl) f
Egyptian: (pds)
Esperanto: kofro, kesto (eo)
Faroese: kista f
Finnish: arkku (fi), kirstu (fi)
French: coffre (fr) m
German: Truhe (de) f, Koffer (de)
Greek: κιβώτιο (el) n (kivótio), κασόνι (el) n (kasóni), μπαούλο (el) n (baoúlo), κασέλα (el) f (kaséla), σεντούκι (el) n (sentoúki)
Ancient: κιβωτός f (kibōtós), κυψέλη f (kupsélē), (for money) ῥίσκος m (rhískos)
Hebrew: אַרְגָּז (he) m (argaz)
Hindi: संदूक़ m (sandūq), तिजोरी (hi) f (tijorī)
Hungarian: láda (hu)
Icelandic: kista (is) f
Ido: buxo (io)
Ingrian: laari
Irish: cófra m
Italian: cassa (it) f, cassapanca (it) f, cofano (it) m, baule (it) m
Karachay-Balkar: сандыкъ (sandıq)
Kazakh: сандық (sandyq)
Khmer: កែស (km) (kaeh), ហិប (km) (həp)
Kyrgyz: сандык (ky) (sandık)
Latgalian: skreine f
Latin: armarium (la) n, arca f, riscus m, scrinium n, capsula f, capsa f
Latvian: kaste f, lāde (lv) f
Lithuanian: skrynia f, dėžė (lt) f
Luxembourgish: Këscht f
Macedonian: сандак m (sandak)
Malay: peti (ms)
Maltese: senduq m
Manchu: ᡥᡳᡨᡥᡝᠨ (hithen)
Norwegian: kiste (no) m or f
Old English: ċest f
Ottoman Turkish: صندوق (sanduk, sandık)
Persian: صندوق (fa) (sanduq)
Plautdietsch: Kjist f, Lod f
Polish: kufer (pl) m, skrzynia (pl) f
Portuguese: baú (pt) m
Punjabi: ਸੰਦੂਕ (pa) (sandūk)
Quechua: p'uti
Romanian: cufăr (ro) n
Romansch: (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) chista f, (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) trucca f, (Sutsilvan) cesta f, (Surmiran) trocla f, (Surmiran) tgascha f, (Surmiran) begl m, (Puter, Vallader) chaista f, (Puter) chascha f
Russian: сунду́к (ru) m (sundúk), я́щик (ru) m (jáščik)
Scottish Gaelic: ciste f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кутија f, шкриња f, ковчег m, сандук m
Roman: kutija (sh) f, škrinja (sh) f, kovčeg (sh) m, sanduk (sh) m
Sicilian: cascia (scn) f
Slovak: debna f, truhla f
Spanish: arca (es) f, baúl (es) m, cofre (es) m
Swedish: kista (sv), koffert (sv)
Tajik: сандуқ (sanduq)
Tatar: сандык (tt) (sandıq)
Thai: หีบ (th) (hìip)
Turkish: sandık (tr), kutu (tr), kasa (tr)
Turkmen: sandyk, ýaşşik
Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎗𐎐 (ảrn)
Ukrainian: скри́ня f (skrýnja), я́щик (uk) m (jáščyk), ку́фер (uk) m (kúfer), кофр (uk) m (kofr)
Urdu: صندوق m (sandūq)
Uzbek: sandiq (uz)
Vietnamese: rương (vi), hòm (vi)
Welsh: cist f, cistiau f pl :
Afrikaans: bors (af), borskas
Albanian: gjoks (sq) m, kraharor (sq) m
Aleut: simsix̂
Arabic: صَدْر (ar) m (ṣadr)
Egyptian Arabic: صدر m (ṣedr)
Gulf Arabic: صدر m (ṣadir)
Armenian: կրծքավանդակ (hy) (krckʻavandak), կուրծք (hy) (kurckʻ)
Aromanian: cheptu (roa-rup)
Assamese: বুকু (buku)
Asturian: pechu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: köks (az), sinə (az), döş (az)
Basque: torax (eu), papar (eu)
Bau Bidayuh: soduo
Belarusian: гру́дзі f pl (hrúdzi)
Bengali: উর (bn) (ur)
Bulgarian: гръден кош m (grǎden koš)
Burmese: ရင် (my) (rang), ရင်ဘတ် (my) (rangbhat)
Catalan: pit (ca) m, tòrax (ca) m
Cebuano: dughan
Central Melanau: usuok
Chamicuro: tu'lu
Chepang: खोस्
Chichewa: chifuwa
Chinese:
Mandarin: 胸 (zh) (xiōng), 胸部 (zh) (xiōngbù), 胸膛 (zh) (xiōngtáng)
Chuvash: кӑкӑр (kăk̬ăr)
Cimbrian: bruust f, pusum m
Classical Nahuatl: ēlchiquihuitl
Coptic: ⲙⲉⲥⲧⲉⲛϩⲏⲧ f (mestenhēt), ⲥⲧⲏⲑⲟⲥ m (stēthos)
Crimean Tatar: köküs
Czech: hruď (cs) f
Danish: bryst (da) n
Dutch: borst (nl) f, torso (nl) m, thorax (nl) m, romp (nl) m
Egyptian: (šnbt)
Esperanto: brusto (eo)
Estonian: rind (et), rindkere, rinnakorv
Faroese: bringa f, bróst (fo) n
Finnish: rintakehä (fi), rinta (fi)
French: poitrine (fr) f
Friulian: pet, stomi
Galician: peito (gl) m
