corpse

English

Alternative forms

• corse (obsolete)

Etymology

From earlier corse, from Old French cors, from Latin corpus (“body”). Displaced native Old English līċ (whence modern English word lich). The ⟨p⟩ was inserted due to the original Latin spelling. Doublet of corps and corpus. The verb sense derives from the notion of being unable to control laughter while playing a dead body.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːps/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹps/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkoːps/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ps

Noun

corpse (plural corpses)

1. A dead body.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:corpse

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:corpse.
2. (archaic, sometimes derogatory) A human body in general, whether living or dead.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:body

Related terms

• corporate
• corporation
• corporeal
• corps
• corpsy
• corpulent
• corpus

 

Translations

dead body

• Abaza: псхъа́ (psqá)
• Abkhaz: аԥсы (apsə)
• Adyghe: хьадэ́ (ḥadɛ́)
• Afar: ginaada, raysa
• Afrikaans: lyk (af), kadawer
• Ahtna: cʼezaegeʼ
• Ainu: ケウ (kew), ケウェ (kewe)
• Alabama: aatilli
• Albanian: kufomë (sq) f, meit (sq) m
• Alemannic German: Laicha, Leisch (Alsatian)
• Amharic: ሬሳ (resa), አስከሬን (ʾäskären)
• Antillean Creole: kadav
• Ao: tesemang
• Apalaí: ekepyry
• Arabic: جُثَّة f (juṯṯa), جُثْمَان m (juṯmān), جِيفَة f (jīfa)

  Egyptian Arabic: جـِتّـَة (gitta)

• Aragonese: calabre m
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܫܠܕܐ f (šəladdā), ܬܓܪܘܡܬܐ f (taḡrūmtā), ܦܓܪܐ m (paḡrā), ܩܘܫܪܐ m (qušrā), ܓܘܫܕܐ m (gušdā)

• Arapaho: 3iik
• Archi: занази (zanazi), лекки (lekki)
• Armenian: դիակ (hy) (diak), դի (hy) (di), աճյուն (hy) (ačyun), մարմին (hy) (marmin)
• Aromanian: cuhmã f, lesh n, mãrshi f, murtãciuni f; psutimi f (animal)
• Assamese: শ (xo), মৰা শ (mora xo)
• Asturian: cadabre m, cuerpu (ast) m
• Avar: жаназа (žanaza)
• Aymara: amaya
• Azerbaijani: cəsəd, meyit, cənazə, nəş, leş (animal corpse)
• Bade: gə̀vì, ə̀gvì (Gashua)
• Bagvalal: гьа^ндáжим (haⁿdážim), щóтка (ššótka)
• Baluchi: مُردَگ, لاشہ
• Bambara: sǔ
• Bashkir: мәйет, үлек
• Basque: gorpu, hilotz
• Belarusian: труп m (trup), мярцвя́к m (mjarcvják)
• Bengali: মৃতদেহ (mritodeho), লাশ (laś), মড়া (moṛa), শব (śbo)
• Bezhta: жаназа (žanaza)
• Biloxi: thê
• Bislama: dedbodi
• Bole: gū̀
• Breton: kelan (br) m, korf marv (br) m
• Bukusu: kumulaambo; omufu (person)
• Bulgarian: труп (bg) m (trup), мъртве́ц (bg) m (mǎrtvéc)
• Burmese: အသေ (my) (a.se)
• Buryat: хүүр (xüür)
• Catalan: ⦃⦃t+¦ca¦cos¦m¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄, cadàver (ca) m
• Cebuano: haya, minatay
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵎⵜⵜⵉⵏ (amttin), ⵍⵊⵓⵜⵜⴰ (ljutta)
• Central Tarahumara: chuʼhuí
• Ch'orti': chamen
• Chamorro: kådåbet, måtai
• Chechen: дакъа (daqʼa)
• Chepang: म्हङ् (hmaŋ)
• Cherokee: ᎤᎵᏬᏨᎯ (uliwotsvhi), ᎤᏴᎰᏒᎯ (uyvhosvhi)
• Chicahuaxtla Triqui: niman³ (Chicahuaxtla)
• Chichewa: mtembo, maliro, mzimizi, wakufa
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 屍體／尸体 (si¹ tai²), 死屍／死尸 (sei² si¹), 屍身／尸身 (si¹ san¹), 屍首／尸首 (si¹ sau²) (archaic)

