different between thorax vs corselet

English

Etymology

From Latin thorax, from Ancient Greek ????? (th?rax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: thôr'aks, IPA^(key): /????æks/

Noun

thorax (plural thoraces or thoraxes)

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

Derived terms

Translations

Finnish

Noun

thorax

1. thorax

Declension

Synonyms

• (part of insect's body): keskiruumis

French

Pronunciation

Noun

thorax m (plural thorax)

1. thorax

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (th?rax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?t?o?.raks/, [?t??o??äks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?to.raks/, [?t?????ks]

Noun

th?rax m (genitive th?r?cis); third declension

1. (anatomy) chest, thorax
2. breastplate, cuirass
3. doublet, stomacher
4. bust (statue)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (breastplate): l?r?ca

Descendants

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?^[1]
• 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)

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

English

Alternative forms

• corcelet
• corselette
• corslet

Etymology

From French corselet, from cors, an archaic spelling of corps (“body”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??sl?t/

Noun

corselet (plural corselets)

1. Armor for the body, as, the body breastplate and backpiece taken together.
2. The entire suit of the day, including breastplate and backpiece, tasset and headpiece.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 21:

     Strictly speaking, the word corcelet meant only that part which covered the body, but was generally used to express the whole suit, under the terms of a corselet furnished, or complete.

3. A tight-fitting item of clothing which covers the body and not the limbs.
4. A type of women's underwear, combining a bra and a girdle in one garment; a corselette.
5. (zoology) The thorax of an insect.
   • 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:

     With the added suggestion of her goggles it reminded her pupil of the polished shell or corslet of a horrid beetle.

Translations

Anagrams

• Electors, corelets, electors, electros, selector

French

Etymology

Diminutive form of Old French cors.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.s?.l?/

Noun

corselet m (plural corselets)

1. corselet (garment)
2. (zoology) corselet, thorax

Further reading

• “corselet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).