torso

Meaning

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

torso

trunk

body

soma

tree trunk

Synonyms

tronco

corpo

Tronco

Translations

torse

torso

Torso

romp

torso

torso

buste

κορμός

Oberkörper

busto

tors

addome

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtoʁ.su/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian: torso

In summary

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