torso

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (masculine) torso
2. (masculine) artistic work that represents the human torso, without head or limbs

Adj

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

Sinonieme

tronco

corpo

Tronco

Vertalings

torso

torse

torso

Torso

romp

torso

trunk

torso

tors

body

busto

κορμός

Oberkörper

buste

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈtoʁ.su/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geleen van Italiaans: torso

In summary

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