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Etymology [ edit ]
From Middle English body , bodiȝ , from Old English bodiġ , bodeġ (“ body, trunk, chest, torso, height, stature ” ), from Proto-Germanic *budagą , *budagaz (“ body, trunk", also "grown ” ), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“ to be awake, observe ” ). Cognate with German Bottich (“ body, trunk, corpse ” ), Bavarian Bottich (“ body, trunk ” ) and Swabian Bottich (“ body, trunk ” ).
Pronunciation [ edit ]
body (countable and uncountable , plural bodies )
Physical frame.
The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism . [from 9th c.]
I saw them walking from a distance, their bodies strangely angular in the dawn light.
The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul . [from 13th c.]
The body is driven by desires, but the soul is at peace.
A corpse . [from 13th c.]
Her body was found at four o'clock, just two hours after the murder.
( archaic or informal except in compounds) A person . [from 13th c.]
1749 , Henry Fielding , Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, page 463:
Indeed, if it belonged to a poor body , it would be another thing; but so great a lady, to be sure, can never want it [...]
1876 , Mark Twain , The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , Chapter 28:
Sometime I've set right down and eat WITH him. But you needn't tell that. A body 's got to do things when he's awful hungry he wouldn't want to do as a steady thing.
1913 , Joseph C. Lincoln , chapter 5, in Mr. Pratt's Patients :
“Well,” I says, “I cal'late a body could get used to Tophet if he stayed there long enough.” ¶ She flared up; the least mite of a slam at Doctor Wool was enough to set her going.
What's a body gotta do to get a drink around here?
Main section.
The torso , the main structure of a human or animal frame excluding the extremities (limbs, head, tail). [from 9th c.]
The boxer took a blow to the body .
The largest or most important part of anything, as distinct from its appendages or accessories . [from 11th c.]
The bumpers and front tyres were ruined, but the body of the car was in remarkable shape.
( archaic ) The section of a dress extending from the neck to the waist, excluding the arms. [from 16th c.]
Penny was in the scullery, pressing the body of her new dress.
The content of a letter, message, or other printed or electronic document, as distinct from signatures, salutations, headers, and so on. [from 17th c.]
A bodysuit . [from 19th c.]
( programming ) The code of a subroutine , contrasted to its signature and parameters . [from 20th c.]
In many programming languages, the method body is enclosed in braces.
Coherent group.
A group of people having a common purpose or opinion ; a mass . [from 16th c.]
I was escorted from the building by a body of armed security guards.
An organisation , company or other authoritative group. [from 17th c.]
The local train operating company is the managing body for this section of track.
A unified collection of details , knowledge or information . [from 17th c.]
We have now amassed a body of evidence which points to one conclusion.
Material entity.
Any physical object or material thing. [from 14th c.]
All bodies are held together by internal forces.
( uncountable ) Substance; physical presence. [from 17th c.]
1922 , Virginia Woolf , Jacob's Room Chapter 1
The voice had an extraordinary sadness. Pure from all body , pure from all passion, going out into the world, solitary, unanswered, breaking against rocks—so it sounded.
We have given body to what was just a vague idea.
( uncountable ) Comparative viscosity , solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.). [from 17th c.]
The red wine, sadly, lacked body .
An agglomeration of some substance, especially one that would be otherwise uncountable.
1806 June 26, Thomas Paine, "The cause of Yellow Fever and the means of preventing it, in places not yet infected with it, addressed to the Board of Health in America", The political and miscellaneous works of Thomas Paine , page 179:
In a gentle breeze, the whole body of air, as far as the breeze extends, moves at the rate of seven or eight miles an hour; in a high wind, at the rate of seventy, eighty, or an hundred miles an hour [...]
2012 March 19, Helge Løseth, Nuno Rodrigues and Peter R. Cobbold, "World's largest extrusive body of sand? ", Geology , volume 40, issue 5
Using three-dimensional seismic and well data from the northern North Sea, we describe a large (10 km3 ) body of sand and interpret it as extrusive.
The English Channel is a body of water lying between Great Britain and France.
( printing ) The shank of a type , or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated).
a nonpareil face on an agate body
( geometry ) A three-dimensional object, such as a cube or cone.