  Hakka: 屍首／尸首 (sṳ̂-sú), 屍體／尸体 (sṳ̂-thí), 死屍／死尸 (sí-sṳ̂)

  Mandarin: 屍體／尸体 (zh) (shītǐ), 尸体 (zh) (shītǐ), ⦃⦃t+¦cmn¦軀體¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄, ⦃⦃t+¦cmn¦躯体¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦tr=qūtǐ⦄⦄

  Min Nan: 屍體／尸体 (zh-min-nan) (si-thé), 死屍／死尸 (sí-si)

• Chiquihuitlán Mazatec: ni⁴ma⁴
• Choctaw: hatak illi
• Chol: kuktal, chʼujlelʌl
• Chopi: cidumbu, cirumbu, lufo (Lenge)
• Chuj: chamnak
• Chuvash: виле (vile), ӱт
• Copainalá Zoque: caʼupʌ
• Coptic: ⳓⲟⲗϩⲥ (ḫolhs), ϣⲟⲗϩⲥ (šolhs)

  Boharic: ⲙⲉⲗⲟⲥ (melos), ⲛⲉⲕⲣⲟⲛ (nekron)

• Cornish: difeythyow m (person)
• Corsican: cadaveru m
• Crimean Tatar:

  Cyrillic: джесет, мевта, олю

  Latin: ceset, mevta, ölü

• Cumbric: celenn f
• Czech: mrtvola (cs) f, mrtvý (cs) m, tělo (cs) n
• Danish: lig (da) n, kadaver (da) n
• Dargwa: жаназа (žanaza)
• Dení: abapu, eteru
• Dhivehi: ގަބުރު (gaburu)
• Dutch: lijk (nl) n, kreng (nl); kadaver (nl) (animal)
• Duwai: ə̀gvù
• Dzongkha: རོ (ro), བམ (bam), ཕུང་པོ (phung po)
• Erzya: улов (ulov)
• Esperanto: kadavro
• Estonian: laip (et)
• Eton (Cameroon): m̀-mìm class 3/4
• Evenki: гирарикта (girarikta), бучэ̄ (buçə̄), бунӣ (buņī)
• Ewe: amekuku
• Fang (Bantu): mbim
• Faroese: lík n
• Fiji Hindi: murdaa
• Finnish: raato (fi) (animal), ruumis (fi), kalmo (fi), vainaja (fi)
• French: cadavre (fr) m, corps (fr) m, ⦃⦃t¦fr¦corps sans vie¦m¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄ (euphemism)
• Frisian:

  North: Lieke

  Saterland: Lieke

  West: lyk c

• Friulian: cadavar m
• Fula: nyawkikina

  Pulaar: maaiɗo (Firdu)

• Gagauz: leş
• Galician: cadáver (gl) m, ⦃⦃t+¦gl¦corpo¦m¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄
• Gallurese: catàvaru m, cadàvaru m
• Georgian: გვამი (gvami), ცხედარი (cxedari)
• German: Leiche (de) f, Leichnam (de) m
• Gilbertese: banna, mate, rabata
• Godoberi: жана́за (žanaza), ра́кьиме pl (rakʼime)
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺 n (leik), 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍃 m (naus)
• Greek: πτώμα (el) n (ptóma), κουφάρι (el) n (koufári)

  Ancient: πτῶμα n (ptôma), νεκρός m (nekrós), (Epic) νέκυς m (nékus)

• Greenlandic: toqungasup timaa
• Guajajára: awa hetekwer umàno ma'e kwer, mànogwer
• Guaraní: tetekue, te'õngue

