pierś

See also: piers and Piers

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pь̀rsь.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈpjɛrɕ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrɕ
  • Syllabification: pierś

Noun

pierś f (related adjective piersiowy)

  1. (anatomy) breast, chest; part of clothing covering it
    Synonyms: klatka piersiowa; gors
    Hypernym: tors
    ból w piersiach ― chest pain
    na piersiach marynarki ― on the breast of a suit jacket
  2. (anatomy) breast (milk-producing organ)
    Synonyms: (colloquial, mildly vulgar) balon, bufor, cyc, cycek, melon, zderzak
    Holonym: biust
    Meronym: sutek
    karmić piersią ― to breastfeed
  3. (cooking) breast (choice cut of meat from poultry or other animals) [with genitive ‘of what’; or (proscribed) with z (+ genitive) ‘from what’]
    pierś indyka ― turkey breast
    pierś kaczki ― duck breast
    pierś kurczaka ― chicken breast
  4. (figurative, literary) breast (seat of emotions)
    Synonym: serce
    napełniać pierś ― to fill up the breast
    przeszywać pierś ― to sew through the breast
    rozpierać pierś ― to feel something in the breast
    rozsadzać pierś ― to burst the breast
  5. (Near Masovian, in the plural) thick part of a beam resting on a wall

Declension

Declension of pierś
singular plural
nominative pierś piersi
genitive piersi piersi
dative piersi piersiom
accusative pierś piersi
instrumental piersią piersiami
locative piersi piersiach
vocative piersi piersi

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns
  • piersiątko

Further reading

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