esprit de corps
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French esprit de corps, from esprit (“spirit”) + de (“of”) + corps (“body”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
- (idiomatic) A shared spirit of comradeship, enthusiasm, and devotion to a cause among the members of a group, for example of a military unit.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "["., [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4300 chapter V/mode/1up page chapter V]:
- Always happening like that. The very moment. Girl in Eustace street hallway Monday was it settling her garter. Her friend covering the display of. Esprit de corps. Well, what are you gaping at?
Synonyms
- (shared spirit): morale, team spirit
Translations
References
- “esprit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Pronunciation
Noun
esprit de corps m (uncountable)
- esprit de corps, spirit of the group, common spirit
See also
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