bryst

== Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse brjóst, from Proto-Germanic *breustą n (“breast, chest”), cognate with Swedish bröst, English breast. Related to *brusts f (“breast, chest”), in German Brust, Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍃 (brusts). Derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /brøsd/, [ˈb̥ʁœsd̥] === Noun === bryst n (singular definite brystet, plural indefinite bryster) (uncountable) chest, breast breast (either of the two fleshy organs on the front of a woman's (or sometimes a man's) chest) Synonyms: babser, jader, forlygter, nødder ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == 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) (anatomy) a chest ha hår på brystet - have a hairy chest (anatomy) a breast (of a woman) ==== Synonyms ==== pupp (woman's breast) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “bryst” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === brjost (non-standard since 1938) brøst (dialectal) === 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) (anatomy) a chest (anatomy) a breast (of a woman) ==== Synonyms ==== bringe (chest) pupp (woman's breast) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “bryst” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Swedish == === Alternative forms === ᛒᚱᛦᛋᛏ === Etymology === From Old Norse brjóst, from Proto-Germanic *breustą. === Noun === bryst n breast ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: bröst