thorax

See also: Thorax

English

Diagram showing the thorax of an insect.

Etymology

From Latin thorax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθɔɹæks/

Noun

thorax (plural thoraces or thoraxes)

(anatomy) The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.
(entomology and arachnology) The middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body.

Derived terms

Translations

region of the mammalian body

Armenian: կրծքավանդակ (hy) (krckʿavandak)
Catalan: tòrax (ca) m
Cebuano: dughan
Chinese:
Mandarin: 胸部 (zh) (xiōngbù), 胸廓 (zh) (xiōngkuò)
Czech: hruď f, hrudník (cs) m
Dutch: borst (nl), borstkas (nl)
Esperanto: torako
Finnish: rintakehä (fi)
French: thorax (fr) m
Galician: tórax m, arca (gl) f
German: Thorax (de) m
Greek: θώρακας (el) m (thórakas)
Hungarian: mellkas (hu)
Icelandic: brjóst (is) n, brjóstkassi (is) m, brjósthol (is) n
Ido: torako (io)
Irish: tóracs m, cliabhrach m
Italian: torace (it) m, petto (it) m

Japanese: 胸郭 (ja) (きょうかく, kyōkaku)
Korean: 흉곽 (ko) (hyunggwak), 흉부 (ko) (hyungbu)
Lombard: torax m, peit m
Macedonian: гради f pl (grádi)
Malay: toraks
Maori: tārāuma, hōpara
Polish: klatka piersiowa (pl) f
Portuguese: tórax (pt) m
Russian: грудна́я кле́тка (ru) f (grudnája klétka), то́ракс (ru) m (tóraks)
Scottish Gaelic: broilleach m, cliabh m
Slovene: toraks m, prsni koš (sl) m
Spanish: tórax (es) m
Swedish: thorax (sv), bröstkorg (sv)
Tagalog: dibdib (tl)
Thai: อก (th) (òk)
Vietnamese: ngực (vi), vòng một
Yiddish: ברוסטקאַסטן‎ m (brustkastn)

middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body

Dutch: borststuk (nl)
Finnish: keskiruumis (fi)
French: thorax (fr) m
German: Thorax (de) m
Greek: θώρακας (el) n (thórakas)
Hungarian: tor (hu)
Icelandic: frambolur m
Irish: tóracs m

Malay: toraks
Maori: tārāuma
Polish: tułów (pl) m
Portuguese: tórax (pt) m
Russian: то́ракс (ru) m (tóraks)
Slovene: toraks m, oprsje n
Spanish: tórax (es) m

Finnish

Noun

thorax

thorax

Declension

Inflection of thorax (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		thorax	thoraxit
genitive		thoraxin	thoraxien
partitive		thoraxia	thoraxeja
illative		thoraxiin	thoraxeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		thorax	thoraxit
accusative	nom.	thorax	thoraxit
accusative	gen.	thoraxin	thoraxit
genitive		thoraxin	thoraxien
partitive		thoraxia	thoraxeja
inessive		thoraxissa	thoraxeissa
elative		thoraxista	thoraxeista
illative		thoraxiin	thoraxeihin
adessive		thoraxilla	thoraxeilla
ablative		thoraxilta	thoraxeilta
allative		thoraxille	thoraxeille
essive		thoraxina	thoraxeina
translative		thoraxiksi	thoraxeiksi
instructive		—	thoraxein
abessive		thoraxitta	thoraxeitta
comitative		—	thoraxeineen

Synonyms

(part of insect's body): keskiruumis

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

thorax m (plural thorax)

thorax

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰoː.raks/

Noun

thōrax m (genitive thōrācis); third declension

Declension

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	thōrax	thōrācēs
Genitive	thōrācis	thōrācum
Dative	thōrācī	thōrācibus
Accusative	thōrācem	thōrācēs
Ablative	thōrāce	thōrācibus
Vocative	thōrax	thōrācēs

Synonyms

(breastplate): lōrīca

Descendants

→ Catalan: tòrax
→ English: thorax
→ Esperanto: torako
→ French: thorax
→ Galician: tórax
→ German: Thorax
→ Ido: torako
→ Irish: tóracs
→ Italian: torace
→ Lombard: torax
→ Malay: toraks
→ Portuguese: tórax
→ Russian: то́ракс (tóraks)
→ Slovene: toraks
→ Spanish: tórax
→ Swedish: thorax

References

thorax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
thorax in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
thorax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
thorax in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
thorax in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
thorax in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Portuguese

Noun

thorax m (plural thoraxes)

Obsolete spelling of tórax (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).

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