  Mbyá Guaraní: mba'e guaxu

  Tapieté: t-ä'öwë

• Guerrero Amuzgo: seiʼtsʼo (Oaxaca), tsʼoo (Oaxaca)
• Gujarati: લાશ (lāś), શબ (śab)
• Haitian Creole: kadav
• Hausa: gāwā f
• Hawaiian: kupapaʻu, kino make
• Hebrew: גּוּפָה (he) f (gufá), גְּוִיָּה / גוויה f (gviyá)
• Herero: omutundu, otyitundu
• Hidatsa: nóogdé
• Highland Popoluca: tsúts
• Highland Totonac: tiʼyaʼtlīhuāʼ xanīn
• Hiligaynon: bángkay, minatáy
• Hindi: लाश (hi) f (lāś), शव (hi) m (śav)
• Hinukh: жана́за (žanáza), ра́къи (ráq’i)
• Huave: nandeow (San Mateo del Mar)
• Huehuetla Tepehua: alasanin
• Hungarian: holttest (hu), hulla (hu)
• Iban: bangkai, bukang
• Icelandic: lík (is) n, hræ (is) n (animal), nár m (poetic)
• Ido: kadavro (io), ⦃⦃t+¦io¦korpo¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄
• Igbo: ọchụ, ozu
• Ilocano: minatay
• Indonesian: mayat (id), jenazah (id), batang (id)
• Ingush: дакъа (daqʼa)
• Interlingua: cadavere (ia)
• Inuktitut: ᐃᓄᕕᓂᖅ (inofiniq)
• Irish: corp (ga) m, corpán m, marbhán m, marbh (ga) m
• Isthmus Mixe: hoʼoguiäyaʼay (human); toc (animal)
• Italian: cadavere (it) m, corpo (it) m
• Jamsay: nùwⁿó
• Japanese: 死体 (ja) (したい, shitai), 屍体 (ja) (したい, shitai)
• Javanese: mayit (jv), jisim, kunarpa, layon (jv)
• K'iche': käminaq
• Kabardian: хьэдэ (ḥɛdɛ)
• Kabyle: ljetta
• Kadugli: omudi eyi, thoda m-omudi theyi
• Kalmyk: күш (küş), шарл (şarl)
• Kannada: ಹೆಣ (kn) (heṇa)
• Kansa: ts'é
• Kapampangan: bangke
• Karachay-Balkar: ёлюк (yolük) (human); мыллык (mıllık) (animal)
• Karakalpak: oʻlik, suʻyek
• Karekare: gùbù
• Karipúna: cadab
• Kashubian: please add this translation if you can
• Kazakh: мәйіт (mäiıt), өлік (kk) (ölık)
• Khakas: сӧӧк, тоң сӧӧк
• Western Parbate Kham: मोःरो (Taka dialect)
• Khmer: សាកសព (km) (saak sɑp), សព (km) (sɑp), ខ្មោច (km) (khmaoc), សវ (km) (sa’va’), សរីរៈ (km) (sa’rəyra’)
• Kimbundu: kimbi
• Komi-Permyak: шой (šoj)
• Komi-Zyrian: шой (šoj)
• Kongo: mvumbi class 9/10, nyômbo class 9/10; fwila (animal)
• Konkani: ^{(please verify)} moḍeñ
• Korean: 시체 (屍體) (ko) (siche), ⦃⦃t¦ko¦주검¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄, ⦃⦃t¦ko¦송장¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄, ⦃⦃t+¦ko¦시신¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄ (⦃⦃t+¦ko¦屍身¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄), ⦃⦃t¦ko¦사체¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄ (⦃⦃t+¦ko¦死體¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄)
• Kumyk: сюек (süyek), оьлю (ölü)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: تەرم (ckb) (term), کەلاک (ckb) (kelak), لاشە (ckb) (laşe), مەیت (meyt), ⦃⦃t+¦ckb¦لەش¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄

  Northern Kurdish: cenaze (ku), cendek (ku), term (ku), kelex (ku), meyît (ku)

• Kven: ruumis
• Kyrgyz: өлүк (ky) (ölük)
• Ladin: cadaver m, mort m
• Lak: жаназа (žanaza), нурчӏи (nurčʼi)
• Lakota: wičhát’a
• Lao: ກະເລວະຣາ (ka lē wa rā), ຄາບ (khāp), ຂອນຜີ (khǭn phī)
• Latgalian: myrūņs, nabašnīks
• Latin: cadaver n
• Latvian: līķis m, ⦃⦃t¦lv¦mironis¦m¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄
• Laz: პასალი (p̌asali)
• Lezgi: мейит (mejit), кьейи (q̇eji), леш (leš)
• Ligurian: cadaveru m (Monegasque)
• Limburgish: liek (li) n, kadaver
• Lingala: ebembe class 7/8
• Lithuanian: lavonas m
• Livvi: hašku
• Lombard: cadàer m (Bergamasque)
• Low German: Liek f

