poitrine

English

Etymology

French poitrine

Noun

poitrine (plural poitrines)

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

Anagrams

pointier

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pwa.tʁin/
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Noun

poitrine f (plural poitrines)

chest (of body)
breast (of body)
breast (of poultry, as meat)

Related terms

See also

sein

Further reading

“poitrine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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