bosom

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• Canada, UK, US: /ˈbʊz(ə)m/
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• Canada, UK, US: /ˈbʌz(ə)m/
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From Middle English bosom, bosum, from Old English bōsm, from Proto-West Germanic *bōsm, from Proto-Germanic *bōsmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bhewH- (“to swell, bend, curve”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bossem, Bousem (“bosom”), West Frisian boezem (“bosom”), Dutch boezem (“bosom”), German Busen (“bosom”). Related also to Albanian buzë (“lip”), Greek βυζί (vyzí, “breast”), Romanian buză (“lip”), Irish bus (“lip”), and Latin bucca (“cheek”).

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• French: intime — in a very close relationship
• Galician: íntimo — in a very close relationship
• German: Busen — in a very close relationship
• German: Brust — in a very close relationship
• Italian: intimo — in a very close relationship
• Polish: bliski — in a very close relationship
• Russian: бли́зкий (blízkij) — in a very close relationship
• Russian: инти́мный (intímnyj) — in a very close relationship
• Southern Altai: койын (koyïn) — chest, breast
• Arabic: ثَدْي (ṯady) — chest, breast
• Arabic: صدر (ṣedr) — chest, breast
• Armenian: կուրծք (kurckʻ) — chest, breast
• Armenian: ծոց (cocʻ) — chest, breast
• Bulgarian: гърди (gǎrdi) — chest, breast
• Bulgarian: пазва (pazva) — chest, breast
• Chinese Mandarin: 胸部 (xiōngbù) — chest, breast
• Chinese Mandarin: 乳房 (rǔfáng) — chest, breast
• Czech: poprsí — chest, breast
• Dutch: boezem — chest, breast
• Faroese: barmur — chest, breast
• Finnish: povi — chest, breast
• Finnish: rinta — chest, breast
• French: sein — chest, breast
• Galician: seo — chest, breast
• German: Busen — chest, breast
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃 (barms) — chest, breast
• Greek: στήθος (stíthos) — chest, breast
• Hindi: स्तन (stan) — chest, breast
• Hungarian: kebel — chest, breast
• Hungarian: mell — chest, breast
• Icelandic: barmur — chest, breast
• Ingrian: seslä — chest, breast
• Ingrian: povvi — chest, breast
• Irish: broinne — chest, breast
• Italian: seno — chest, breast
• Japanese: 胸 (mune) — chest, breast
• Korean: 가슴 (gaseum) — chest, breast
• Latin: sinus — chest, breast
• Macedonian: града (grada) — chest, breast
• Macedonian: гради (gradi) — chest, breast
• Māori: ateate — chest, breast
• Māori: ateatenga — chest, breast
• Māori: poho — chest, breast
• Māori: uma — chest, breast
• Nahuatl: chichihualli — chest, breast
• Classical Nahuatl: ēlchiquihuitl — chest, breast
• Norwegian: barm — chest, breast
• Plautdietsch: Bossem — chest, breast
• Plautdietsch: Brost — chest, breast
• Portuguese: seio — chest, breast
• Russian: грудь (grudʹ) — chest, breast
• Russian: па́зуха (pázuxa) — chest, breast
• Scottish Gaelic: broilleach — chest, breast
• Scottish Gaelic: uchd — chest, breast
• Serbo-Croatian: недра — chest, breast
• Serbo-Croatian: прса — chest, breast
• Serbo-Croatian: nedra — chest, breast
• Serbo-Croatian: prsa — chest, breast
• Slovene: prsi — chest, breast
• Slovene: prsa — chest, breast
• Slovene: nedra — chest, breast
• Spanish: seno — chest, breast
• Spanish: pechera — chest, breast
• Spanish: busto — chest, breast
• Swedish: byst — chest, breast
• Swedish: barm — chest, breast
• Tamil: மார்பு (mārpu) — chest, breast
• Telugu: రొమ్ము (rommu) — chest, breast
• Turkish: koyun — chest, breast
• Ottoman Turkish: گوگس (göğüs) — chest, breast
• Ottoman Turkish: باغر (bağır) — chest, breast
• Ottoman Turkish: قوین (koyn) — chest, breast
• Ukrainian: груди (hrudy) — chest, breast
• Ukrainian: пазуха (pazuxa) — chest, breast
• Volapük: blöt — chest, breast
• Finnish: sydän — seat of one's inner thoughts
• Azerbaijani: qucaq — protected inner part
• Finnish: sisin — protected inner part
• Finnish: syli — protected inner part
• Greek: αγκαλιά (agkaliá) — protected inner part
• Italian: intimità — protected inner part
• Italian: seno — protected inner part
• Finnish: miehusta — part of a dress etc. covering the chest; neckline
• Ottoman Turkish: قوین (koyn) — part of a dress etc. covering the chest; neckline
• Finnish: povi — woman's breast(s)
• Finnish: rinta — woman's breast(s)
• Hindi: स्तन (stan) — woman's breast(s)
• Spanish: tetaje — woman's breast(s)
• Spanish: tetamen — woman's breast(s)
• Spanish: pechamen — woman's breast(s)
• Finnish: syli — any thing or place resembling the breast