English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin corpus (“body”)
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
corpse (plural corpses)
- a dead body
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Translations[edit]
dead body
- Ainu: ケウ (kew), ケウェ (kewe)
- Albanian: kufomë (sq) f
- Arabic: جثة (ar) (juththa) f, جثمان (ar) (juthmaan) m, جيفة (ar) (jiifa) f
- Armenian: դիակ (hy) (diak), դի (hy) (di), աճյուն (hy) (ač̣yun)
- Belarusian: труп (be) (trup) m
- Bulgarian: труп (bg) (trup) m
- Catalan: cadàver (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 屍體 (cmn), 尸体 (cmn) (shītǐ)
- Czech: mrtvola (cs) f
- Danish: lig (da) n
- Dutch: lijk (nl) n
- Esperanto: kadavro (eo)
- Estonian: laip (et)
- Finnish: raato (fi), ruumis (fi), kalmo (fi)
- French: cadavre (fr) m
- Georgian: გვამი (ka) (gvami)
- German: Leiche (de) f, Leichnam (de) m
- Greek: πτώμα (el) (ptóma) n, κουφάρι (el) (kufári) n
- Haitian Creole: kadav
- Hebrew: גופה (he) (gufa) f
- Hungarian: holttest (hu), hulla (hu)
- Icelandic: lík (is) n
- Isthmus Zapotec: gueʼtuʼ
- Japanese: 死体 (ja) (したい, shitai), 屍体 (ja) (したい, shitai)
- Jèrriais: cadâvre m
- Korean: 시체 (ko) (siche)
- Kurdish: cenaze (ku), term (ku), kelex (ku)
- Latvian: līķis (lv) m
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- Lithuanian: lavonas (lt) m
- Luhya: kumubili
- Malay: mayat (ms), jenazah (ms), jasad (ms)
- Meru: mukou
- Neapolitan: cadavere m
- Ngarrindjeri: krinkari
- Norwegian: lik (no) n
- Old English: lic (ang) n
- Persian: جسد (fa) (jasad)
- Pitjantjatjara: miri
- Polish: zwłoki (pl) f pl, trup (pl) m, gnijąca (pl) f
- Portuguese: cadáver (pt) m
- Romanian: cadavru (ro) n, corp mort (ro) m
- Russian: труп (ru) (trup) m, мёртвое тело (ru) (mjórtvoje télo) n, мертвец (ru) (mertvéc) m
- Sanskrit: शव (sa) (zava)
- Scottish Gaelic: corp (gd) m
- Serbo-Croatian: leš (sh) m
- Slovene: truplo (sl) n
- Spanish: cadáver (es) m
- Swahili: maiti (sw), mfu (sw)
- Swedish: lik (sv) n, kadaver (sv) n
- Telugu: శవం (te) (SavaM)
- Tok Pisin: daiman (tpi)
- Turkish: ceset (tr)
- Ukrainian: труп (uk) (trup) m
- Volapük: fun (vo), menafun (vo)
- West Frisian: lyk (fy)
- ǃXóõ: ǀʻáã
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corpse (third-person singular simple present corpses, present participle corpsing, simple past and past participle corpsed)
- (intransitive, slang, of an actor) to lose control during a performance and laugh uncontrollably
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