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corps

/ˈkɔː/KAWR
/ˈkɔɹ/KAWR

Meaninga body (of troops)

Common meaning: a body of troops

Journey through time

  1. Latincorpus, corporis‘a body’
  2. Old Frenchcorpssource
  3. Middle Englishcorpssource
  4. Englishcorps‘a body of troops’ · today

corp also in: corpsecorporalcorporationincorporate

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin corpus ‘a body’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry corpus, p. 472 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

corporalcorporationcorpseincorporate

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