corporal
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈkɔː(ɹ).pɹəl/, /ˈkɔː(ɹ)p.ɜː(ɹ).əl/, SAMPA: /"kO:(r).pr@l/, /"kO:(r)p.3:(r).@l/
- (US) enPR: /kôr'pər-əl/, /kôr'prəl/, IPA: /ˈkɔːɹ.pɜ˞.əɫ/, /ˈkɔːɹ.pɹəɫ/, SAMPA: /"kO:r.p3`.@5/, /"kO:r.pr@5/
[edit] Etymology 1
From Latin corporālis < Latin corpus (“‘body’”).
[edit] Adjective
corporal (not comparable)
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- (archaic) Having a physical, tangible body; corporeal.
- Quotation
- 1603-06: "Into the air; and what seem'd corporal melted as breath into the wind." — Macbeth: Ac.1 Sc3, Wm. Shakespeare.
- Quotation
- Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body.
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[edit] Translations
corporeal — see corporeal
of the body
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[edit] Etymology 2
Corrupted from the French caporal, from the Italian caporale, from capo (“‘head, leader’”) from the Latin caput (“‘head’”).
[edit] Noun
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corporal (plural corporals)
- A non-commissioned officer rank in the military (OR-4) force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
- A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
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military rank
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[edit] Etymology 3
From the Latin corporale, the neuter of corporalis representing the doctrine of transubstantiation in which the eucharist becomes the body of Christ.
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corporal (plural corporals)
- (ecclesiastical) The white linen cloth on which the elements of the eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.
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ecclesiastical: cloth on which the elements of the eucharist are placed
[edit] Catalan
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corporal m. and f. (plural corporals)
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corporal m. (plural corporals)
- corporal (linen cloth)
[edit] Spanish
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corporal m. and f. (plural corporales)
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corporal m. (plural corporales)
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- corporal (linen cloth)
