torso

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noun

The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs.

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torsetrunkbody
OriginItalian torso ← Late Latin tursus ← Latin thyrsus →
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Meanings

nountorso (plural torsos or torsi)

plural torsos · plural torsi

  1. The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs.
    1 more example

    An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot an immigrant from Venezuela in the torso in Austin, Texas, local authorities said, the latest violent episode to occur as the Trump administration pushes to increase deportations. ¶The injured man, Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was taken to a hospital, but his wife was not allowed to see him, said Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, an immigration lawyer who said at the hospital that she is now representing him and his family.

    2026 September 20, Christina Morales, Lauren McGaughy, and Devon Lum, “ICE Agent Shoots Venezuelan Immigrant in Austin, Local Authorities Say”, in The New York Times

    Synonyms: torse, trunk

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs.

Similar
torsetrunk

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe body excluding the head and neck and limbs

Similar
trunkbody
Broader
body part
Also see
bodytrunk

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekθύρσος“Bacchic staff”
  2. Latinthyrsus
  3. Late Latintursus
  4. Italiantorso
  5. Englishtorso

From Italian torso, from Late Latin tursus, from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos, “Bacchic staff”). Doublet of thyrse, thyrsus, and torse.

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Translations

Arabic جِذْع, جِسْم
  • جِذْع (jiḏʕ)body excluding the head and limbs
  • جِسْم (jism)body excluding the head and limbs
  • جُسْمَان (jusmān)body excluding the head and limbs
Bengali ধড়
  • ধড় (dhoṛ)body excluding the head and limbs
Bulgarian ту́ловище, труп
  • ту́ловище (túlovište)body excluding the head and limbs
  • труп (trup)body excluding the head and limbs
  • ко́рпус (kórpus)body excluding the head and limbs
  • то́рсо (tórso)body excluding the head and limbs
  • торс (tors)body excluding the head and limbs
Catalan tors, tronc
  • torsbody excluding the head and limbs
  • troncbody excluding the head and limbs
  • cosbody excluding the head and limbs
Chinese Cantonese 軀幹 /躯干
  • 軀幹 /躯干 (keoi¹ gon³)body excluding the head and limbs
Chinese Mandarin 軀幹 /躯干
  • 軀幹 /躯干 (qūgàn)body excluding the head and limbs
Czech tělo, trup
  • tělobody excluding the head and limbs
  • trupbody excluding the head and limbs
  • torzobody excluding the head and limbs
Danish overkrop, torso
  • overkropbody excluding the head and limbs
  • torsobody excluding the head and limbs
Dutch torso, romp
  • torsobody excluding the head and limbs
  • rompbody excluding the head and limbs
  • corpusbody excluding the head and limbs
  • lijfbody excluding the head and limbs
Esperanto torso
  • torsobody excluding the head and limbs
Estonian kere
  • kerebody excluding the head and limbs
Finnish vartalo, torso
  • vartalobody excluding the head and limbs
  • torsobody excluding the head and limbs
  • ylävartalobody excluding the head and limbs
  • yläruumisbody excluding the head and limbs
French torse, tronc
  • torsebody excluding the head and limbs
  • troncbody excluding the head and limbs
  • bustebody excluding the head and limbs
German Torso, Rumpf
  • Torsobody excluding the head and limbs
  • Rumpfbody excluding the head and limbs
  • Oberkörperbody excluding the head and limbs
  • Leibbody excluding the head and limbs
  • Körperstammbody excluding the head and limbs
Greek κορμός
  • κορμός (kormós)body excluding the head and limbs
Hebrew טוֹרְסוֹ, גֵו
  • טוֹרְסוֹ (tórso)body excluding the head and limbs
  • גֵו (gev)body excluding the head and limbs
  • גּוּף (guf)body excluding the head and limbs
Hindi धड़, कबंध
