torso
See also: Torso
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Italian torso, from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos, “Bacchic staff”). Doublet of thyrse and thyrsus.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
torso (plural torsos or torsi)
- The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs.
SynonymsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Welsh: torso
TranslationsEdit
body excluding the head and limbs
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Further readingEdit
AnagramsEdit
DanishEdit
NounEdit
torso c (singular definite torsoen, plural indefinite torsoer)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of torso
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | torso | torsoen | torsoer | torsoerne |
genitive | torsos | torsoens | torsoers | torsoernes |
FinnishEdit
NounEdit
torso
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of torso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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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) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | torsoni | torsomme |
2nd person | torsosi | torsonne |
3rd person | torsonsa |
SynonymsEdit
- (loser): epäonnistuja, kädetön, kämmäri
AnagramsEdit
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos, “Bacchic staff”). Doublet of tirso.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
torso m (plural torsi)
- torso
- a statue that is missing its head and limbs
- (botany) the large stem of plants such as a cabbage
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ torso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
AnagramsEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Italian torso, from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos, “Bacchic staff”). Doublet of tirso.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
torso m (plural torsos)
- (anatomy) torso
- Synonym: tronco
- (art) a sculpture of it
- (photography) a picture of a person, excluded legs
AnagramsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “torso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
WelshEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
torso m (plural torsoau)
MutationEdit
Welsh mutation | |||
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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 readingEdit
- 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