torso
Syllables: tor·soUK/ˈtɔː.səʊ̯//ˈtoɹ.soʊ̯/
torso noun: the main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs.
Noun
torso meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
torso in Hindi
- body excluding the head and limbs
- धड़ dhaṛ, कबंध kabandh
torso in Urdu
- body excluding the head and limbs
- دَھڑ dhaṛ
torso in Bengali
- body excluding the head and limbs
- ধড় dhoṛ
torso in Telugu
- body excluding the head and limbs
- మొండెము moṇḍemu
More languagesFewer languages
- torso in Malayalam
- ഉടൽ uṭal
- torso in Kannada
- ಮುಂಡ
- torso in Punjabi
- ਧਡ਼
- torso in Gujarati
- ધડ
- torso in Odia
- ଧଡ଼
- torso in Pashto
- تنه tana
- torso in Arabic
- جِذْع jiḏʕ, جِسْم jism, جُسْمَان jusmān
- torso in Malay
- torso
- torso in Persian
- نیمتَنِه nim-tane, تَنِه tane
- torso in Thai
- ลำตัว lam-dtuua, เนื้อตัว nʉ́ʉa-dtuua, ตัว dtuua
- torso in Vietnamese
- thân, thân mình, mình
- torso in Myanmar
- ကိုယ် kuiy
Examples of torso in a sentence
- A shirt is an article of clothing that covers the torso and arms.
- An overbust corset encloses the torso, extending from just under the arms to the hips.
- Dismantle all the pieces, and place any with stickers or printing (like minifigure torsos) aside.
Synonyms of torso
Forms of torso
| plural | torsos |
|---|---|
| plural | torsi |
Origin of torso
From Italian torso, from Late Latin tursus, from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos, “Bacchic staff”). Doublet of thyrse, thyrsus, and torse.
Words formed from torso
Phrases with torso
Words that rhyme with torso
Questions about torso
- What does torso mean?
- Torso means the main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs.
- What is torso in Hindi?
- Torso in Hindi is धड़ (dhaṛ), कबंध (kabandh). See Torso meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is torso?
- Torso is a noun.
- How do you pronounce torso?
- Torso is pronounced /ˈtɔː.səʊ̯/ (UK).
- What is the plural of torso?
- The plural of torso is torsos.
Words near torso in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: torso (page history and authors); ഉടൽ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); torso (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); torso (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); torso (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); torso (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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