See also: Dorso and dorso-

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdorso/
  • Rhymes: -orso
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Noun

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

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

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Noun

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dorso (plural dorsi)

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

Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdor.so/, (traditional) /ˈdɔr.so/[2]
  • Rhymes: -orso, (traditional) -ɔrso
  • Hyphenation: dór‧so, (traditional) dòr‧so

Noun

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dorso m (plural dorsi)

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

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References

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

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Latin

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Noun

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dorsō

  1. dative/ablative singular of dorsum

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin dorsum. Displaced the inherited dosso.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: dor‧so

Noun

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dorso m (plural dorsos)

  1. back (the reverse side)
    Synonym: costas
  2. spine (bound edge of a book)

Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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dorso m (plural dorsos)

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

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