torso

== English == === Etymology === From Italian torso, from Late Latin tursus, from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos, “Bacchic staff”). Doublet of thyrse, thyrsus, and torse. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɔː.səʊ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɔɹ.soʊ/ 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: torse (obsolete), trunk Meronyms: abdomen, thorax ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Welsh: torso ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === torso on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Toors, stoor, rotos, ostro, toros, Oorts, roost, Sorto, roots == Danish == === Noun === torso c (singular definite torsoen, plural indefinite torsoer) torso, upper body ==== Declension ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === From Italian torso. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtorso/, [ˈt̪o̞rs̠o̞] Rhymes: -orso Syllabification(key): tor‧so Hyphenation(key): tor‧so === Noun === torso torso (figurative) something unfinished or incomplete, especially an unfinished or incomplete work of art (colloquial) loser Synonyms: epäonnistuja, kädetön, kämmäri ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “torso”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 === 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/ 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→ English: torse → Portuguese: torso → Spanish: torso === References === === Anagrams === ostro, sorto == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -oʁsu, -oɾsu Homophone: torço Hyphenation: tor‧so === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Italian torso, from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos, “Bacchic staff”). Doublet of tirso and possibly troço. ==== Noun ==== torso m (plural torsos) (anatomy) torso Synonym: tronco artistic work that represents the human torso, without head or limbs (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?) === Etymology 2 === From Latin torsus, via tortus, past participle of torquēre. ==== Adjective ==== torso (feminine torsa, masculine plural torsos, feminine plural torsas) twisted, crooked Solomonic (said, in particular, of the column with a shaft carved in a spiral) === Further reading === “torso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “torso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian torso, from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos, “Bacchic staff”). Doublet of tirso and possibly trozo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtoɾso/ [ˈt̪oɾ.so] 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 === Further reading === “torso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 === Anagrams === ortos, ostro, otros, rotos, toros == Welsh == === Etymology === From English torso. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɔrsɔ/ === Noun === torso m (plural torsoau) torso Synonym: bongorff === Mutation === === 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