tarso

tarso m (plural tarsos)

1. (anatomy) tarsus (entire ankle)
2. (anatomy) tarsal (any bone of the ankle)

• metatarso

From Latin tarsus (“tarsus”), from Ancient Greek ταρσός (tarsós, “flat surface used for drying”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtar.so/
• Rhymes: -arso
• Hyphenation: tàr‧so

tarso m (plural tarsi)

1. (anatomy, zoology) tarsus
2. (anatomy) tarsus, tarsal plate (of the eyelid)

• metatarso
• tarsale
• tarsalgia

• -astro, astro, astro-, rosta, sarto, sorta, staro, starò

tarsō

1. dative/ablative singular of tarsus

From Latin tarsus (“tarsus”), from Ancient Greek ταρσός (tarsós, “flat surface used for drying”).

• Homophone: Tarso

tarso m (plural tarsos)

1. (anatomy) tarsus

• calcâneo, tálus, navicular, cuneiforme, cuboide

• calcanhar
• pé
• tornozelo

• “tarso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tarso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ταρσός (tarsós).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɾso/ [ˈt̪aɾ.so]
• Rhymes: -aɾso
• Syllabification: tar‧so

tarso m (plural tarsos)

1. (anatomy) tarsus (entire ankle)
2. (anatomy) tarsal (any bone of the ankle)

• “tarso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

• astro