  Dutch Low Saxon: kedaver

• Lozi: sibimbi, situpu
• Luba-Kasai: citàlù class 7/8
• Luganda: omulambo
• Luhya: kumubili
• Luxembourgish: Läich, Kadaver
• Maasai: ɛm-pɔ́pɔ̀ŋ, ɔl-mɛ́nɛ́ŋaní
• Macedonian: труп m (trup), леш m (leš)
• Machiguenga: kamatsírini
• Madurese: mayyit
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• Maia: tabum
• Makonde: mtuhi
• Malagasy: faty (mg)
• Malay: mayat, jenazah, jasad
• Malayalam: ശവം (ml) (śavaṁ)
• Maltese: katavru
• Manchu: ᡤᡳᡵᠠᠨ (giran)
• Mangarevan: tupapaku
• Manx: corp m, oll, convayrt m
• Maore Comorian: mufu, šipinda
• Maori: tūpāpaku, kōhiwi, kōiwi
• Mapudungun: ḻa
• Marathi: मुडदा (muḍdā)
• Mari:

  Eastern:

  Western: виля (viĺa)

• Maxakalí: xaxxok
• Meru: mukou
• Mezquital Otomi: alma
• Mian: háam
• Middle English: corps, cors
• Middle Persian: [script needed] (ristag), [script needed] (nasā)
• Miya: vī̀yaw
• Moksha: ловажа (lovaža)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: хүүр (mn) (xüür), цогцос (mn) (cogcos)

• Motu: masena, pani
• Muduapa: podana
• Musey: ɦàànà m, mātnā m
• Nahuatl: micquetl, micqui
• Nauruan: gatduwen
• Navajo: diné daninéhígíí (human)
• Neapolitan: cadavere m
• Nepali: मुर्दा (murdā), मुदार् (mudār), लाश (lāś); लास (lās) (human)
• Ngamo: gùbù
• Nganasan: буедү- (buedü-)
• Ngarrindjeri: krinkari
• Ngazidja Comorian: ⦃⦃t¦zdj¦maiti¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄
• Ngizim: gùvù
• Norman: cadâvre m
• North Marquesan: tupapaku
• Northern Qiang: ʐmu
• Northern Sami: rumaš
• Northern Sotho: setopo, nkhu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lik (no) n, kadaver n, nåe m, dødning m

• Nyole (Uganda): omulambo, omufu (human)
• Occitan: cadabre m, cadabre m
• Ojibwe: jiibay
• Old East Slavic: трупъ m (trupŭ)
• Old English: līċ n
• Old High German: līh f
• Old Irish: marbán m
• Old Norse: lík n, nár m
• Old Prussian: nowis f
• Old Saxon: līk n
• Oriya: ଳାକ୍ (ḷāk), ଶବ (or) (śaba), ମୃତଦେହ (mrutadeha), କଟ (or) (kaṭa)
• Oromo: reeffa
• Ossetian: мард (mard), мардыбуар (mardybwar)
• Ottoman Turkish: جنازه (cenâze, cinâze)
• Ozumacín Chinantec: jmɨ^-ngo^·ǀ kih^·ǀ hlɨɨ^·/ (Ozumacín)
• Pali: chava
• Palu'e: ata mata
• Papantla Totonac: ni̲n, xaní̲n
• Papiamentu: kadaver
• Parakanã: erewer, etekwer
• Pashto: نعش (ps) (na'š), جسد (ps) (jasad), مړى (meray), درنګه (dranga)
• Paumarí: aba'o-
• Persian: جنازه (fa) (janâze, jenâze), جسد (fa) (jasad), کالبد (fa) (kâlbod), لاشه (fa) (lâše); نعش (fa) (naʿš) (human), نسا (fa) (nasā), ⦃⦃t+¦fa¦لش¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦tr=laš⦄⦄

  Dari: نعش (fa) (naʿš), لاش (fa) (lâš), جنازه (fa) (janâze) (human)

