corporéité

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French corporéité (first attested in 1482), borrowed from Medieval Latin corporeitātem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.pɔ.ʁe.i.te/

• Audio (Lyon):

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Noun

corporéité f (plural corporéités)

1. corporeality (state of being or having a body)

   Synonym: corporalité f

Usage notes

• corporéité is rather more common than corporalité (though neither are uncommon). The latter has a stronger emphasis on the body as a material entity.

Related terms

• corps (“body”)
• corporel (“corporal”)

Further reading

• “corporéité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.