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)

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: جِذْع‎ (ar) (jiḏʕ), 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) (dhoṛ)
Breton: korf-bras (br) m, kef (br) m
Bulgarian: ту́ловище (bg) n (túlovište), труп (bg) m (trup), ко́рпус (bg) m (kórpus), то́рсо n (tórso), торс m (tors)
Burmese: ကိုယ် (my) (kuiy)
Catalan: tors (ca) m, tronc (ca) m, cos (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 軀幹／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 (ja) (どうたい, dōtai)
Kazakh: бәден (bäden), дене (kk) (dene), кеуде (keude), көкірек (kk) (kökırek), тұлға (kk) (tūlğa)
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 (ix bije)
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

Anagrams

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

Danish

Noun

torso c (singular definite torsoen, plural indefinite torsoer)

torso, upper body

Declension

Declension of torso

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	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

torso
(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
accusative	gen.	torson	torsot
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		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of torso (type valo)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		torsoni	torsoni
accusative	nom.	torsoni	torsoni
accusative	gen.	torsoni	torsoni
genitive		torsoni	torsojeni
partitive		torsoani	torsojani
inessive		torsossani	torsoissani
elative		torsostani	torsoistani
illative		torsooni	torsoihini
adessive		torsollani	torsoillani
ablative		torsoltani	torsoiltani
allative		torsolleni	torsoilleni
essive		torsonani	torsoinani
translative		torsokseni	torsoikseni
instructive		—	—
abessive		torsottani	torsoittani
comitative		—	torsoineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		torsosi	torsosi
accusative	nom.	torsosi	torsosi
accusative	gen.	torsosi	torsosi
genitive		torsosi	torsojesi
partitive		torsoasi	torsojasi
inessive		torsossasi	torsoissasi
elative		torsostasi	torsoistasi
illative		torsoosi	torsoihisi
adessive		torsollasi	torsoillasi
ablative		torsoltasi	torsoiltasi
allative		torsollesi	torsoillesi
essive		torsonasi	torsoinasi
translative		torsoksesi	torsoiksesi
instructive		—	—
abessive		torsottasi	torsoittasi
comitative		—	torsoinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		torsomme	torsomme
accusative	nom.	torsomme	torsomme
accusative	gen.	torsomme	torsomme
genitive		torsomme	torsojemme
partitive		torsoamme	torsojamme
inessive		torsossamme	torsoissamme
elative		torsostamme	torsoistamme
illative		torsoomme	torsoihimme
adessive		torsollamme	torsoillamme
ablative		torsoltamme	torsoiltamme
allative		torsollemme	torsoillemme
essive		torsonamme	torsoinamme
translative		torsoksemme	torsoiksemme
instructive		—	—
abessive		torsottamme	torsoittamme
comitative		—	torsoinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		torsonne	torsonne
accusative	nom.	torsonne	torsonne
accusative	gen.	torsonne	torsonne
genitive		torsonne	torsojenne
partitive		torsoanne	torsojanne
inessive		torsossanne	torsoissanne
elative		torsostanne	torsoistanne
illative		torsoonne	torsoihinne
adessive		torsollanne	torsoillanne
ablative		torsoltanne	torsoiltanne
allative		torsollenne	torsoillenne
essive		torsonanne	torsoinanne
translative		torsoksenne	torsoiksenne
instructive		—	—
abessive		torsottanne	torsoittanne
comitative		—	torsoinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		torsonsa	torsonsa
accusative	nom.	torsonsa	torsonsa
accusative	gen.	torsonsa	torsonsa
genitive		torsonsa	torsojensa
partitive		torsoaan torsoansa	torsojaan torsojansa
inessive		torsossaan torsossansa	torsoissaan torsoissansa
elative		torsostaan torsostansa	torsoistaan torsoistansa
illative		torsoonsa	torsoihinsa
adessive		torsollaan torsollansa	torsoillaan torsoillansa
ablative		torsoltaan torsoltansa	torsoiltaan torsoiltansa
allative		torsolleen torsollensa	torsoilleen torsoillensa
essive		torsonaan torsonansa	torsoinaan torsoinansa
translative		torsokseen torsoksensa	torsoikseen torsoiksensa
instructive		—	—
abessive		torsottaan torsottansa	torsoittaan torsoittansa
comitative		—	torsoineen torsoinensa

Synonyms

(loser): epäonnistuja, kädetön, kämmäri

Anagrams

rosot, sorto

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)

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

Derived terms

torsolata

Descendants

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

References

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

Anagrams

ostro, sorto

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)

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

Anagrams

ortos, ostro, otros, rotos, toros

Welsh

Etymology

From English torso.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɔrsɔ/

Noun

torso m (plural torsoau)

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.

torso

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Italian

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