chest

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Shortened form of Chester taking all the letters of the first syllable and the first consonant of the second syllable.

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”).

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”).

450 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kis — strong box
• Albanian: kraharor — strong box
• Albanian: sënduk — strong box
• Albanian: sepete — strong box
• Arabic: صُنْدُوق m or صَنْدُوق (ṣundūq) — strong box
• Armenian: սնդուկ (snduk) — strong box
• Azerbaijani: sandıq — strong box
• Bashkir: һандыҡ (handıq) — strong box
• Belarusian: ку́фар (kúfar) — strong box
• Belarusian: скры́ня (skrýnja) — strong box
• Bengali: সিন্দুক (śinduk) — strong box
• Bulgarian: кути́я (kutíja) — strong box
• Bulgarian: сандъ́к (sandǎ́k) — strong box
• Catalan: arca — strong box
• Catalan: cofre — strong box
• Chinese Mandarin: 箱 (xiāng) — strong box
• Crimean Tatar: sandık — strong box
• Czech: truhla — strong box
• Danish: kiste — strong box
• Dutch: kist — strong box
• Egyptian: p:d-s-rd-xt (pds) — strong box
• Esperanto: kofro — strong box
• Esperanto: kesto — strong box
• Faroese: kista — strong box
• Finnish: arkku — strong box
• Finnish: kirstu — strong box
• French: coffre — strong box
• German: Truhe — strong box
• German: Koffer — strong box
• Greek: κιβώτιο (kivótio) — strong box
• Greek: κασόνι (kasóni) — strong box
• Greek: μπαούλο (baoúlo) — strong box
• Greek: κασέλα (kaséla) — strong box
• Greek: σεντούκι (sentoúki) — strong box
• Ancient Greek: κιβωτός (kibōtós) — strong box
• Ancient Greek: κυψέλη (kupsélē) — strong box
• Ancient Greek: ῥίσκος (rhískos) — strong box
• Hebrew: אַרְגָּז (argáz) — strong box
• Hindi: संदूक़ (sandūq) — strong box
• Hindi: तिजोरी (tijorī) — strong box
• Hungarian: láda — strong box
• Icelandic: kista — strong box
• Ido: buxo — strong box
• Ingrian: laari — strong box
• Irish: cófra — strong box
• Italian: cassa — strong box
• Italian: cassapanca — strong box
• Italian: cofano — strong box
• Italian: baule — strong box
• Karachay-Balkar: сандыкъ (sandıq) — strong box
• Kazakh: сандық (sandyq) — strong box
• Khmer: កែស (kaeh) — strong box
• Khmer: ហិប (həp) — strong box
• Kyrgyz: сандык (sandık) — strong box
• Latgalian: skreine — strong box
• Latin: armarium — strong box
• Latin: arca — strong box
• Latin: riscus — strong box
• Latin: scrinium — strong box
• Latin: capsula — strong box
• Latin: capsa — strong box
• Latvian: kaste — strong box
• Latvian: lāde — strong box
• Lithuanian: skrynia — strong box
• Lithuanian: dėžė — strong box
• Luxembourgish: Këscht — strong box
• Macedonian: сандак (sandak) — strong box
• Malay: peti — strong box
• Maltese: senduq — strong box
• Manchu: ᡥᡳᡨᡥᡝᠨ (hithen) — strong box
• Norwegian Bokmål: kiste — strong box
• Old English: ċest — strong box
• Dari: صَنْدُوق (sandūq) — strong box
• Iranian Persian: صَنْدوق (sanduġ) — strong box
• Plautdietsch: Kjist — strong box
• Plautdietsch: Lod — strong box
• Pohnpeian: kohpwa — strong box
• Polish: kufer — strong box
• Polish: skrzynia — strong box
• Portuguese: baú — strong box
• Punjabi: ਸੰਦੂਕ (sandūk) — strong box
