chest

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Etymology

Old English ċest ‘box’, from Germanic *kistā, from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη ‘chest, box, basket, hamper’. Cognates from Germanic include Dutch kist, German Kiste.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʧɛst/, SAMPA: /tSEst/

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• Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

chest (plural chests)

1. A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.

   The clothes are kept in a chest.

2. (obsolete) A coffin.
3. The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.

   You can take the money from the chest.

4. A chest of drawers.
5. (anatomy) The portion of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the thorax. Also the analogous area in other animals.

   She had a sudden pain in her chest.

6. A hit or blow made with one's chest (front of the body)

   He scored with a chest into the goal.

Synonyms

• (the thorax): breast
• (box): trunk

Derived terms

bad chest chest cavity chest cold chestless chestlike chest of drawers chest pass chestnut

chest wall chesty get off one’s chest hope chest keep one's cards close to one's chest treasure chest war chest

Translations

strong box

Albanian: kraharor (sq) Armenian: սնդուկ (hy) (snduk) Bosnian: kutija (bs) f. Bulgarian: кутия (bg) f. Chinese: 箱 (xiāng) Croatian: škrinja (hr) f. Czech: truhla (cs) f. Dutch: kist (nl) f. Finnish: arkku (fi), kirstu (fi) French: coffre (fr) m. German: Truhe (de) f. Greek: κιβώτιο (civótio) n., κασόνι (kasóni) n., μπαούλο (baúlo) n., κασέλα (kaséla) f., σεντούκι (se[n]dúci) n. Hungarian: láda (hu) Icelandic: kista (is) f. Italian: cassa (it), cassapanca (it) Latvian: kaste (lv) f., lāde (lv) f. Lithuanian: skrynia (lt) f., dėžė (lt) f.

Luxembourgish: Këscht (lb) f. Norwegian: kiste (no) Old English: ċest (ang) f. Polish: kufer (pl) m., skrzynia (pl) f. Portuguese: baú (pt) m. Romansch: (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) chista (rm) f., (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) trucca (rm) f., (Sutsilvan) cesta (rm) f., (Surmiran) trocla (rm) f., (Surmiran) tgascha (rm) f., (Surmiran) begl (rm) m., (Puter, Vallader) chaista (rm) f., (Puter) chascha (rm) f. Russian: сундук (sundúk) m.; ящик (jáščik) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: кутија f., шкриња f., ковчег m. Roman: kutija f., škrinja f., kovčeg m. Sicilian: cascia f. Slovak: debna f., truhla f. Spanish: arca (es) f., baúl (es) m. Swahili: kifua (sw) Swedish: kista (sv), koffert (sv) Turkish: sandık (tr), kutu (tr), kasa (tr)

coffin

Armenian: դագաղ (hy) (dagaġ) Bulgarian: сандък (bg) m. Greek: φέρετρο (el) (féretro) n., κάσα (el) f. Italian: cassa da morto (it), bara (it) Norwegian: kiste (no)

Polish: trumna (pl) f. Sicilian: tabbutu m., casc'e mottu f. Swahili: kifua (sw) Swedish: kista (sv) Turkish: tabut (tr)

treasury

Armenian: գանձարան (hy) (ganjaran) Bulgarian: съкровищница (bg) m. Finnish: ruumisarkku (fi), arkku (fi) German: Kasse (de) f. Italian: fondi (it) pl., cassa (it), tesoro (it)

Norwegian: kasse (no) Polish: fundusz m. Spanish: caja (es) f. Swahili: kifua (sw) Swedish: kassa (sv)

chest of drawers

Armenian: դարակ (hy) (darak) Bulgarian: скрин (bg) m. Finnish: lipasto (fi) German: Kommode (de) f. Icelandic: kommóða (is) f. Italian: cassettone (it), comò (it) Latvian: kumode (lv) f. Lithuanian: komoda (lt) f.

Norwegian: kommode (no) m. Polish: komoda (pl) f. Portuguese: cômoda (pt) f. Russian: комод (ru) (komód) m. Sicilian: cascittuni m. Spanish: cómoda (es) f. Swahili: kifua (sw) Swedish: byrå (sv), kommod (sv)

thorax

Afrikaans: bors (af) Albanian: gjoks (sq) m. Arabic: صدر (ar) (Sadr) m. Armenian: կրծքավանդակ (hy) (krçk’avandak), կուրծք (hy) (kurçk’) Basque: torax (eu) Bosnian: grudi (bs) f. Bulgarian: гръден кош (bg) m. Catalan: tòrax (ca) m. Chamicuro: tu'lu Chinese: Mandarin: 胸 (cmn) (xiōng), 胸部 (cmn) (xiōngbù), 胸膛 (cmn) (xiōngtáng) Croatian: prsa (hr) f. Czech: hruď (cs) f. Dutch: romp (nl) m., torso (nl) m., thorax (nl) m., borst (nl) f. Esperanto: brusto (eo) Finnish: rinta (fi), rintakehä (fi) French: poitrine (fr) f. German: Brust (de) f. Greek: στήθος (el) (stíthos) n., στέρνο (el) (stérno) n., θώρακας (el) (thórakas) m. Hebrew: חזה (khaze) m. Hungarian: mellkas (hu) Icelandic: bringa (is) f. Ido: please add this translation if you can Interlingua: please add this translation if you can Italian: petto (it) m., torace (it), polmoni (it) pl. Japanese: 胸 (ja) (むね, mune), 胸郭 (ja) (きょうかく, kyōkaku) Kurdish: Sorani: سنگ (ku) (sing)

Latin: pectus (la) m. Latvian: krūškurvis (lv) Lithuanian: krūtinė (lt) f., krūtinės ląsta (lt) f. Mandinka: sisoo Norwegian: brystkasse (no) Occitan: please add this translation if you can Persian: سینه (fa), قفسه سینه (fa) Polish: klatka piersiowa (pl) f. Portuguese: tórax (pt) m., peito (pt) m. Romanian: torace (ro) n. Romansch: (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) pèz (rm) m., (Sutsilvan) péz (rm) m., (Puter, Vallader) pet (rm) m. Russian: грудь (ru) (grud’) f., грудная клетка (ru) (grudnája klétka) f. Scottish Gaelic: broilleach (gd) m., cliabh (gd) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: груди f., прса f. Roman: grudi f., prsa f. Sicilian: pettu m. Slovak: hruď (sk) f., hrudník (sk) m. Slovene: oprsje (sl) n., toraks (sl) m. Sotho: sefuba (st) Spanish: pecho (es) m. Swahili: kifua (sw) Swedish: bröst (sv), bröstkorg (sv) Tagalog: dibdib Taos: piakə̀nénemą Telugu: రొమ్ము (te) (rommu) Turkish: göğüs (tr) Volapük: blöt (vo)

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Latin: pectus n. Slovak: bielizník (sk) m.

Verb

chest (third-person singular simple present chests, present participle chesting, simple past and past participle chested)

1. To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)
   • 2011 January 23, Alistair Magowan, “Blackburn 2 - 0 West Brom”, 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.

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Adjective

chest m.

1. (Picardy) Alternative form of cist.