bryst

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse brjóst, from Proto-Germanic *breustą (breast, chest), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (to swell).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brøst/, [b̥ʁœ̞sd̥]

Noun

bryst n (singular definite brystet, plural indefinite bryster)

  1. (uncountable) chest, breast
  2. breast (either of the two fleshy organs on the front of a woman's (or sometimes a man's) chest)

Inflection


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse brjóst, from Proto-Germanic *breustą (breast, chest), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (to swell).

Noun

bryst n (definite singular brystet, indefinite plural bryst or bryster, definite plural brysta or brystene)

  1. (anatomy) a chest
    ha hår på brystet - have a hairy chest
  2. (anatomy) a breast (of a woman)

Synonyms

  • pupp (woman's breast)

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse brjóst, from Proto-Germanic *breustą (breast, chest), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (to swell).

Noun

bryst n (definite singular brystet, indefinite plural bryst, definite plural brysta)

  1. (anatomy) a chest
  2. (anatomy) a breast (of a woman)

Synonyms

  • pupp (woman's breast)

Derived terms

References


Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse brjóst, from Proto-Germanic *breustą.

Noun

bryst n

  1. breast

Declension

Descendants

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