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)

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• 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

• trunk

Descendants

• → Welsh: torso

Translations

body excluding the head and limbs

• Arabic: جِسْم‎ (ar) m (jism), جُسْمَان‎ m (jusmān)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܫܠܕܐ‎ f (šəladdā), ܩܘܪܡܐ‎ m (qōrmā)

• Armenian: մարմին (hy) (marmin), իրան (hy) (iran)
• Azerbaijani: gövdə (az)
• Bashkir: кәүҙә (käwðä)
• Belarusian: ту́лава n (túlava), торс m (tors), ко́рпус m (kórpus)
• Bengali: ধড় (bn) (dhôṛ)
• Breton: korf-bras (br) m, kef (br) m
• Bulgarian: ту́ловище (bg) n (túlovište), труп (bg) m (trup), ко́рпус (bg) m (kórpus), то́рсо n (tórso)
• Burmese: ကိုယ် (my) (kuiy)
• Catalan: tors (ca) m, tronc (ca) m, cos (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 軀幹 (zh), 躯干 (zh) (qūgàn)

• Czech: tělo (cs) n, trup (cs) m, torzo n
• Danish: overkrop c, torso (da) c
• Dutch: torso (nl), romp (nl) f, corpus (nl) n, lijf (nl) n
• Esperanto: torso (eo)
• Estonian: kere
• Finnish: vartalo (fi), torso (fi), ylävartalo (fi), yläruumis (fi)
• French: torse (fr) m, tronc (fr) m, buste (fr) m
• Galician: tronco (gl) m, corpo (gl) m
• Georgian: ტანი (ṭani), ტორსი (ṭorsi)
• German: Torso (de) m, Rumpf (de) m, Oberkörper (de) m, Leib (de) m, Körperstamm m
• Greek: κορμός (el) m (kormós)
• Haitian Creole: bis
• Hebrew: טורסו‎ m (tórso), גֵו‎ (he) m (gév) (proper), גוף‎ (he) m (gúf)
• Hindi: धड़ (hi) m (dhaṛ)
• Hungarian: törzs (hu), torzó
• Icelandic: búkur (is) m, bolur (is) m
• Ido: korpo (io)
• Italian: tronco (it) m, busto (it) m, torso (it) m, corpo (it) m
• Japanese: 胴 (ja) (どう, dō), 胴体 (どうたい, dōtai)
• Kazakh: бәден (bäden), дене (kk) (dene), кеуде (kewde), көкірек (kk) (kökirek), тұлға (kk) (tulğa)
• Khmer: សង្ខារ (km) (sɑngkhaa), អង្គ (km) (ʼɑng), ដង (km) (dɑɑng)
• Korean: 몸통 (ko) (momtong)
• Kyrgyz: дене (ky) (dene), көөдөн (ky) (köödön)

• Lao: ກາຍ (lo) (kāi), ສະກົນ (sa kon), ສະລີລະ (sa lī la), ສຳລານ (sam lān)
• Latin: truncus m
• Latvian: rumpis m, torss m
• Lithuanian: liemuo, ^{(please verify)} approxim. visuma (lt) f
• Macedonian: труп m (trup), торзо n (torzo)
• Malay: torso
• Maori: tūmū
• Middle English: tronke
• Mongolian: их бие (ikh biye)
• Navajo: azhiʼ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: overkropp m, torso m

  Nynorsk: overkropp m, torso m

• Persian: نیم‌تنه‎ (nim-tane)
• Polish: tułów (pl) m, korpus (pl) m, kadłub (pl) m
• Portuguese: tronco (pt) m, corpo (pt) m, torso (pt) m
• Romanian: trunchi (ro) n, trup (ro) n, tors (ro) n
• Russian: ту́ловище (ru) n (túlovišče), торс (ru) m (tors), ко́рпус (ru) m (kórpus)
• Scottish Gaelic: com m, corp m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: то̏рзо m, тру̑п m

  Roman: tȍrzo (sh) m, trȗp (sh) m

• Slovak: telo (sk), trup (sk), driek (sk), torzo (sk) n
• Slovene: trup (sl) m
• Spanish: torso (es) m
• Swahili: kiwiliwili (sw)
• Swedish: överkropp (sv) c, torso (sv) c, kropp (sv) c
• Tajik: тан (tg) (tan), колбад (kolbad), бадан (tg) (badan)
• Tatar: бәдән (tt) (bädän)
• Telugu: మొండెము (te) (moṇḍemu)
• Thai: ลำตัว (th) (lam-dtuua), เนื้อตัว, ตัว (th) (dtuua)
• Turkish: gövde (tr)
• Turkmen: göwre, korpus (tk)
• Ukrainian: ту́луб m (túlub), торс m (tors), ко́рпус (uk) m (kórpus)
• Urdu: دھڑ‎ m (dhaṛ)
• Uyghur: گەۋدە‎ (gewde)
• Uzbek: gavda (uz), tana (uz), korpus (uz), tors (uz)
• Vietnamese: thân (vi) (胴), thân mình (vi), mình (vi)
• Walloon: coir (wa) m, bodje (wa)
• Welsh: torso m, bongorff (cy) m

Further reading

• torso on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Sorto, Toors, ostro, roost, roots, rotos, stoor, toros

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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

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Finnish

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

• (loser): epäonnistuja, kädetön, kämmäri

Anagrams

• rosot, sorto

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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/

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

• → English: torso
  • → Welsh: torso
• → French: torse
• → Spanish: torso

Anagrams

• ostro, sorto

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoɾso/, [ˈt̪oɾ.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

Anagrams

• ortos, ostro, otros, rotos, toros

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Welsh

Etymology

From English torso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔrsɔ/

Noun

torso m (plural torsoau)

1. torso

   Synonym: bongorff

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
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