# thorax
## English
### Etymology

From Latin thorax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).

### Pronunciation

* enPR: thôr'aks, IPA: /ˈθɔɹæks/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

thorax (plural thoraces or thoraxes)
* (anatomy) The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.
    Synonym: chest
    Holonyms: torso, trunk; body
    Meronym: chest
* (entomology and arachnology) The middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body to which the legs are attached.
    Holonym: body
    Meronyms: prothorax, mesothorax, metathorax
    Comeronyms: head, abdomen

#### Derived terms

* aerothorax
* bithorax
* cephalothorax
* cholothorax
* chylothorax
* endothorax
* enterothorax
* entothorax
* extrathoracic
* fibrothorax
* haemothorax
* hematothorax
* hemithorax
* hemothorax
* hydrothorax
* mesothorax
* metathorax
* midthorax
* opisthothorax
* pneumatothorax
* pneumothorax
* prothorax
* pyothorax
* synthorax
* thoracal
* thoracic
* thoracic vertebra
* thoracoplasty
* trithorax

#### Translations
## Finnish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin thorax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtho(ː)rɑks/, [ˈt̪ho̞(ː)rɑ̝ks̠]
* Rhymes: -orɑks

### Noun

thorax
* thorax

#### Declension

Possessive forms of thorax (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
thoraxini
thoraxini
accusative
nom.
thoraxini
thoraxini
gen.
thoraxini
genitive
thoraxini
thoraxieni
partitive
thoraxiani
thoraxejani
inessive
thoraxissani
thoraxeissani
elative
thoraxistani
thoraxeistani
illative
thoraxiini
thoraxeihini
adessive
thoraxillani
thoraxeillani
ablative
thoraxiltani
thoraxeiltani
allative
thoraxilleni
thoraxeilleni
essive
thoraxinani
thoraxeinani
translative
thoraxikseni
thoraxeikseni
abessive
thoraxittani
thoraxeittani
instructive
comitative
—thoraxeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
thoraxisi
thoraxisi
accusative
nom.
thoraxisi
thoraxisi
gen.
thoraxisi
genitive
thoraxisi
thoraxiesi
partitive
thoraxiasi
thoraxejasi
inessive
thoraxissasi
thoraxeissasi
elative
thoraxistasi
thoraxeistasi
illative
thoraxiisi
thoraxeihisi
adessive
thoraxillasi
thoraxeillasi
ablative
thoraxiltasi
thoraxeiltasi
allative
thoraxillesi
thoraxeillesi
essive
thoraxinasi
thoraxeinasi
translative
thoraxiksesi
thoraxeiksesi
abessive
thoraxittasi
thoraxeittasi
instructive
comitative
—thoraxeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
thoraximme
thoraximme
accusative
nom.
thoraximme
thoraximme
gen.
thoraximme
genitive
thoraximme
thoraxiemme
partitive
thoraxiamme
thoraxejamme
inessive
thoraxissamme
thoraxeissamme
elative
thoraxistamme
thoraxeistamme
illative
thoraxiimme
thoraxeihimme
adessive
thoraxillamme
thoraxeillamme
ablative
thoraxiltamme
thoraxeiltamme
allative
thoraxillemme
thoraxeillemme
essive
thoraxinamme
thoraxeinamme
translative
thoraxiksemme
thoraxeiksemme
abessive
thoraxittamme
thoraxeittamme
instructive
comitative
—thoraxeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
thoraxinne
thoraxinne
accusative
nom.
thoraxinne
thoraxinne
gen.
thoraxinne
genitive
thoraxinne
thoraxienne
partitive
thoraxianne
thoraxejanne
inessive
thoraxissanne
thoraxeissanne
elative
thoraxistanne
thoraxeistanne
illative
thoraxiinne
thoraxeihinne
adessive
thoraxillanne
thoraxeillanne
ablative
thoraxiltanne
thoraxeiltanne
allative
thoraxillenne
thoraxeillenne
essive
thoraxinanne
thoraxeinanne
translative
thoraxiksenne
thoraxeiksenne
abessive
thoraxittanne
thoraxeittanne
instructive
comitative
—thoraxeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
thoraxinsa
thoraxinsa
accusative
nom.
thoraxinsa
thoraxinsa
gen.
thoraxinsa
genitive
thoraxinsa
thoraxiensa
partitive
thoraxiaan thoraxiansa
thoraxejaan thoraxejansa
inessive
thoraxissaan thoraxissansa
thoraxeissaan thoraxeissansa
elative
thoraxistaan thoraxistansa
thoraxeistaan thoraxeistansa
illative
thoraxiinsa
thoraxeihinsa
adessive
thoraxillaan thoraxillansa
thoraxeillaan thoraxeillansa
ablative
thoraxiltaan thoraxiltansa
thoraxeiltaan thoraxeiltansa
allative
thoraxilleen thoraxillensa
thoraxeilleen thoraxeillensa
essive
thoraxinaan thoraxinansa
thoraxeinaan thoraxeinansa
translative
thoraxikseen thoraxiksensa
thoraxeikseen thoraxeiksensa
abessive
thoraxittaan thoraxittansa
thoraxeittaan thoraxeittansa
instructive
comitative
—thoraxeineen thoraxeinensa :

#### Synonyms

* (part of insect's body): keskiruumis

#### Derived terms

* thoraxkirurgia

### Further reading

* “thorax”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

## French
### Etymology

From Latin thōrax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɔ.ʁaks/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

thorax m (plural thorax)
* thorax

### Further reading

* “thorax”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈtʰoː.raks/, [ˈt̪ʰoːräks̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈto.raks/, [ˈt̪ɔːräks]

### Noun

thōrax m (genitive thōrācis); third declension
* (anatomy) chest, thorax
* breastplate, cuirass
* doublet, stomacher
* bust (statue)

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### Synonyms

* (breastplate): lōrīca

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: tòrax
* → English: thorax
* → Esperanto: torako
* → French: thorax
* → Galician: tórax
* → German: Thorax
* → Ido: torako
* → Indonesian: toraks
* → Irish: tóracs
* → Italian: torace
** → Romanian: torace
* → Lombard: torax
* → Malay: toraks
* → Occitan: torax
* → Portuguese: tórax, torace
* → Russian: то́ракс (tóraks)
* → Slovene: toraks
* → Spanish: tórax
* → Swedish: thorax

### References

* “thorax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “thorax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* thorax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “thorax”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
* “thorax”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “thorax”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

## Portuguese
### Noun

thorax m (plural thoraxes)
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of tórax.

## Swedish
### Noun

thorax c
* (anatomy) thorax

#### See also

* bröstkorg

### References

* thorax in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* thorax in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* thorax in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* Svensk MeSH