• Picard: cadafe f
• Piedmontese: cadàver m
• Pirahã: kuabec (Manicoré)
• Pitjantjatjara: miri
• Pitta-Pitta: kunhtha
• Plains Cree: ᒥᔭᐤ (miyaw)
• Plautdietsch: Leich f
• Polish: zwłoki (pl) f pl, trup (pl) m, ciało (pl) n, truchło (pl) n (obsolete)
• Portuguese: cadáver (pt) m, corpo (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਲੋਥ (loth)
• Purepecha: uarhiri
• Quechua: aya
• Rapa Nui: pâpaku
• Rarotongan: tupapaku
• Romani: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: cadavru (ro) n, corp mort m
• Romansch: cadaver m, bara f
• Rumu: kumakâi, purì
• Russian: труп (ru) m (trup), мёртвое те́ло n (mjórtvoje télo), мертве́ц (ru) m (mertvéc), мертвя́к (ru) m (mertvják), мёртвый (ru) m (mjórtvyj), па́даль (ru) f (pádalʹ) (animal)
• Rusyn: труп (trup), трупло (truplo)
• Rwanda-Rundi: umurambo class 3/4, intumbi class 9/10 (Rwanda); ikigaga, ikigagara, ikiziga, umuvyimba (Rundi)
• Sami:

  Kildin: ёамм-олма (jåmm-olma)

  Northern: liika

• Samoan: tagata oti
• San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: ntōe chojni tsíqʼuen (human); ntōe co tsíqʼuen (animal)
• Sango: küi, kïnda
• Sanskrit: शव (sa) m (śava)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: catàvaru m, cadàveri m

  Logudorese: càdaru m, cadàvere m, carasu m

  Sassarese: morthu m, murthogiu m (animal)

• Scots: corp, lyke
• Scottish Gaelic: corp m, marbhan m, cairis f, closach f, lubha m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ле̏ш m, ⦃⦃t¦sh¦тру́пло¦n¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄

  Roman: lȅš (sh) m, ⦃⦃t+¦sh¦trúplo¦n¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄

• Seri: ziix hacx cmiih
• Sherpa: रो (ro)
• Shona: chitunha class 7
• Sichuan Yi: ꂾꈠ (mox gguo), ꊿꂿ (co mo)
• Sicilian: cadaviri m
• Sindhi: لاشَ (lāś), لوٿَ, مَيْٿُ, سِرِيهُ, مَڙهُ, مُرْدو, مَيَتُ
• Sinhalese: මළ සිරුර (maḷa sirura), මළ කඳ (maḷa kaⁿda)
• Slovak: ⦃⦃t+¦sk¦telo¦n¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄, ⦃⦃t¦sk¦mŕtvola¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄, ⦃⦃t¦sk¦pozostatky¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄
• Slovene: truplo (sl) n
• Sogdian: [script needed] (mwrty /⁠murtḗ⁠/)
• Somali: rakh, miyid (human); bakhti (animal)
• Sorbian:

  Lower: śěło n, śěłko n

  Upper: ćěło n

• Sotho: setopo
• South Efate: temat
• South Marquesan: tupapaʻu
• Southern Altai: ӧлгӧн кижиниҥ сӧӧги (ölgön kižiniŋ söögi), сек (sek) (animals)
• Southern Ohlone: morkinis
• Spanish: ⦃⦃t+¦es¦cuerpo¦m¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄, cadáver (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: dedeskin, dede
• Sudovian: novis m
• Sumerian: 𒇿 (/⁠adda⁠/), 𒈚 (/⁠dim⁠/)
• Sundanese: mayit, layon
• Svan: გვამი (gvami)
• Swahili: maiti (sw), mfu (sw)
• Swazi: úmùfí
• Swedish: lik (sv) n, kadaver (sv) n, as (sv) n (non-human)
• Tabasaran: майит (majit), жжандак (žžandak)
• Tabasco Chontal: ajchäme
• Tacana: emanu s’a ekita
• Tagalog: bangkay
• Tahitian: tūpāpa'u
• Tajik: майит (mayit), мурда (tg) (murda), ҷасад (jasad), ҷаноза (janoza), лош (loš)
• Tamil: பிணம் (ta) (piṇam)
• Tatar: мәет (tt) (mäyet), гәүдә (gäwdä), корпус (qorpus), ⦃⦃t+¦tt¦бәдән¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄
• Teke-Tege: kabìmà class 7/8, nkwóonó class 9/6
• Telugu: శవం (te) (śavaṁ), శవము (te) (śavamu)
• Tenharim:

