chest

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛst/ (Scotland, dialectal, obsolete) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪst/ Rhymes: -ɛst === Etymology 1 === From Middle English cheste, chiste, from Old English ċest, ċist (“chest, casket; coffin; rush basket; box”), from Proto-West Germanic *kistu (“chest, box”), from Latin cista (“chest, box”), from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “chest, box, basket, hamper”). ==== Alternative forms ==== chist (obsolete) ==== Noun ==== chest (plural chests) A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid. (obsolete) A coffin. The place in which public money is kept; a treasury. A chest of drawers. (anatomy) The portion of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the homologous area in some other animals. Hypernym: thorax (synonymous in humans and some other animals) Holonyms: torso, trunk < body Comeronyms: head, neck, abdomen, limbs The front (anterior) surface of this portion of the torso. Holonyms: thorax; torso, trunk Comeronyms: back, dorsum (euphemistic) A female human's breasts. A hit or blow made with one's chest. ===== Synonyms ===== (the thorax): breast (box): trunk ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== chest (third-person singular simple present chests, present participle chesting, simple past and past participle chested) To hit with one's chest (front of one's body) (transitive) To deposit in a chest. (transitive, obsolete) To place in a coffin. (transitive, Africa) To handle, deal with. ===== Derived terms ===== chest down === Etymology 2 === From Middle English chest, cheste, cheeste, cheaste, from Old English ċēast, ċēas (“strife, quarrel, quarrelling, contention, murmuring, sedition, scandal; reproof”). Related to Old Frisian kāse (“strife, contention”), Old Saxon caest (“quarrel, dispute”), Old High German kōsa (“speech, story, account”). ==== Noun ==== chest (plural chests) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) Debate; quarrel; strife; enmity. === References === === Anagrams === techs, chets, Chets, Tesch, Stech == Friulian == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *eccum iste (see there for cognates), from Latin eccum (“behold”) + iste (“that”). Compare Ladin chest and Romansh quest. === Pronoun === chest m (f cheste, m pl chescj, f pl chestis) this === See also === chel == Ladin == === Alternative forms === chëst === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *eccum iste, from Latin eccum + iste. Compare Friulian chest, Romansh quest, Italian questo. === Adjective === chest m (feminine singular chesta, masculine plural chisc, feminine plural chestes) this (in the plural) these == Lombard == === Alternative forms === cuest (formal variant) quest (Western orthography) === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *eccum iste, from Latin eccum (deictic) +‎ iste (“that”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkest/ IPA(key): [ˈkɛs(t)], [ˈkes(t)] ==== Usage notes ==== When followed by a word starting with consonant, it's often pronounced without the ending /t/. === Determiner === chest m (feminine singular chesta, masculine plural chestj, feminine plural cheste) this === Pronoun === chest m (feminine singular chesta, masculine plural chestj, feminine plural cheste) this this one === Synonyms === chell chí, cuell chí == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== chest alternative form of cheste (“discord”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== chest alternative form of cheste (“chest”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== chest alternative form of geste (“tale”) == Old French == === Adjective === chest m (oblique and nominative feminine singular cheste) Picard form of cist == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /χɛst/ === Verb === chest aspirate mutation of cest === Mutation ===