poitrine

English

Etymology

French poitrine

Noun

poitrine (plural poitrines)

1. (historical) The breastplate of a knight's armour.

Anagrams

• pointier

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French

Etymology

From Old French peitrine, from Vulgar Latin *pectorīna from the Classical Latin pectus. Gradually replaced pis, now meaning udder. Compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish pretina (“waistband”), which is cognate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pwa.tʁin/

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Noun

poitrine f (plural poitrines)

1. chest (of body)
2. breast (of body)
3. breast (of poultry, as meat)

Related terms

• expectorer
• pectoral
• pis
• poitrail

See also

• sein

Further reading

• “poitrine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.