brisket

English

Etymology

From Middle English brusket, probably from Old Danish bryske (“cartilage, gristle”), from Old Norse brjósk, from Proto-Germanic *briuskiz (compare German Brausche (“knot on the head”)). Doublet of bruise. Cognate with Danish brusk, Icelandic brjósk.

Noun

brisket (countable and uncountable, plural briskets)

1. The chest of an animal
2. A cut of meat taken from the chest, especially from the section under the first five ribs

Translations

the chest of an animal

• Bashkir: түш (tüš)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胸部 (zh) (xiōngbù), 胸肉 (zh) (xiōngròu)

• Finnish: rinta (fi), rintakehä (fi)
• French: poitrine (fr) f, poitrail (fr) m
• German: Brust (de) f
• Portuguese: peito (pt) m

• Russian: груди́нка (ru) f (grudínka)
• Spanish: pecho (es)
• Swedish: bringa (sv) c
• Volapük: blöt (vo)
• Yiddish: ברוסט‎ f (brust)

a cut of meat from an animal chest

• Bashkir: түш ите (tüš ite)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腩 (zh) 块 (nán) (Only commonly for beef [牛腩])

• Czech: bůček (cs) m
• Danish: spidsbryst n
• Dutch: klapstuk (nl) n
• Finnish: rintapala (fi), rinta (fi)
• French: poitrine (fr) f
• German: Bruststück n
• Korean: 양지머리 (yangjimeori)

• Norman: brueûtchet m (Jersey)
• Portuguese: peito (pt) m
• Russian: грудинка (ru) (grudinka)
• Spanish: falda (es)
• Swedish: bringa (sv) c
• Volapük: blöted
• Yiddish: ברוסט‎ f (brust)

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