• Quechua: p'uti — strong box
• Romanian: cufăr — strong box
• Romansh: chista — strong box
• Romansh: trucca — strong box
• Romansh: cesta — strong box
• Romansh: trocla — strong box
• Romansh: tgascha — strong box
• Romansh: begl — strong box
• Romansh: chaista — strong box
• Romansh: chascha — strong box
• Russian: сунду́к (sundúk) — strong box
• Russian: я́щик (jáščik) — strong box
• Scottish Gaelic: ciste — strong box
• Serbo-Croatian: ку̀тија — strong box
• Serbo-Croatian: шкри̏ња — strong box
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̀вчег — strong box
• Serbo-Croatian: са̀ндук — strong box
• Serbo-Croatian: kùtija — strong box
• Serbo-Croatian: škrȉnja — strong box
• Serbo-Croatian: kòvčeg — strong box
• Serbo-Croatian: sànduk — strong box
• Sicilian: cascia — strong box
• Slovak: debna — strong box
• Slovak: truhla — strong box
• Spanish: arca — strong box
• Spanish: baúl — strong box
• Spanish: cofre — strong box
• Swedish: kista — strong box
• Swedish: koffert — strong box
• Tajik: сандуқ (sanduq) — strong box
• Tatar: сандык (sandıq) — strong box
• Thai: หีบ (hìip) — strong box
• Turkish: sandık — strong box
• Turkish: kutu — strong box
• Turkish: kasa — strong box
• Ottoman Turkish: صندوق (sanduk, sandık) — strong box
• Turkmen: sandyk — strong box
• Turkmen: ýaşşik — strong box
• Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎗𐎐 (ảrn) — strong box
• Ukrainian: скри́ня (skrýnja) — strong box
• Ukrainian: я́щик (jáščyk) — strong box
• Ukrainian: ку́фер (kúfer) — strong box
• Ukrainian: кофр (kofr) — strong box
• Unami: sikaxkw — strong box
• Urdu: صَنْدُوق (sandūq) — strong box
• Uzbek: sandiq — strong box
• Vietnamese: rương — strong box
• Vietnamese: hòm — strong box
• Welsh: cist — strong box
• Arabic: خَزِينَة (ḵazīna) — treasury
• Armenian: գանձարան (ganjaran) — treasury
• Belarusian: ска́рбніца (skárbnica) — treasury
• Bulgarian: съкро́вищница (sǎkróvištnica) — treasury
• Chinese Mandarin: 金庫 /金库 (jīnkù) — treasury
• Finnish: kassakirstu — treasury
• Finnish: kassa — treasury
• Finnish: kirstu — treasury
• German: Kasse — treasury
• Hebrew: אוצר (otsár) — treasury
• Hindi: तिजोरी (tijorī) — treasury
• Italian: fondi — treasury
• Italian: cassa — treasury
• Italian: tesoro — treasury
• Japanese: 金庫 (kinko) — treasury
• Korean: 금고 (geumgo) — treasury
• Norwegian Bokmål: kasse — treasury
• Old English: arabe — treasury
• Dari: گَنْجِینَه (ganjīna) — treasury
• Iranian Persian: گَنْجینِه (ganjine) — treasury
• Polish: fundusz — treasury
• Polish: skarbnica — treasury
• Polish: skarbiec — treasury
• Russian: сокро́вищница (sokróviščnica) — treasury
• Scottish Gaelic: òir-chiste — treasury
• Spanish: caja — treasury
• Swahili: kifua — treasury
• Swedish: kassa — treasury
• Ukrainian: скарбни́ця (skarbnýcja) — treasury
• Albanian: komodinë — chest of drawers
• Arabic: كُمُودِينُو (kumūdīnū) — chest of drawers
• Arabic: أَدْرَاجِيَّة (ʔadrājiyya) — chest of drawers
• Armenian: դարակ (darak) — chest of drawers
• Armenian: կոմոդ (komod) — chest of drawers
• Asturian: cómoda — chest of drawers
• Belarusian: камо́да (kamóda) — chest of drawers
• Bulgarian: скрин (skrin) — chest of drawers