Georgian: მკერდი (mḳerdi)
German: Brust (de) f, Brustkorb (de) m, Thorax (de) m
Greek: στήθος (el) n (stíthos), στέρνο (el) n (stérno), θώρακας (el) m (thórakas)
Ancient: στῆθος n (stêthos)
Gujarati: છાતી (gu) f (chātī)
Haitian Creole: pòtray, lestonmak
Hebrew: חָזֶה (he) m (khaze)
Hindi: छाती (hi) f (chātī), सीना (hi) m (sīnā)
Hungarian: mellkas (hu)
Icelandic: bringa (is) f
Ido: pektoro (io), torako (io)
Indonesian: dada (id), toraks (id)
Ingrian: rinta
Interlingua: please add this translation if you can
Iranun: rareb
Irish: cliabhrach m
Istriot: pitto m
Istro-Romanian: kľeptu n
Italian: petto (it) m, torace (it) m
Ivatan: vatavat
Japanese: 胸 (ja) (むね, mune), 胸郭 (ja) (きょうかく, kyōkaku)
Karachay-Balkar: ёшюн (öşün), кёкюрек (kökürek), дордан (dordan)
Kaurna: kuntu
Kazakh: төс (tös), көкірек (kökırek)
Khiamniungan Naga: kông
Khmer: ទ្រូង (km) (truung)
Korean: 가슴 (ko) (gaseum)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سنگ (sing)
Northern Kurdish: sîng (ku) m, sing (ku) m
Kyrgyz: төш (ky) (töş), көкүрөк (ky) (kökürök)
Lao: ຫນ້າເອິກ (nā ʼœk)
Latin: pectus n
Latvian: krūtis (lv) f pl, krūškurvis
Lithuanian: krūtinė f, krūtinės ląsta f
Livonian: rīnda
Low German: Borst f
Lushootseed: sʔilidəgʷəd
Macedonian: гради f pl (gradi)
Malagasy: tratra (mg)
Malay: dada (ms), toraks
Malayalam: നെഞ്ച് (ml) (neñcŭ)
Maltese: sider m
Manchu: ᡨᡠᠩᡤᡝᠨ (tunggen)
Mandinka: sisoo
Maori: tārāuma
Marathi: छाती f (chātī)
Megleno-Romanian: kľeptu n, chiept n
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: цээж (mn) (ceež), чээж (mn) (čeež) (recently determined to be 'correct')
Mongolian: ᠴᠡᠭᠡᠵᠢ (čegeǰi)
Mwani: kifuwa
Navajo: hayid, ajéítsʼiin
Nepali: छाती (chātī)
Ngazidja Comorian: ifuɓa class 7/8
Northern Sami: raddi, radderiggi
Norwegian: brystkasse (no) m or f, bryst (no)
Occitan: pièch (oc), pitre (oc)
Ojibwe: (my chest) nikaakigan
Old English: brēost n
Ottoman Turkish: كوكرك (kökrek), اوك (ök), گوگس (göğüs), سینه (sîne), باغر (bağır)
Pennsylvania German: Bruscht f
Persian: سینه (fa) (sine), قفسه سینه (fa), بر (fa) (bar)
Pitjantjatjara: piḻpirpa
Plautdietsch: Brost f
Polabian: börsťă f
Polish: klatka piersiowa (pl) f
Portuguese: peito (pt) m, tórax (pt) m
Quechua: qhasqu
Romanian: piept (ro) n, torace (ro) n
Romansch: (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) pèz m, (Sutsilvan) péz m, (Puter, Vallader) pet m
Russian: грудь (ru) f (grudʹ), грудна́я кле́тка (ru) f (grudnája klétka)
Sanskrit: वक्षस् (sa) n (vakṣas)
Santali: ᱠᱚᱲᱟᱢ (kôṛam)
Sardinian: petus m, pettus, pettu, petorra, pettorra f, peturra, petturra, piturra, pitturra
Scottish Gaelic: broilleach m, cliabh m
Sebop: ucok
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: груди f, прса f
Roman: grudi (sh) f, prsa (sh) f
Sicilian: pettu (scn) m
Slovak: hruď (sk) f, hrudník (sk) m
Slovene: oprsje n, toraks m inan
Sotho: sefuba
Spanish: pecho (es) m, tórax (es) m
Swahili: kifua (sw)
Swedish: bröst (sv), bröstkorg (sv)
Sylheti: ꠛꠥꠇ (buk)
Tagal Murut: kuab
Tagalog: dibdib (tl)
Taos: piakə̀nénemą
Tarifit: admar m
Telugu: రొమ్ము (te) (rommu)
Thai: หน้าอก (nâa-òk)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Tocharian B: pratsāko
Turkish: göğüs (tr)
Turkmen: döş
Tuvan: хөрек (xörek)
Tày: ấc
Ukrainian: гру́ди f pl (hrúdy)
Urdu: چهاتی f (chātī)
Uyghur: كۈكرەك (kükrek)
Uzbek: koʻkrak (uz), koʻks (uz), siyna (uz)
Venetan: peto m
Vietnamese: ngực (vi)
Volapük: blöt (vo)
West Coast Bajau: derakan
White Hmong: siab
Wolof: dënn
Yakut: туөс (tuös)
Yiddish: ברוסטקאַסטן m (brustkastn)
Zhuang: aek, najaek :
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#### Verb

