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feminine

/pwa.tʁin/

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Translation

chest; breast

Word origin

From Old French pitrine, from Vulgar Latin pectorina, from Latin pectus, pectoris ('breast, chest'). English 'pectoral' comes from the same Latin noun.

Origin: Latin
Root: pectus
English cognates: pectoral, expectorate

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralpoitrines

Examples

stéthoscope.

The doctor listened to his chest with a stethoscope.

J' .

I have a pain in my chest when I breathe hard.

He folded his arms across his chest.

The X-ray shows the ribs and the upper chest.

We bought a cut of pork belly at the butcher's.

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This word is part of lesson 38.