breastbone

See also: breast bone

English

Alternative forms

breast bone

Etymology

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

Noun

breastbone (plural breastbones)

(anatomy) The central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs.

Synonyms

sternum

Translations

the central narrow bone in the front of the chest

Arabic: اَلْقَصّ‎‎ m (al-qaṣṣ)
Egyptian Arabic: القص‎‎ m (e-qaṣṣ)
Armenian: կրծոսկր (hy) (krcoskr)
Asturian: esternón (ast) m
Bengali: বক্ষাস্থি (bakṣāsthi)
Catalan: estern m, estèrnum m
Cebuano: pitso
Central Melanau: tujou
Chinese:
Cantonese: 胸骨 (hung¹ gwat¹)

Mandarin: 胸骨 (zh) (xiōnggǔ)
Czech: hrudní kost (cs) f
Dhivehi: އުރަމަތީ ކަށިގަނޑު‎‎ (uramatī kashiganḍu)
Dutch: borstbeen (nl) n
Estonian: rinnak
Finnish: rintalasta (fi)
French: sternum (fr) m
Galician: esterno (gl) m
German: Brustbein (de) n, Sternum (de) n
Gujarati: ઉરોસ્થિ (urōsthi), છાતીનું હાડકું (chātīnū̃ hāḍkū̃)
Hebrew: עצם החזה (etzem ha'khaze) m

Hindi: उरोस्थि (urōsthi)
Hungarian: szegycsont (hu), mellcsont (hu)
Icelandic: bringubein (is) n, brjóstbein n
Indonesian: tulang dada, sternum, tulang rawan (id)
Italian: sterno (it) m
Japanese: 胸骨 (ja) (きょうこつ, kyōkotsu)
Korean: 가슴뼈 (ko) (gaseumppyeo)
Malay: tulang dada, sternum, tulang papan, tulang rimau menangis, tulang rawan
Maori: whaturei
Marathi: छातीचे हाड (chātīcē hāḍ), उरोस्थी (urōsthi)
Motu: abagoro
Persian: جناغ‎‎ (fa) (jenâq)
Polish: mostek (pl) m
Portuguese: esterno (pt) m
Russian: груди́на (ru) f (grudína), грудна́я кость f (grudnája kostʹ)
Scots: breestbane
Scottish Gaelic: cnàimh a' chlèibh m
Slovene: pŕsnica f
Spanish: esternón (es) m
Tagalog: butundibdib
Telugu: ఉరోస్థి (te) (urōsthi)

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