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Yes. The word poitrine is a Scrabble US word. The word poitrine is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word poitrine is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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8-letter words (2 found)

POINTIER,POITRINE,

7-letter words (6 found)

POINTER,PROTEIN,PTERION,REPOINT,RIPIENO,TROPINE,

6-letter words (24 found)

INTIRE,NIPTER,NORITE,ORIENT,ORPINE,PERITI,PERNIO,PINIER,PINITE,PIONER,PIRNIE,PIRNIT,PITIER,POINTE,POITIN,PONTIE,PROINE,PROTEI,PTERIN,ROTINI,TIEPIN,TINIER,TONIER,TROPIN,

5-letter words (40 found)

INEPT,INERT,INTER,INTRO,IRONE,NEPIT,NETOP,NITER,NITRE,NITRO,NOTER,OPINE,OPTER,ORPIN,PETRI,PIERT,PINOT,PINTO,PITON,POINT,PORIN,POTIN,PRENT,PREON,PRINT,PRION,PROIN,PRONE,REPIN,REPOT,RIPEN,RONTE,TENOR,TONER,TOPER,TORII,TRINE,TRIPE,TRONE,TROPE,

4-letter words (67 found)

INRO,INTI,INTO,IRON,NITE,NOIR,NOPE,NORI,NOTE,OINT,ONER,ONIE,OPEN,PEIN,PENI,PENT,PEON,PERI,PERN,PERT,PIER,PIET,PINE,PINT,PION,PIRN,POET,PONE,PONT,PORE,PORN,PORT,POTE,REIN,RENO,RENT,REPO,RINE,RIOT,RIPE,RIPT,RITE,ROIN,RONE,RONT,ROPE,ROTE,ROTI,TEIN,TERN,TIER,TINE,TIPI,TIRE,TIRO,TONE,TOPE,TOPI,TORE,TORI,TORN,TRIE,TRIN,TRIO,TRIP,TRON,TROP,

3-letter words (45 found)

EON,ERN,ION,IRE,NEP,NET,NIE,NIP,NIT,NOR,NOT,ONE,OPE,OPT,ORE,ORT,PEN,PER,PET,PIE,PIN,PIR,PIT,POI,POT,PRE,PRO,REI,REN,REO,REP,RET,RIN,RIP,RIT,ROE,ROT,TEN,TIE,TIN,TIP,TOE,TON,TOP,TOR,

2-letter words (20 found)

EN,ER,ET,IN,IO,IT,NE,NO,OE,OI,ON,OP,OR,PE,PI,PO,RE,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 205 words from poitrine according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of poitrine

poitrine

Etymology

French poitrine or a Middle or Old French predecessor.

Pronunciation

  • (anglicized) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɪ.tɹin/
  • (gallicized) IPA(key): /ˌpwɑˈtɹin/
  • Rhymes: (gallicized) -iːn

Noun

poitrine (plural poitrines)

  1. (historical) The breastplate of a knight's armour.
  2. Synonym of poitrel (“chest-armor for a horse”)
  3. Chest, bosom, especially of a woman.
    • 2018, Jerome Bixby, Devilish Tales: A collection of droll, teasing and very wicked fantasies, Digital Parchment Press
      Full red lips and a patrician nose, and a delicately formed but ample poitrine that curled Pierre's hands into iron hooks beneath the counter. "Forgive me, kind sir," she said, in a voice like music in a bedroom, […]

Related terms

  • poitrinal, poitrel
  • petronel
  • pectoral

Anagrams

  • pointier

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French poitrine, peitrine, from Vulgar Latin *pectorīna, derived from Latin pectus. Gradually replaced pis, now meaning udder. Cognate with Spanish pretina (“waistband”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /pwa.tʁin/

Noun

poitrine f (plural poitrines)

  1. (anatomy) chest, thorax, torso
    Synonyms: thorax, buste, torse
    bomber la poitrine ― to puff up one's chest
    Il a la poitrine velue. ― He has a hairy chest.
  2. breast, bosom
    Synonyms: sein, buste, (literary) gorge
  3. (butchery) breast (of poultry, as meat)
    une poitrine de veau ― a breast of veal
    une poitrine de mouton ― a breast of mutton
    Du bœuf dans la poitrine. ― Beef in the brisket.

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Verb

poitrine

  1. first-person singular ind/present of poitriner
  2. first-person singular subjunctive present of poitriner
  3. second-person singular imperative of poitriner
  4. third-person singular indicative present of poitriner
  5. third-person singular subjunctive present of poitriner

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Further reading

  • “poitrine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Alternative forms

  • peitrine

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pectorīna, derived from Latin pectus.

Pronunciation

  • (archaic) IPA(key): /pei̯ˈtɾinə/
  • (classical) IPA(key): /poi̯ˈtɾinə/
  • (late) IPA(key): /po̯ɛˈtɾinə/

Noun

poitrine oblique singular, f (oblique plural poitrines, nominative singular poitrine, nominative plural poitrines)

  1. (anatomy) chest

Related terms

  • piz, peiz

Descendants

  • French: poitrine

Source: wiktionary.org