torso

See also: Torso

English

Torso of Apollo.

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian torso, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin thyrsus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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: ⦃⦃t+¦hy¦մարմին¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄, իրան (hy) (iran)
• Azerbaijani: gövdə (az)
• Bashkir: кәүҙә (kəwźə)
• 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)
• Burmese: ကိုယ် (my) (kuiy)
• Catalan: tors (ca) m, tronc (ca) m, ⦃⦃t+¦ca¦cos¦m¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 軀幹／躯干 (zh) (qūgàn), 躯干 (zh) (qūgàn)

• Czech: ⦃⦃t+¦cs¦tělo¦n¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄, trup (cs) m, torzo n
• Danish: overkrop c, torso (da) c
• Dutch: torso (nl), romp (nl) f, ⦃⦃t+¦nl¦corpus¦n¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄, ⦃⦃t+¦nl¦lijf¦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, ⦃⦃t+¦gl¦corpo¦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: ⦃⦃t¦he¦טורסו¦m¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦tr=tórso⦄⦄, ⦃⦃t+¦he¦גֵו¦m¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦tr=gév⦄⦄ (proper), ⦃⦃t+¦he¦גוף¦m¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦tr=gúf⦄⦄
• Hindi: धड़ (hi) m (dhaṛ)
• Hungarian: törzs (hu), torzó
• Icelandic: búkur (is) m, bolur (is) m
• Ido: ⦃⦃t+¦io¦korpo¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄
• Italian: tronco (it) m, busto (it) m, torso (it) m, ⦃⦃t+¦it¦corpo¦m¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄
• Japanese: 胴 (ja) (どう, dō), 胴体 (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)
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• 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, ⦃⦃t+¦pt¦corpo¦m¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄, ⦃⦃t+¦pt¦torso¦m¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄
• Romanian: trunchi (ro) n, ⦃⦃t+¦ro¦trup¦n¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄, ⦃⦃t+¦ro¦tors¦n¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄
• Russian: ту́ловище (ru) n (túlovišče), торс (ru) m (tors), ко́рпус (ru) m (kórpus)
• Scottish Gaelic: com m, ⦃⦃t¦gd¦corp¦m¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: то̏рзо m, тру̑п m

  Roman: tȍrzo (sh) m, trȗp (sh) m

• Slovak: ⦃⦃t+¦sk¦telo¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄, ⦃⦃t+¦sk¦trup¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄, ⦃⦃t+¦sk¦driek¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄, torzo (sk) n
• Slovene: trup (sl) m
• Spanish: torso (es) m
• Swahili: ⦃⦃t+¦sw¦kiwiliwili¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄
• Swedish: överkropp (sv) c, torso (sv) c, ⦃⦃t+¦sv¦kropp¦c¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄
• Tajik: тан (tg) (tan), колбад (kolbad), бадан (tg) (badan)
• Tatar: ⦃⦃t+¦tt¦бәдән¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄
• Telugu: ⦃⦃t+¦te¦మొండెము¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄
• Thai: ลำตัว (th) (lam-dtuua), เนื้อตัว (nʉ́ʉa-dtuua), 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: ⦃⦃t+¦wa¦coir¦m¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄, ⦃⦃t+¦wa¦bodje¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄
• Welsh: torso m, bongorff (cy) m

Further reading

• Template:projectlink

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
abessive		torsotta	torsoitta
instructive		—	torsoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of torso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative torsoni torsoni accusative nom. torsoni torsoni gen. 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 abessive torsottani torsoittani instructive — — comitative — torsoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative torsosi torsosi accusative nom. torsosi torsosi gen. 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 abessive torsottasi torsoittasi instructive — — comitative — torsoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative torsomme torsomme accusative nom. torsomme torsomme gen. 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 abessive torsottamme torsoittamme instructive — — comitative — torsoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative torsonne torsonne accusative nom. torsonne torsonne gen. 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 abessive torsottanne torsoittanne instructive — — comitative — torsoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative torsonsa torsonsa accusative nom. torsonsa torsonsa gen. 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 abessive torsottaan torsottansa torsoittaan torsoittansa instructive — — comitative — torsoineen torsoinensa

Synonyms

• (loser): epäonnistuja, kädetön, kämmäri

Anagrams

• rosot, sorto

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Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin thyrsus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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