• Bulgarian: комо́д (komód) — chest of drawers
• Chinese Mandarin: 五斗櫃 /五斗柜 (wǔdǒuguì) — chest of drawers
• Chinese Mandarin: 抽屜櫃 /抽屉柜 (chōutiguì) — chest of drawers
• Czech: komoda — chest of drawers
• Estonian: kummut — chest of drawers
• Finnish: lipasto — chest of drawers
• Finnish: piironki — chest of drawers
• French: commode — chest of drawers
• French: chiffonnier — chest of drawers
• Galician: cómoda — chest of drawers
• Georgian: კომოდი (ḳomodi) — chest of drawers
• German: Kommode — chest of drawers
• Greek: συρταριέρα (syrtariéra) — chest of drawers
• Greek: σιφονιέρα (sifoniéra) — chest of drawers
• Greek: κομός (komós) — chest of drawers
• Hebrew: כּוֹנָנִית (konanít) — chest of drawers
• Hebrew: ארון מגירות (arón megerót) — chest of drawers
• Hebrew: שידה — chest of drawers
• Hebrew: שִׁדָּה (shidá) — chest of drawers
• Hungarian: komód — chest of drawers
• Icelandic: kommóða — chest of drawers
• Italian: cassettone — chest of drawers
• Italian: comò — chest of drawers
• Japanese: 箪笥 (tansu) — chest of drawers
• Korean: 서랍장 (seorapjang) — chest of drawers
• Latvian: kumode — chest of drawers
• Latvian: veļas skapis — chest of drawers
• Lithuanian: komoda — chest of drawers
• Macedonian: комо́да (komóda) — chest of drawers
• Norwegian Bokmål: kommode — chest of drawers
• Iranian Persian: کُمُدِ کِشودار (komod-e kešudâr) — chest of drawers
• Iranian Persian: دِراوَر (derâvar) — chest of drawers
• Polish: komoda — chest of drawers
• Portuguese: cômoda — chest of drawers
• Romanian: comodă — chest of drawers
• Russian: комо́д (komód) — chest of drawers
• Russian: шифонье́р (šifonʹjér) — chest of drawers
• Scottish Gaelic: ciste — chest of drawers
• Serbo-Croatian: комо́да — chest of drawers
• Serbo-Croatian: komóda — chest of drawers
• Sicilian: cascittuni — chest of drawers
• Slovak: bielizník — chest of drawers
• Slovak: komoda — chest of drawers
• Slovene: komoda — chest of drawers
• Spanish: cómoda — chest of drawers
• Swahili: kifua — chest of drawers
• Swedish: byrå — chest of drawers
• Swedish: kommod — chest of drawers
• Turkish: şifonyer — chest of drawers
• Ukrainian: комо́д (komód) — chest of drawers
• Ukrainian: комо́да (komóda) — chest of drawers
• Yiddish: קאַמאָד (kamod) — chest of drawers
• Afrikaans: bors — thorax
• Afrikaans: borskas — thorax
• Albanian: gjoks — thorax
• Albanian: kraharor — thorax
• Aleut: simsix̂ — thorax
• Chungli Ao: teku — thorax
• Arabic: صَدْر (ṣadr) — thorax
• Arabic: صدر (ṣedr) — thorax
• Arabic: صدر (ṣadir) — thorax
• Armenian: կրծքավանդակ (krckʻavandak) — thorax
• Armenian: կուրծք (kurckʻ) — thorax
• Aromanian: cheptu (roa-rup) — thorax
• Assamese: বুকু (buku) — thorax
• Asturian: pechu — thorax
• Azerbaijani: köks — thorax
• Azerbaijani: sinə — thorax
• Azerbaijani: döş — thorax
• West Coast Bajau: derakan — thorax
• Basque: torax — thorax
• Basque: papar — thorax
• Belarusian: гру́дзі (hrúdzi) — thorax
• Belarusian: грудна́я кле́тка (hrudnája kljétka) — thorax
• Bengali: উর (ur) — thorax
• Bau Bidayuh: soduo — thorax
• Bulgarian: гръ́ден кош (grǎ́den koš) — thorax
• Bulgarian: гръд (grǎd) — thorax
• Burmese: ရင် (rang) — thorax
• Burmese: ရင်ဘတ် (rangbhat) — thorax
