piept
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ipt
Verb
piept
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic *pektos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”). Compare Catalan pit, Italian petto, Portuguese peito, Spanish pecho, Aromanian cheptu, chiept, chept.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pjept/
Noun
piept n (plural piepturi)
- chest; breast; bosom
- 1848, Andrei Mureșanu, Deșteaptă te, Române:
- Acum ori niciodată să dăm dovezi în lume
Că-n aste mâni mai curge un sânge de roman
Și că-n a noastre piepturi păstrăm cu fală-un nume
Triumfător în lupte, un nume de Traian.- Now or never, let us give proof to the world
That in these veins still courses a Roman blood
And that in our hearts we hold with pride a name
Victor in battle, the name of Traian
- Now or never, let us give proof to the world
Declension
Noun
piept m (plural piepți)
- the front part of a piece of clothing which covers the chest
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