noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˈtɔː.səʊ̯/
UK:[ˈthɔː.səʊ̯] ~ [ˈthɔː.sɵ̞ʊ̯]
US:/ˈtoɹ.soʊ̯/
US:[ˈthoɹ.soʊ̯] ~ /ˈtɔɹ.sɔʊ̯/
US:[ˈthɔɹ.sɔʊ̯]
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)səʊ
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: torse, trunk
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
they moved their arms and legs and bodies
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trunk, body
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body part
History
Etymology
From Italian torso, from Late Latin tursus, from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos, “Bacchic staff”). Doublet of thyrse, thyrsus, and torse.
Across languages
Translations
175 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
trung
— body excluding the head and limbs
Arabic:
جِذْع
(jiḏʕ)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Arabic:
جِسْم
(jism)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Arabic:
جُسْمَان
(jusmān)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Aramaic:
ܫܠܕܐ
(šəladdā)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Aramaic:
ܩܘܪܡܐ
(qōrmā)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Armenian:
մարմին
(marmin)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Armenian:
իրան
(iran)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Azerbaijani:
gövdə
— body excluding the head and limbs
Bashkir:
кәүҙә
(kəwźə)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Belarusian:
ту́лава
(túlava)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Belarusian:
торс
(tors)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Belarusian:
ко́рпус
(kórpus)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Bengali:
ধড়
(dhoṛ)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Breton:
korf-bras
— body excluding the head and limbs
Breton:
kef
— body excluding the head and limbs
Bulgarian:
ту́ловище
(túlovište)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Bulgarian:
труп
(trup)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Bulgarian:
ко́рпус
(kórpus)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Bulgarian:
то́рсо
(tórso)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Bulgarian:
торс
(tors)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Burmese:
ကိုယ်
(kuiy)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Catalan:
tors
— body excluding the head and limbs
Catalan:
tronc
— body excluding the head and limbs
Catalan:
cos
— body excluding the head and limbs
Chinese Cantonese:
軀幹 /躯干
(keoi1 gon3)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Chinese Mandarin:
軀幹 /躯干
(qūgàn)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Crimean Tatar:
kevde
— body excluding the head and limbs
Czech:
tělo
— body excluding the head and limbs
Czech:
trup
— body excluding the head and limbs
Czech:
torzo
— body excluding the head and limbs
Danish:
overkrop
— body excluding the head and limbs
Danish:
torso
— body excluding the head and limbs
Dutch:
torso
— body excluding the head and limbs
Dutch:
romp
— body excluding the head and limbs
Dutch:
corpus
— body excluding the head and limbs
Dutch:
lijf
— body excluding the head and limbs
Esperanto:
torso
— body excluding the head and limbs
Estonian:
kere
— body excluding the head and limbs
Finnish:
vartalo
— body excluding the head and limbs
Finnish:
torso
— body excluding the head and limbs
Finnish:
ylävartalo
— body excluding the head and limbs
Finnish:
yläruumis
— body excluding the head and limbs
French:
torse
— body excluding the head and limbs
French:
tronc
— body excluding the head and limbs
French:
buste
— body excluding the head and limbs
Gagauz:
güüdä
— body excluding the head and limbs
Galician:
tronco
— body excluding the head and limbs
Galician:
corpo
— body excluding the head and limbs
Georgian:
ტანი
(ṭani)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Georgian:
ტორსი
(ṭorsi)
— body excluding the head and limbs
German:
Torso
— body excluding the head and limbs
German:
Rumpf
— body excluding the head and limbs
German:
Oberkörper
— body excluding the head and limbs
German:
Leib
— body excluding the head and limbs
German:
Körperstamm
— body excluding the head and limbs
Greek:
κορμός
(kormós)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Haitian Creole:
bis
— body excluding the head and limbs
Hebrew:
טוֹרְסוֹ
(tórso)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Hebrew:
גֵו
(gev)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Hebrew:
גּוּף
(guf)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Hindi:
धड़
(dhaṛ)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Hindi:
कबंध
(kabandh)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Hungarian:
felsőtest
— body excluding the head and limbs
Hungarian:
törzs
— body excluding the head and limbs
Hungarian:
torzó
— body excluding the head and limbs
Icelandic:
búkur
— body excluding the head and limbs
Icelandic:
bolur
— body excluding the head and limbs
Ido:
korpo
— body excluding the head and limbs
Italian:
tronco
— body excluding the head and limbs
Italian:
busto
— body excluding the head and limbs
Italian:
torso
— body excluding the head and limbs
Italian:
corpo
— body excluding the head and limbs
Japanese:
胴
(dō)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Japanese:
胴体
(dōtai)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Kazakh:
бәден
(bäden)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Kazakh:
дене
(dene)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Kazakh:
кеуде
(keude)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Kazakh:
көкірек
(kökırek)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Kazakh:
тұлға
(tūlğa)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Khmer:
សង្ខារ
(sɑɑsɑngkhaa)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Khmer:
អង្គ