• Catalan: pit — thorax
• Catalan: tòrax — thorax
• Cebuano: dughan — thorax
• Chamicuro: tu'lu — thorax
• Chepang: खोस् — thorax
• Chichewa: chifuwa — thorax
• Chinese Mandarin: 胸 (xiōng) — thorax
• Chinese Mandarin: 胸部 (xiōngbù) — thorax
• Chinese Mandarin: 胸膛 (xiōngtáng) — thorax
• Chuvash: кӑкӑр (kăk̬ăr) — thorax
• Cimbrian: bruust — thorax
• Cimbrian: pusum — thorax
• Ngazidja Comorian: ifuɓa — thorax
• Coptic: ⲙⲉⲥⲧⲉⲛϩⲏⲧ (mestenhēt) — thorax
• Coptic: ⲥⲧⲏⲑⲟⲥ (stēthos) — thorax
• Crimean Tatar: köküs — thorax
• Czech: hruď — thorax
• Danish: bryst — thorax
• Dutch: borst — thorax
• Dutch: torso — thorax
• Dutch: thorax — thorax
• Dutch: romp — thorax
• Egyptian: sS:n-b-t:F51 (šnbt) — thorax
• Esperanto: brusto — thorax
• Estonian: rind — thorax
• Estonian: rindkere — thorax
• Estonian: rinnakorv — thorax
• Ewe: akɔta — thorax
• Faroese: bringa — thorax
• Faroese: bróst — thorax
• Finnish: rintakehä — thorax
• Finnish: rinta — thorax
• French: poitrine — thorax
• Friulian: pet — thorax
• Friulian: stomi — thorax
• Galician: peito — thorax
• Georgian: მკერდი (mḳerdi) — thorax
• German: Brust — thorax
• German: Brustkorb — thorax
• German: Thorax — thorax
• Greek: στήθος (stíthos) — thorax
• Greek: στέρνο (stérno) — thorax
• Greek: θώρακας (thórakas) — thorax
• Ancient Greek: στῆθος (stêthos) — thorax
• Gujarati: છાતી (chātī) — thorax
• Haitian Creole: pòtray, lestonmak — thorax
• Hebrew: חָזֶה (khazé) — thorax
• Hindi: छाती (chātī) — thorax
• Hindi: सीना (sīnā) — thorax
• White Hmong: siab — thorax
• Hungarian: mellkas — thorax
• Icelandic: bringa — thorax
• Ido: pektoro — thorax
• Ido: torako — thorax
• Indonesian: dada — thorax
• Indonesian: toraks — thorax
• Ingrian: rinta — thorax
• Iranun: rareb — thorax
• Irish: cliabhrach — thorax
• Istriot: pitto — thorax
• Istro-Romanian: kľeptu — thorax
• Italian: petto — thorax
• Italian: torace — thorax
• Ivatan: vatavat — thorax
• Japanese: 胸 (mune) — thorax
• Japanese: 胸郭 (kyōkaku) — thorax
• Karachay-Balkar: ёшюн (öşün) — thorax
• Karachay-Balkar: кёкюрек (kökürek) — thorax
• Karachay-Balkar: дордан (dordan) — thorax
• Kaurna: kuntu — thorax
• Kazakh: төс (tös) — thorax
• Kazakh: көкірек (kökırek) — thorax
• Khmer: ទ្រូង (truung) — thorax
• Korean: 가슴 (gaseum) — thorax
• Korean: 흉부 (hyungbu) — thorax
• Central Kurdish: سنگ (sing) — thorax
• Northern Kurdish: sîng — thorax
• Northern Kurdish: sing — thorax
• Kyrgyz: төш (töş) — thorax
• Kyrgyz: көкүрөк (kökürök) — thorax
• Lao: ຫນ້າເອິກ (nā ē ʼik) — thorax
• Latin: pectus — thorax
• Latvian: krūtis — thorax
• Latvian: krūškurvis — thorax
• Lithuanian: krūtinė — thorax
• Lithuanian: krūtinės ląsta — thorax
• Livonian: rīnda — thorax
• Low German: Borst — thorax
• Lushootseed: sʔilidəgwəd — thorax
• Lutuv: cacunghnaa — thorax
• Macedonian: гради (gradi) — thorax
• Malagasy: tratra — thorax
• Malay: dada — thorax
• Malay: toraks — thorax
• Malayalam: നെഞ്ച് (neñcŭ) — thorax
• Maltese: sider — thorax
• Manchu: ᡨᡠᠩᡤᡝᠨ (tunggen) — thorax
• Mandinka: sisoo — thorax
• Māori: tārāuma — thorax
• Marathi: छाती (chātī) — thorax
• Megleno-Romanian: kľeptu — thorax
• Megleno-Romanian: chiept — thorax
• Central Melanau: usuok — thorax
