# 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: /ˈtɔː.səʊ/
* (US) IPA: /ˈtɔɹ.soʊ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* 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

* torso tosser

#### 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: /ˈtorso/, [ˈt̪o̞rs̠o̞]
* Rhymes: -orso
* Hyphenation: tor‧so

### Noun

torso
* torso
* (colloquial) loser

#### Declension

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]‎ (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: /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

* ↑ torso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* ostro, sorto

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian torso, from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos, “Bacchic staff”). Doublet of tirso and possibly trozo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtoɾso/ [ˈt̪oɾ.so]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* ortos, ostro, otros, rotos, toros

## Welsh
### Etymology

From English torso.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɔrsɔ/

### Noun

torso m (plural torsoau)
* torso
    Synonym: bongorff

### Mutation

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