chest (third-person singular simple present chests, present participle chesting, simple past and past participle chested)
* To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)
** 2011 January 23, Alistair Magowan, “Blackburn 2 - 0 West Brom”, in BBC‎:Pedersen fed Kalinic in West Brom's defensive third and his chested lay-off was met on the burst by the Canadian who pelted by Tamas and smashed the ball into the top of Myhill's net.
* (transitive) To deposit in a chest.
* (transitive, obsolete) To place in a coffin.

##### Derived terms

* chest down

### Etymology 2

From Middle English chest, cheste, cheeste, cheaste, from Old English ċēast, ċēas (“strife, quarrel, quarrelling, contention, murmuring, sedition, scandal; reproof”). Related to Old Frisian kāse (“strife, contention”), Old Saxon caest (“quarrel, dispute”), Old High German kōsa (“speech, story, account”).

#### Noun

chest (plural chests)
* Debate; quarrel; strife; enmity.

### References

* ↑ Bingham, Caleb (1808) “Improprieties in Pronunciation, common among the people of New-England”, in The Child's Companion; Being a Conciſe Spelling-book […] ‎, 12th edition, Boston: Manning & Loring, →OCLC, page 74.

### Anagrams

* techs, chets, Chets, Tesch, Stech

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eccum iste (see there for cognates), from Latin eccum (“behold”) + iste (“that”). Compare Ladin chest and Romansch quest.

### Pronoun

chest m (f cheste, m pl chescj, f pl chestis)
* this

### See also

* chel

## Ladin
### Alternative forms

* chëst

### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eccum iste, from Latin eccum + iste. Compare Friulian chest, Romansch quest, Italian questo.

### Adjective

chest m (feminine singular chesta, masculine plural chisc, feminine plural chestes)
* this
* (in the plural) these

## Lombard
### Alternative forms

* cuest (formal variant)
* quest (Western orthography)

### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eccum iste, from Latin eccum (deictic) +‎ iste (“that”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkest/
** IPA: [ˈkɛs(t)], [ˈkes(t)]

#### Usage notes

When followed by a word starting with consonant, it's often pronounced without the ending /t/.

### Determiner

chest m (feminine singular chesta, masculine plural chestj, feminine plural cheste)
* this

### Pronoun

chest m (feminine singular chesta, masculine plural chestj, feminine plural cheste)
* this
* this one

### Synonyms

* chell chí, cuell chí

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English ċeast, ceas (“quarrel, strife”).

#### Alternative forms

* cheste, cheeste, cheaste, chyaste, chast

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃɛːst/
* Rhymes: -ɛːst

#### Noun

chest (plural chestes)
* fighting, strife, battle
* quarrelling, disputation
** c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II:And þe Erldome of enuye · and wratthe togideres / With þe chastelet of chest · and chateryng oute of resoun.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (rare) turmoil, discord

##### Descendants

* English: chest

##### References

* “chēst, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-26.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

chest
* Alternative form of geste (“tale”)

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

chest
* Alternative form of cheste (“chest”)

## Old French
### Adjective

chest m (oblique and nominative feminine singular cheste)
* Picardy form of cist

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /χɛst/

### Verb

chest
* Aspirate mutation of cest.

### Mutation

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