tors

tors

1. plural of tor

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

From Italian torso. Possibly a doublet of tros.

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

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tors m (plural torsos)

1. torso

• IPA^(key): /tɔrs/

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tors

1. inflection of torsen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

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

• IPA^(key): /tɔʁ/

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

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

1. (literary) twisted, crooked, bent

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

tors

1. plural of tor

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔrs/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrs
• Syllabification: tors

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

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

From Middle Welsh tors, from Middle English torche or Old French torche.

• IPA^(key): /tɔrs/

tors m (plural tyrs or torsiau)

1. alternative form of tortsh (“torch”), especially used for a flaming torch or brand

   Synonyms: ffagl, pentewyn

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “tors”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “tors”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies