tors

Noun

tors

1. plural of tor

Anagrams

• RTOS, RTOs, TROs, orts, rost, rots, sort

Etymology

From Italian torso. Possibly a doublet of tros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɔrs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtors]

Noun

tors m (plural torsos)

1. torso

Etymology

Former past participle of tordre (displaced by tordu). See also retors

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔʁ/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: tord, tords, tore, tores, tort, torts (general), taure, taures (one pronunciation)

Adjective

tors (feminine torse, masculine plural tors, feminine plural torses)

1. (literary) twisted, crooked, bent

Further reading

• “tors”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Noun

tors

1. plural of tor

Etymology

Borrowed from French torse, from Italian torso, from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θῠ́ρσος (thŭ́rsos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔrs/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔrs
• Syllabification: tors

Noun

tors m inan

1. torso (body excluding the head and limbs)

   Synonyms: klatka piersiowa, pierś

2. torso (sculpture showing the torso of a human figure without arms and legs, sometimes also without head)

   Synonym: popiersie

Further reading

• tors in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tors in Polish dictionaries at PWN