dorso

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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

Ido

Pronunciation

Noun

dorso (plural dorsi)

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

Italian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dorsum; doublet of the inherited dosso.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdor.so/, (traditional) /ˈdɔr.so/[2]
  • 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

References

  1. ^ Angelico Prati, Vocabolario etimologico italiano, Milano, Garzanti, 1951
  2. ^ dorso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Latin

Noun

dorsō

  1. dative/ablative singular of dorsum

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dorsum. Displaced the inherited dosso.

Pronunciation

 

  • 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/
  • Rhymes: -oɾso
  • Syllabification: dor‧so

Noun

dorso m (plural dorsos)

  1. (anatomy) back
    Synonym: espalda
  2. (Mexico) backstroke
    Synonyms: espalda, estilo espalda

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