breastbone

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From Middle English brust-bon, brestbon, from Old English brēostbān (“breastbone”), equivalent to breast + bone.

76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: borsbeen — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Arabic: قَصّ (qaṣṣ) — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Arabic: قص (qaṣṣ) — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Armenian: կրծոսկր (krcoskr) — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Asturian: esternón — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Bengali: বক্ষাস্থি (bokkhasthi) — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Bulgarian: гръдна кост (grǎdna kost) — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Catalan: estern — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Catalan: estèrnum — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Cebuano: pitso — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Chinese Cantonese: 胸骨 — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Chinese Mandarin: 胸骨 (xiōnggǔ) — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Czech: hrudní kost — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Dhivehi: އުރަމަތީ ކަށިގަނޑު (uramatī kaṣiganḍu) — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Dutch: borstbeen — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Esperanto: sternumo — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Estonian: rinnak — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Finnish: rintalasta — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• French: sternum — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Galician: esterno — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• German: Brustbein — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• German: Sternum — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Ancient Greek: στέρνον (stérnon) — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Gujarati: ઉરોસ્થિ (urosthi) — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Gujarati: છાતીનું હાડકું (chātīnũ hāḍkũ) — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Hebrew: עצם החזה (etzem ha'khaze) — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Hebrew: מַפְתֵּחַ הַלֵּב (mafteáẖ hallév) — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Hindi: उरोस्थि (urosthi) — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Hungarian: szegycsont — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Hungarian: mellcsont — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Icelandic: bringubein — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Icelandic: brjóstbein — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Indonesian: tulang dada — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Indonesian: sternum — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Indonesian: tulang rawan — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Ingrian: rintaluu — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Irish: cnámh uchta — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Irish: steirneam — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Italian: sterno — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Japanese: 胸骨 (kyōkotsu) — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Kaurna: kuntuwarpu — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Korean: 가슴뼈 (gaseumppyeo) — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Northern Kurdish: hestiyê sîngê — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Latin: sternum — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Lithuanian: krūtinkaulis — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Malay: tulang dada — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Malay: sternum — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Malay: tulang papan — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Malay: tulang rimau menangis — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Malay: tulang rawan — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Māori: whaturei — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Marathi: छातीचे हाड (chātīce hāḍ) — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Marathi: उरोस्थी (urosthī) — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Central Melanau: tujou — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Motu: abagoro — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Khiamniungan Naga: sākìk — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Old English: brēostbān — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Persian: جناغ (jenâġ) — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Plautdietsch: Brostknoaken — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Polish: mostek — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Portuguese: esterno — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Russian: груди́на (grudína) — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Russian: грудна́я кость (grudnája kostʹ) — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Scots: breestbane — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Scottish Gaelic: cnàimh a' chlèibh — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Slovak: hrudná kosť — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Slovene: pŕsnica — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Spanish: esternón — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Swedish: bröstben — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Tagalog: butundibdib — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Telugu: ఉరోస్థి (urōsthi) — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Turkish: göğüs kemiği — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Turkish: sternum — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Turkish: iman tahtası — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Vietnamese: xương ức — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
• Welsh: asgwrn dwyfron — the central narrow bone in the front of the chest