topless

== English == === Etymology === From top +‎ -less. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === topless (not comparable) Lacking a top. (poetic) Very high; towering. late 16th century Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus: Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? (chiefly of a female) Not wearing a garment covering the top half of the body; naked from the waist up. Synonyms: (of a females) bare-breasted, (of a male) barechested, half-naked, semi-nude, shirtless, topfree (of a place) Featuring women that are naked from the waist up, often strippers or dancers. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === topless (not comparable) Not wearing any clothes on the upper body. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === topless (plural toplesses) (automotive) A convertible car having the top retracted or otherwise open. === See also === bottomless monokini toplessness === Anagrams === Postels, potless == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English topless. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɔp.ləs/ Hyphenation: top‧less === Adjective === topless (not comparable) topless (lacking clothes on the upper part of the body) ==== Declension ==== == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English topless. === Noun === topless m (invariable) the state of being topless a monokini or similar ==== Derived terms ==== in topless == Polish == === Alternative forms === toples === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English topless. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.plɛs/ Rhymes: -ɔplɛs Syllabification: top‧less Homophone: toples === Adjective === topless (not comparable, no derived adverb) topless (naked from the waist up) === Adverb === topless (not comparable) topless (not wearing any clothes on the upper body) === Noun === topless m inan (indeclinable) or topless m inan topless monokini Synonym: monokini ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === topless in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English topless. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === topless (invariable) (of a woman) topless (naked from the waist up) Fazer topless. ― To go topless. ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “topless”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “topless”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “topless”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English topless. === Adjective === topless m or f or n (indeclinable) topless ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Alternative forms === toples === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English topless. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtoples/ [ˈt̪o.ples] Rhymes: -oples === Adjective === topless (invariable) topless (of a woman, naked from the waist up) ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.