  • धड़ (dhaṛ)body excluding the head and limbs
  • कबंध (kabandh)body excluding the head and limbs
Hungarian felsőtest, törzs
  • felsőtestbody excluding the head and limbs
  • törzsbody excluding the head and limbs
  • torzóbody excluding the head and limbs
Icelandic búkur, bolur
  • búkurbody excluding the head and limbs
  • bolurbody excluding the head and limbs
Italian tronco, busto
  • troncobody excluding the head and limbs
  • bustobody excluding the head and limbs
  • torsobody excluding the head and limbs
  • corpobody excluding the head and limbs
Japanese 胴, 胴体
  • 胴 (dō)body excluding the head and limbs
  • 胴体 (dōtai)body excluding the head and limbs
Korean 몸통, 동체
  • 몸통 (momtong)body excluding the head and limbs
  • 동체 (dongche)body excluding the head and limbs
Latin truncus
  • truncusbody excluding the head and limbs
Latvian rumpis, torss
  • rumpisbody excluding the head and limbs
  • torssbody excluding the head and limbs
Lithuanian liemuo, torsas
  • liemuobody excluding the head and limbs
  • torsasbody excluding the head and limbs
Malay torso
  • torsobody excluding the head and limbs
Māori tūmū
  • tūmūbody excluding the head and limbs
Norwegian Bokmål overkropp, torso
  • overkroppbody excluding the head and limbs
  • torsobody excluding the head and limbs
Persian نیمتَنِه, تَنِه
  • نیمتَنِه (nim-tane)body excluding the head and limbs
  • تَنِه (tane)body excluding the head and limbs
Polish tułów, korpus
  • tułówbody excluding the head and limbs
  • korpusbody excluding the head and limbs
  • kadłubbody excluding the head and limbs
Portuguese tronco, corpo
  • troncobody excluding the head and limbs
  • corpobody excluding the head and limbs
  • torsobody excluding the head and limbs
Romanian trunchi, trup
  • trunchibody excluding the head and limbs
  • trupbody excluding the head and limbs
  • torsbody excluding the head and limbs
Russian ту́ловище, торс
  • ту́ловище (túlovišče)body excluding the head and limbs
  • торс (tors)body excluding the head and limbs
  • ко́рпус (kórpus)body excluding the head and limbs
  • ту́лово (túlovo)body excluding the head and limbs
Scottish Gaelic com, corp
  • combody excluding the head and limbs
  • corpbody excluding the head and limbs
Slovak telo, trup
  • telobody excluding the head and limbs
  • trupbody excluding the head and limbs
  • driekbody excluding the head and limbs
  • torzobody excluding the head and limbs
Spanish torso, tronco
  • torsobody excluding the head and limbs
  • troncobody excluding the head and limbs
  • troncónbody excluding the head and limbs
Swahili kiwiliwili
  • kiwiliwilibody excluding the head and limbs
Swedish överkropp, torso
  • överkroppbody excluding the head and limbs
  • torsobody excluding the head and limbs
  • kroppbody excluding the head and limbs
Thai ลำตัว, เนื้อตัว
  • ลำตัว (lam-dtuua)body excluding the head and limbs
  • เนื้อตัว (nʉ́ʉa-dtuua)body excluding the head and limbs
  • ตัว (dtuua)body excluding the head and limbs
Turkish gövde
  • gövdebody excluding the head and limbs
Ukrainian ту́луб, торс
  • ту́луб (túlub)body excluding the head and limbs
  • торс (tors)body excluding the head and limbs
  • ко́рпус (kórpus)body excluding the head and limbs
Urdu دَھڑ
  • دَھڑ (dhaṛ)body excluding the head and limbs
Vietnamese thân, thân mình
  • thânbody excluding the head and limbs
  • thân mìnhbody excluding the head and limbs
  • mìnhbody excluding the head and limbs
Welsh torso, bongorff
  • torsobody excluding the head and limbs
  • bongorffbody excluding the head and limbs

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with torso

cane corso
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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

torso. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torso

MLA

“torso.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torso. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “torso,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torso.

Source: torso on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.