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corse

/ˈkɔːs/KAWRS
/ˈkɔɹs/KAWRS

Meaninga body

Common meaning: dead body, in literary or archaic use

Journey through time

  1. Latincorpus‘a body’source
  2. Old Frenchcors‘body’source
  3. Middle Englishcors‘dead body’source
  4. Englishcorse‘dead body, in literary or archaic use’ · today

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’.

Roots

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