  Kagwahiv: avujipava

  Parintintín: aranongar, avujipav

• Tepeuxila Cuicatec: tna²¹an⁴
• Tetum: mate isin (human); maten (animal)
• Thai: ศพ (th) (sòp), อสุภ (à-sùp)
• Tibetan: རོ (ro)
• Tigrinya: ሬሳ (ti) (resa), በድኒ (bädni)
• Tindi: джана́за (džanaza), къаркъа́ла (qʼarqʼala)
• Tocharian B: śwāl*
• Tok Pisin: daiman
• Totontepec Mixe: o̲o̲ʼcpa
• Tsez: жана́за (žanáza)
• Tsimané: sänaquety, sänaques, so'vo'
• Tswana: serepa, setopo
• Tuamotuan: tupapaku, tupua
• Turkish: ceset (tr), naaş (tr)
• Turkmen: meýit, jeset (tk), läsh
• Tuscarora: uyáʔneh
• Tuvaluan: foitino mate
• Tuvan: мөчү сөөк (möçü söök), скелет (skelet)
• Tzeltal: chamen winic
• Udmurt: шӧй (šöj), ӧлемсэй (öľemsej); ӧлакса (ölaksa) (animal)
• Ugaritic: 𐎔𐎂𐎗 (pgr)
• Ukrainian: труп (uk) m (trup), мертве́ць m (mertvécʹ), мрець m (mrecʹ)
• Umbundu: ochivimbu
• Urdu: لاش f (lāś), جسد m (jasad), شو m (śav)
• Uyghur: جەسەت (jeset), مۇردا (murda), ئۆلۈك (ölük)
• Uzbek: oʻlik (uz), jasad (uz), murda (uz)
• Venetian: cadàvere m
• Veps: kolliihibj
• Vietnamese: xác (vi), thi thể (vi), tử thi (vi), ⦃⦃t+¦vi¦thây¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄
• Volapük: fun (vo), menafun
• Walloon: cadâve m, ⦃⦃t+¦wa¦coir¦m¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄, ⦃⦃t+¦wa¦curêye¦f¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄ (animals)
• Wanga: omulambo
• Waray-Waray: minatay
• Wastek: tsamneo, tsemēlon
• Welsh: celain (cy) f, corff (cy) m, (obsolete) abar m, (obsolete) abo m, (obsolete) burgyn m
• White Hmong: lub cev tuag
• Wojenaka: flé
• Wolof: néew (wo)
• Xavante: dahâibahâ, dahâiba warõ
• Xhosa: isidumbu
• Xicotepec de Juárez Totonac: xanīn, sputniʼ
• Yakut: өлүк (ölük)
• Yiddish: מת (mes), מעס (mes), בר־מינן m (bármenen)
• Yoruba: òkú ènìyàn
• Yosondúa Mixtec: ndɨyɨ (Yosondúa)
• Yucatec Maya: kimen, aj kiimén
• Yup'ik: tuqumalria
• Yurok: kesomuey, moyken
• Zapotec:

  Isthmus: gueʼtuʼ

  Yatzachi: cuerp

  Zoogocho: ben̲at

• Zazaki: meyît, cendeg
• Zoogocho Zapotec: anima
• Zulu: isidumbu class 7/8
• ǃXóõ: ǀʻáã

Verb

corpse (third-person singular simple present corpses, present participle corpsing, simple past and past participle corpsed)

1. (intransitive, slang, of an actor) To laugh uncontrollably during a performance.
   • 1989, Kenneth Branagh, Beginning, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 94:

     The rest of the day and the week were spent blocking and learning the lines. The only drama was the predictable one of being ticked off for corpsing. Rupert was quite as bad as me when it came to giggling and the tea-party scene which took place between Rupert, David Parfitt, Piers Flint-Shipman and I, was too much.

   • 1993, John Banville, Ghosts:

     There were still moments when she would halt suddenly, like an actor stranded in the middle of the stage, lines forgotten, staring goggle-eyed and making fish-mouths...Corpsing: that was the word.

   • 1993, Bevan Amberhill, The Bloody Man‎^[1], Mercury Press, →ISBN:

     Poor Damian corpsed and almost forgot his next lines. The director gave him a terrific lecture, and Alan caught hell from stage management.

2. (transitive, slang, of an actor) To cause another actor to do this.

Anagrams

• Cosper, Crespo, Pecors, copers, corpes, scoper