• Mongolian: цээж (ceež) — thorax
• Mongolian: чээж (čeež) — thorax
• Mongolian: ᠴᠡᠭᠡᠵᠢ (čegeǰi) — thorax
• Tagal Murut: kuab — thorax
• Mwani: kifuwa — thorax
• Khiamniungan Naga: kông — thorax
• Classical Nahuatl: ēlchiquihuitl — thorax
• Navajo: hayid — thorax
• Navajo: ajéítsʼiin — thorax
• Nepali: छाती (chātī) — thorax
• Niuean: fatafata — thorax
• Norwegian Bokmål: brystkasse — thorax
• Norwegian Bokmål: bryst — thorax
• Occitan: pièch — thorax
• Occitan: pitre — thorax
• Ojibwe: nikaakigan — thorax
• Old English: brēost — thorax
• Pennsylvania German: Bruscht — thorax
• Dari: سِینَه (sīna) — thorax
• Iranian Persian: سینِه (sine) — thorax
• Iranian Persian: قَفَسِهٔ سینِه (ġafase-ye sine) — thorax
• Iranian Persian: بَر (bar) — thorax
• Pitjantjatjara: piḻpirpa — thorax
• Plautdietsch: Brost — thorax
• Polabian: börsťă — thorax
• Polish: klatka piersiowa — thorax
• Portuguese: peito — thorax
• Portuguese: tórax — thorax
• Quechua: qhasqu — thorax
• Romanian: piept — thorax
• Romanian: torace — thorax
• Romansh: pèz — thorax
• Romansh: péz — thorax
• Romansh: pet — thorax
• Russian: грудь (grudʹ) — thorax
• Russian: грудна́я кле́тка (grudnája klétka) — thorax
• Kildin-Sami: раннҍт (rann’t) — thorax
• Northern Sami: raddi — thorax
• Northern Sami: radderiggi — thorax
• Sanskrit: वक्षस् (vakṣas) — thorax
• Santali: ᱠᱚᱲᱟᱢ (kôṛam) — thorax
• Sardinian: petus — thorax
• Sardinian: pettus — thorax
• Sardinian: pettu — thorax
• Sardinian: petorra — thorax
• Sardinian: pettorra — thorax
• Sardinian: peturra — thorax
• Sardinian: petturra — thorax
• Sardinian: piturra — thorax
• Sardinian: pitturra — thorax
• Scottish Gaelic: broilleach — thorax
• Scottish Gaelic: cliabh — thorax
• Sebop: ucok — thorax
• Serbo-Croatian: гру̑ди — thorax
• Serbo-Croatian: пр̏са — thorax
• Serbo-Croatian: grȗdi — thorax
• Serbo-Croatian: pȑsa — thorax
• Sicilian: pettu — thorax
• Slovak: hruď — thorax
• Slovak: hrudník — thorax
• Slovene: oprsje — thorax
• Slovene: toraks — thorax
• Sotho: sefuba — thorax
• Spanish: pecho — thorax
• Spanish: tórax — thorax
• Swahili: kifua — thorax
• Swedish: bröst — thorax
• Swedish: bröstkorg — thorax
• Sylheti: ꠛꠥꠇ (buk) — thorax
• Tagalog: dibdib — thorax
• Taos: piakə̀nénemą — thorax
• Tarifit: admar — thorax
• Tày: ấc — thorax
• Telugu: రొమ్ము (rommu) — thorax
• Thai: หน้าอก (nâa-òk) — thorax
• Tocharian B: pratsāko — thorax
• Turkish: göğüs — thorax
• Ottoman Turkish: كوكرك (kökrek) — thorax
• Ottoman Turkish: اوك (ök) — thorax
• Ottoman Turkish: گوگس (göğüs) — thorax
• Ottoman Turkish: سینه (sîne) — thorax
• Ottoman Turkish: باغر (bağır) — thorax
• Turkmen: döş — thorax
• Tuvan: хөрек (xörek) — thorax
• Ukrainian: гру́ди (hrúdy) — thorax
• Ukrainian: грудна́ клі́тка (hrudná klítka) — thorax
• Urdu: چھاتی (chātī) — thorax
• Uyghur: كۈكرەك (kükrek) — thorax
• Uzbek: koʻkrak — thorax
• Uzbek: koʻks — thorax
• Uzbek: siyna — thorax
• Venetan: peto — thorax
• Vietnamese: ngực — thorax
• Volapük: blöt — thorax
• Wolof: dënn — thorax
• Yakut: туөс (tuös) — thorax
• Yiddish: ברוסטקאַסטן (brustkastn) — thorax
• Zhuang: aek — thorax
• Zhuang: najaek — thorax
• Finnish: rinta — hit or blow made with front of one's chest