(ʼɑng)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Khmer:
ដង
(dɑɑng)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Korean:
몸통
(momtong)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Korean:
동체
(dongche)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Northern Kurdish:
gewde
— body excluding the head and limbs
Kyrgyz:
дене
(dene)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Kyrgyz:
көөдөн
(köödön)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Lao:
ກາຍ
(kāi)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Lao:
ສະກົນ
(sa kon)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Lao:
ສະລີລະ
(sa lī la)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Lao:
ສໍາລານ
(sam lān)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Latin:
truncus
— body excluding the head and limbs
Latvian:
rumpis
— body excluding the head and limbs
Latvian:
torss
— body excluding the head and limbs
Lithuanian:
liemuo
— body excluding the head and limbs
Lithuanian:
torsas
— body excluding the head and limbs
Macedonian:
труп
(trup)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Macedonian:
торзо
(torzo)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Malay:
torso
— body excluding the head and limbs
Māori:
tūmū
— body excluding the head and limbs
Middle English:
tronke
— body excluding the head and limbs
Mongolian:
их бие
(ix bije)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Navajo:
azhiʼ
— body excluding the head and limbs
Norwegian Bokmål:
overkropp
— body excluding the head and limbs
Norwegian Bokmål:
torso
— body excluding the head and limbs
Norwegian Nynorsk:
overkropp
— body excluding the head and limbs
Norwegian Nynorsk:
torso
— body excluding the head and limbs
Norwegian Nynorsk:
bol
— body excluding the head and limbs
Old East Slavic:
тулово
(tulovo)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Pashto:
تنه
(tana)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Persian:
نیمتَنِه
(nim-tane)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Persian:
تَنِه
(tane)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Polish:
tułów
— body excluding the head and limbs
Polish:
korpus
— body excluding the head and limbs
Polish:
kadłub
— body excluding the head and limbs
Portuguese:
tronco
— body excluding the head and limbs
Portuguese:
corpo
— body excluding the head and limbs
Portuguese:
torso
— body excluding the head and limbs
Romanian:
trunchi
— body excluding the head and limbs
Romanian:
trup
— body excluding the head and limbs
Romanian:
tors
— body excluding the head and limbs
Russian:
ту́ловище
(túlovišče)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Russian:
торс
(tors)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Russian:
ко́рпус
(kórpus)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Russian:
ту́лово
(túlovo)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Scottish Gaelic:
com
— body excluding the head and limbs
Scottish Gaelic:
corp
— body excluding the head and limbs
Serbo-Croatian:
то̏рзо
— body excluding the head and limbs
Serbo-Croatian:
тру̑п
— body excluding the head and limbs
Serbo-Croatian:
tȍrzo
— body excluding the head and limbs
Serbo-Croatian:
trȗp
— body excluding the head and limbs
Sikkimese:
སྐུ་སྷོད
— body excluding the head and limbs
Slovak:
telo
— body excluding the head and limbs
Slovak:
trup
— body excluding the head and limbs
Slovak:
driek
— body excluding the head and limbs
Slovak:
torzo
— body excluding the head and limbs
Slovene:
trup
— body excluding the head and limbs
Spanish:
torso
— body excluding the head and limbs
Spanish:
tronco
— body excluding the head and limbs
Spanish:
troncón
— body excluding the head and limbs
Swahili:
kiwiliwili
— body excluding the head and limbs
Swedish:
överkropp
— body excluding the head and limbs
Swedish:
torso
— body excluding the head and limbs
Swedish:
kropp
— body excluding the head and limbs
Tajik:
тан
(tan)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Tajik:
колбад
(kolbad)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Tajik:
бадан
(badan)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Tatar:
бәдән
(bädän)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Telugu:
మొండెము
(moṇḍemu)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Thai:
ลําตัว
(lam-dtuua)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Thai:
เนื้อตัว
(nʉ́ʉa-dtuua)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Thai:
ตัว
(dtuua)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Turkish:
gövde
— body excluding the head and limbs
Old Anatolian Turkish:
كوده
(gävdä, gövdä)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Ottoman Turkish:
گوگده
(göğde, gövde)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Ottoman Turkish:
بدن
(beden)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Turkmen:
göwre
— body excluding the head and limbs
Turkmen:
korpus
— body excluding the head and limbs
Ukrainian:
ту́луб
(túlub)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Ukrainian:
торс
(tors)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Ukrainian:
ко́рпус
(kórpus)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Urdu:
دَھڑ
(dhaṛ)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Uyghur:
گەۋدە
(gewde)
— body excluding the head and limbs
Uzbek:
gavda
— body excluding the head and limbs
Uzbek:
tana
— body excluding the head and limbs
Uzbek:
korpus
— body excluding the head and limbs
Uzbek:
tors
— body excluding the head and limbs
Vietnamese:
thân
— body excluding the head and limbs
Vietnamese:
thân mình
— body excluding the head and limbs
Vietnamese:
mình
— body excluding the head and limbs
Walloon:
coir
— body excluding the head and limbs
Walloon:
bodje
— body excluding the head and limbs
Welsh:
torso
— body excluding the head and limbs
Welsh:
bongorff
— body excluding the head and limbs