torso

Signification (Anglais)

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)

Concepts

torse

buste

tronc

Synonymes

tronco

corpo

Tronco

Traductions

torso

Torso

torso

trunk

romp

torso

torso

body

κορμός

tors

busto

Oberkörper

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈtoʁ.su/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Emprunté à italien: torso

In summary

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