corps

See also Corps

English

Etymology

From French corps (“body”), from Latin corpus (“body”).

Pronunciation

Singular

• (UK) IPA: /kɔː(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /kO:(r\)/
• (US) enPR: kôr, IPA: /kɔɹ/, SAMPA: /kOr\/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)
• Homophones: core, caw (in non-rhotic dialects)

Plural

• (UK) enPR: kô(r)z, IPA: /kɔː(ɹ)z/, SAMPA: /kO:(r\)z/
• (US) enPR: kôrz, IPA: /kɔɹz/, SAMPA: /kOr\z/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)z
• Homophone: cores

Noun

corps (plural corps)

1. (military) A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
2. An organized group of people united by a common purpose.
   • diplomatic corps
   • White House press corps

Translations

battlefield formation

Cantonese: 軍團 (yue) Chinese: 軍團 Finnish: armeijakunta (fi)

Hungarian: hadtest (hu) Mandarin: 軍團 (cmn) Russian: корпус (ru) (kórpus) m.

group of people

Estonian: korpus (et) Finnish: -kunta (fi) Hungarian: testület (hu)

Russian: корпус (ru) (kórpus) m. Swedish: -kår (sv) n.

Anagrams

• crops
• sproc

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French

Picture dictionary

1= tête 2= visage 3= cou 4= épaule 5= poitrine, sein 6= nombril 7= ventre 8= aine 9= penis 10-14= jambe 15-19= bras

Etymology

Middle French and Old French cors > Latin corpus (“body”). The p was added back to reflect the Latin etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔʁ/

• audio

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Noun

corps m. (plural corps)

1. (anatomy) body
2. (mathematics) field (in abstract algebra)

Anagrams

• porcs