dorso

See also: Dorso and dorso-

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdorso/
• Rhymes: -orso

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Noun

dorso (accusative singular dorson, plural dorsoj, accusative plural dorsojn)

1. back (of body, hand, book, etc)

Derived terms

• dorsoflanko (“backside”)
• dorsosako (“backpack”)
• mandorso (“back of the hand; backhand”)
• montodorso (“mountain ridge”)

 

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdorso/

Noun

dorso (plural dorsi)

1. back (of body, hand, book, etc.)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dorsum; doublet of the inherited dosso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdor.so/, (traditional) /ˈdɔr.so/
• Rhymes: -orso, (traditional) -ɔrso
• Hyphenation: dór‧so, (traditional) dòr‧so

Noun

dorso m (plural dorsi)

1. back (of body, hand, book, etc.)
2. ridge, shoulder
3. (swimming) backstroke

Derived terms

• addosso
• dorsale
• dorsalgia
• dorsista
• dorsoventrale
• mostrare il dorso (“run away”)
• piega il dorso (“to obey or give in”)

 

Anagrams

• sordo

Latin

Noun

dorsō

1. dative/ablative singular of dorsum

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dorsum. Displaced the inherited dosso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdoʁ.su/ [ˈdoh.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdoʁ.su/ [ˈdoh.su]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈdoɾ.su/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈdoʁ.su/ [ˈdoχ.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdoɻ.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdoɾ.su/

• Hyphenation: dor‧so

Noun

dorso m (plural dorsos)

1. back (the reverse side)

   Synonym: costas

2. spine (bound edge of a book)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dorsum. Cf. also Dueso, which was inherited and found in place-names.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoɾso/ [ˈd̪oɾ.so]
• Rhymes: -oɾso
• Syllabification: dor‧so

Noun

dorso m (plural dorsos)

1. (anatomy) back

   Synonym: espalda

2. (Mexico) backstroke

   Synonyms: espalda, estilo espalda

Further reading

• “dorso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10