torso

See also: Torso

English
Torso of Apollo.

Etymology

From Italian torso, from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos, “Bacchic staff”). Doublet of thyrse and thyrsus.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɔː.səʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɔɹ.soʊ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)səʊ

Noun

torso (plural torsos or torsi)

  1. The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs.

Synonyms

Descendants
  • → Welsh: torso

Translations
body excluding the head and limbs

Further reading

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

torso c (singular definite torsoen, plural indefinite torsoer)

  1. torso, upper body

Declension
Declension of torso
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative torso torsoen torsoer torsoerne
genitive torsos torsoens torsoers torsoernes

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian torso.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtorso/, [ˈt̪o̞rs̠o̞]
  • Rhymes: -orso
  • Syllabification(key): tor‧so

Noun

torso

  1. torso
  2. (colloquial) loser

Declension
Inflection of torso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative torso torsot
genitive torson torsojen
partitive torsoa torsoja
illative torsoon torsoihin
singular plural
nominative torso torsot
accusative nom. torso torsot
gen. torson
genitive torson torsojen
partitive torsoa torsoja
inessive torsossa torsoissa
elative torsosta torsoista
illative torsoon torsoihin
adessive torsolla torsoilla
ablative torsolta torsoilta
allative torsolle torsoille
essive torsona torsoina
translative torsoksi torsoiksi
instructive — torsoin
abessive torsotta torsoitta
comitative — torsoineen
Possessive forms of torso (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person torsoni torsomme
2nd person torsosi torsonne
3rd person torsonsa

Synonyms

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos, “Bacchic staff”). Doublet of tirso.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtor.so/, /ˈtɔr.so/[1]
  • Rhymes: -orso, -ɔrso
  • Hyphenation: tór‧so, tòr‧so

Noun

torso m (plural torsi)

  1. torso
  2. a statue that is missing its head and limbs
  3. (botany) the large stem of plants such as a cabbage

Derived terms
  • torsolata

Descendants

References
  1. torso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Spanish

Etymology

From Italian torso, from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos, “Bacchic staff”). Doublet of tirso.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtoɾso/ [ˈt̪oɾ.so]
  • Audio (Colombia)(file)
  • Rhymes: -oɾso
  • Syllabification: tor‧so

Noun

torso m (plural torsos)

  1. (anatomy) torso
    Synonym: tronco
  2. (art) a sculpture of it
  3. (photography) a picture of a person, excluded legs

Further reading

Anagrams

Welsh

Etymology

From English torso.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔrsɔ/

Noun

torso m (plural torsoau)

  1. torso
    Synonym: bongorff

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
torso dorso nhorso thorso
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “torso”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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