topless
English
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Adjective
topless (not comparable)
- Lacking a top.
- The sight-seeing bus is topless to allow tourists a better view of the sights.
- (poetic) Very high; towering.
- late 16th century Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus:
- Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships,
- And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?
- late 16th century Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus:
- (chiefly of a female) Not wearing a garment covering the top half of the body; naked from the waist up.
- Synonyms: (of a females) bare-breasted, (of a male) barechested, half-naked, semi-nude, shirtless, topfree
- The council voted to allow topless swimmers on the beach.
- (of a place) Featuring women that are naked from the waist up, often strippers or dancers.
- Only her closest friends knew that Jenny was working at a topless bar to help with college expenses.
- 1971, “L.A. Woman”, in Jim Morrison (lyrics), L.A. Woman, performed by The Doors:
- Driving down your freeways / Midnight alleys roam / Cops in cars, the topless bars / Never saw a woman so alone
- 1975, Bob Dylan, “Tangled Up in Blue”, in Blood on the Tracks:
- She was workin' in a topless place / And I stopped in for beer / I just kept lookin' at the side of her face / In the spotlight so clear.
Derived terms
- topless dress
- toplessly
- toplessness
- topless radio
Translations
lacking a top
poetic: very high, towering
naked from the waist up
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featuring women that are naked from the waist up
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Adverb
topless (not comparable)
- Not wearing any clothes on the upper body.
- 1985, Joan Morrison, Share House Blues, Boolarong Publications, page 43:
- 'I saw her,' said Neptune, 'sunbaking topless.'
Translations
not wearing any clothes on the upper body
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Noun
topless (plural toplesses)
- (automotive) A convertible car having the top retracted or otherwise open.
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Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English topless.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɔp.ləs/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: top‧less
Adjective
topless (not comparable)
- topless (lacking clothes on the upper part of the body)
Declension
| Declension of topless | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | topless | |||
| inflected | topless | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | topless | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | topless | ||
| n. sing. | topless | |||
| plural | topless | |||
| definite | topless | |||
| partitive | topless | |||
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English topless.
Noun
topless m (invariable)
- the state of being topless
- a monokini or similar
Derived terms
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
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Unadapted borrowing from English topless.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.plɛs/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔplɛs
- Syllabification: top‧less
- Homophone: toples
Adjective
topless (not comparable, no derived adverb)
- topless (naked from the waist up)
Adverb
topless (not comparable)
- topless (not wearing any clothes on the upper body)
Noun
topless m inan (indeclinable) or topless m inan
Declension
Declension of topless
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | topless | toplessy |
| genitive | toplessu | toplessów |
| dative | toplessowi | toplessom |
| accusative | topless | toplessy |
| instrumental | toplessem | toplessami |
| locative | toplessie | toplessach |
| vocative | toplessie | toplessy |
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English topless.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɔ.piˈlɛ(j)s/ [tɔ.piˈlɛ(ɪ̯)s], /tɔ.piˈlɛ.si/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /tɔ.piˈlɛ(j)ʃ/ [tɔ.piˈlɛ(ɪ̯)ʃ], /tɔ.piˈlɛ.si/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tɔ.piˈlɛ(j)s/ [tɔ.piˈlɛ(ɪ̯)s], /tɔ.piˈlɛ.se/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɔˈplɛ.sɨ/
Adjective
topless (invariable)
- (of a woman) topless (naked from the waist up)
- Fazer topless. ― To go topless.
Related terms
Further reading
- “topless”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “topless”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
- “topless”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English topless.
Adjective
topless m or f or n (indeclinable)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | topless | topless | topless | topless | ||
| definite | — | — | — | — | |||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | topless | topless | topless | topless | ||
| definite | — | — | — | — | |||
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English topless.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtoples/ [ˈt̪o.ples]
- Rhymes: -oples
Adjective
topless (invariable)
- topless (of a woman, naked from the waist up)
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.