brisket

English

Etymology

Middle English brusket, probably from Old Norse / Old Danish bryske ‘cartilage, gristle’ (modern brusk), from Proto-Germanic *breuskiz (compare German Brausche ‘knot on the head’), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreus- ‘to break’. More at bruise.

Noun

Wikipedia

brisket ‎(plural briskets)

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

Translations

the chest of an animal

• 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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: klapstuk (nl) n
• Finnish: rintapala (fi), rinta (fi)
• French: poitrine (fr) f
• German: Bruststück n
• Norman: brueûtchet m (Jersey)

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