bosom
English
/ˈbʊz(ə)m/
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal).
- The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings etc.; one's secret feelings; desire.
- The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace.
- The part of a dress etc. covering the chest; a neckline.
- A woman's breast(s).
- Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior.
- A depression round the eye of a millstone.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bosom inherited from Old English bōsm inherited from Proto-Germanic *bōsmaz (bosom) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH- (curve, swell, bend, be).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰewH-
Gloss
curve, swell, bend, be
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
曲
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bosomed English
- bosomless English
- bosomy English
- buccal English
- bus English
- disbosom English
- disembosom English
- embosom English
- full English
- full-bosomed English
- monobosom English
- unbosom English
- unbosomer English
- bukkaalinen Finnish
- *buccata Latin
- *buccula Latin
- *imbuccāre Latin
- *imbuccō Latin
- botum Latin
- bucca Latin
- buccula Latin
- bucculentus Latin
- būca Latin
- Busen German
- Busenfreund German
- busig German
- vollbusig German
- bocca Italian
- boezem Dutch, Flemish
- boezemdijk Dutch, Flemish
- boezemvriend Dutch, Flemish
- boezemvriendin Dutch, Flemish
- inboezemen Dutch, Flemish
- buccal French
- embouchure French
- *bʰeHw- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰewH- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- bochecha Portuguese
- *bōsmaz Proto-Germanic
- bosm Old English
- bōsm Old English
- भुवन Sanskrit
- bosom Middle English
- bus Irish
- buslána Irish
- bustoipeolaíocht Irish
- busáras Irish
- boche Old French
- bouge Old French
- boca Catalan, Valencian
- bucă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- buged Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- buză Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- βυζάκι Greek (modern)
- βυζάρα Greek (modern)
- βυζί Greek (modern)
- boesem Middle Dutch
- buosam Old High German
- buosum Old High German
- boko Ido
- bòc Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- buosem Middle High German
- budhë Albanian
- buzë Albanian
- buzëqesh Albanian
- boca Old Portuguese
- bucigiar Old Portuguese
- pusum Cimbrian
- bucã Aromanian
- budzã Aromanian
- boca Occitan
- boca Asturian
- bocje Friulian
- bocha Old Occitan
- bōsem Old Frisian
- bucca Sicilian
- buccularu Sicilian
- vucca Sicilian
- Bossem Saterland Frisian
- *bhēl Proto-Albanian
- *budjā Proto-Albanian
- buca Dalmatian
- *box Proto-Brythonic
- boke Walloon
- bôche Bourguignon
- vocca Neapolitan
- bucheîn Istriot
- bucun Istriot
- boca Aragonese