torso

See also: Torso

English

Torso of Apollo.

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/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)səʊ

Noun

torso (plural torsos or torsi)

2. 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

• torso tosser

Descendants

• → Welsh: torso

Translations

body excluding the head and limbs

• Albanian: trung (sq) m
• Arabic: جِذْع m (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 (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), торс m (tors)
• Burmese: ကိုယ် (my) (kuiy)
• Catalan: tors (ca) m, tronc (ca) m, cos (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 軀幹 / 躯干 (keoi¹ gon³)

  Mandarin: 軀幹 / 躯干 (zh) (qūgàn)

• Crimean Tatar: kevde
• 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 (ka) (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: טוֹרְסוֹ m (tórso), גֵו (he) m (gev) (proper), גּוּף (he) m (guf)
• Hindi: धड़ (hi) m (dhaṛ), कबंध (hi) (kabandh)
• Hungarian: (upper body) felsőtest (hu), (trunk) törzs (hu), (of a sculpture) torzó (hu)
• 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 (kökırek), тұлға (kk) (tūlğa)
• Khmer: សង្ខារ (km) (sɑngkhaa), អង្គ (km) (ʼɑng), ដង (km) (dɑɑng)
• Korean: 몸통 (ko) (momtong), 동체(胴體) (ko) (dongche)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: gewde (ku)

• 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 m, torsas m
• Macedonian: труп m (trup), торзо n (torzo)
• Malay: torso
• Maori: tūmū
• Middle English: tronke
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: их бие (ix bije)

• Navajo: azhiʼ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: overkropp m, torso m

  Nynorsk: overkropp m, torso m, bol m

• Old East Slavic: тулово n (tulovo)
• Ottoman Turkish: گوگده (göğde, gövde), بدن (beden)
• Pashto: تنه (ps) f (tana)
• Persian: نیم‌تَنِه (nim-tane), تَنِه (fa) (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), ту́лово (ru) n (túlovo) (archaic or low colloquial)
• Scottish Gaelic: com m, corp m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: то̏рзо m, тру̑п m

  Roman: tȍrzo (sh) m, trȗp (sh) m

• Slovak: telo (sk) n, trup (sk) m, driek (sk) m, 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)
• Tarifit: aɣraṣ m
• Tatar: бәдән (tt) (bädän)
• Telugu: మొండెము (te) (moṇḍemu)
• 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: دَھڑ 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

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)

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

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian torso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtorso/, [ˈt̪o̞rs̠o̞]
• Rhymes: -orso
• Hyphenation^(key): tor‧so

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

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 2023-07-03

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)

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
  • → English: torse
• → Portuguese: torso
• → Spanish: torso

Anagrams

• ostro, sorto

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtoʁ.su/ [ˈtoh.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtoʁ.su/ [ˈtoh.su]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈtoɾ.su/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtoʁ.su/ [ˈtoχ.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtoɻ.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtoɾ.su/

• 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)

1. (anatomy) torso

   Synonym: tronco

2. 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)

1. twisted, crooked
2. Solomonic (said, in particular, of the column with a shaft carved in a spiral)

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]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oɾso
• Syllabification: tor‧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

Further reading

• “torso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• ortos, ostro, otros, rotos, toros

Welsh

Etymology

From English torso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔrsɔ/

Noun

torso m (plural torsoau)

1. torso

   Synonym: bongorff

Mutation

Mutated forms of torso

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
torso	dorso	nhorso	thorso

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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