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physical structure of a human or animal
Afrikaans: liggaam
Ainu: ネトパケ (netopake ), トゥマㇺ (tumam ), トゥママ (tumama )
Albanian: trup (sq) m
Aleut: ingiyux
Arabic: بَدَن (ar) m (badan ), جِسْم m (jism ), جَسَد m (jasad )
Egyptian Arabic: جسم m (gesm ), بدن m (badan )
Moroccan Arabic: دات m (dæt )
Armenian: մարմին (hy) (marmin )
Aromanian: corpu
Asturian: cuerpu (ast) m
Avestan: 𐬙𐬀𐬥𐬎 (tanu ), 𐬐𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬞 (kəhrp )
Azeri: bədən (az) , vücud (az)
Bashkir: тән (tän )
Basque: soin (eu)
Belarusian: це́ла n (cjéla )
Bengali: শরীর (shôrir ), দেহ (deho )
Breton: korv m
Bulgarian: тя́ло (bg) n (tjálo )
Burmese: ကိုယ် (my) (kuiy ), ကာယ (my) (kaya. ), ခန္ဒါ (hkanda )
Buryat: бэе (beje )
Catalan: cos (ca) m
Chamicuro: c̈homakano
Chinese:
Cantonese: 身體 , 身体 (san1 tai2 )
Mandarin: 身體 (zh) , 身体 (zh) (shēntǐ )
Chukchi: uwik
Coptic: ⲥⲱⲙⲁ m (ṣōma ), ϣⲟⲗϩⲥ f (šolhs )
Crimean Tatar: kevde n
Czech: tělo (cs) n
Dalmatian: cuarp m , quarp m
Danish: krop (da) c
Dutch: lichaam (nl) n
Eastern Mari: кап (kap )
Esperanto: korpo
Estonian: keha
Faroese: kroppur m
Finnish: ruumis (fi) , keho (fi) , elimistö (fi)
French: corps (fr) m
Friulian: cuarp m
Galician: corpo (gl) m
Georgian: სხეული (sxeuli ), ტანი (ṭani )
German: Körper (de) m
Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺 (leik )
Greek: σώμα (el) n (sóma )
Ancient: σῶμα n (sôma )
Greenlandic: timi
Guaraní: rete , tete (gn)
Gujarati: શરીર (gu) (śarīr )
Hawaiian: kino
Hebrew: גוּף (he) m (gúf )
Hindi: शरीर (hi) m (śarīr ), देह (hi) m , f (deh ), बदन (hi) m (badan ), तन (hi) (tan )
Hungarian: test (hu)
Icelandic: líkami (is) m
Ido: korpo (io)
Indonesian: tubuh (id) , badan (id)
Inuktitut: ᑎᒥ (iu) (timi )
Irish: corp (ga)
Istriot: cuorpo m
Italian: corpo (it) m
Itelmen: kilx-ɫ uvik
Japanese: 体 (ja) (からだ, karada ), 身体 (ja) (しんたい, shintai )
Javanese: badan
Kalenjin: borto
Kalmyk: цогц (tsogts ), бий (biy )
Kannada: ಮೈ (kn) (mai ), ಶರೀರ (kn) (śarīra )
Kazakh: дене (kk) (dene )
Khmer: តួ (km) (tuə ), រាងកាយ (rieŋ kaay ), ខ្លួន (km) (kluən ), តួខ្លួន (tuə kluən )
Korean: 몸 (ko) (mom )
Kurdish:
Sorani: لهش (ku) (lesh )
Kyrgyz: дене (ky) (dene ), тулку (ky) (tulku )
Ladin: corp m
Lao: ຮ່າງກາຍ (hāng kāi ), ກາຍ (lo) (kāi )
Latgalian: augums m
Latin: corpus (la) n
Latvian: ķermenis (lv) m
Lithuanian: kūnas (lt) m
Luxembourgish: Kierper (lb) m
Macedonian: те́ло n (télo )
Malay: badan , tubuh (ms)
Malayalam: ശരീരം (ml) (śarīraṃ )
Maltese: ġisem m
Maori: tinana
Marathi: शरीर (śarīr )
Mazanderani: تن , بتیم
Megleno-Romanian: trup
Meru: mwiri
Middle Persian: tan
Miyako: ドゥー (dū )
Mongolian: бие (mn) (bije ), бие (mn) (bije )
Nama: soros
Navajo: atsʼíís , hatsʼíís
Nepali: शरीर (śarīr )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kropp (no) m
Nynorsk: kropp (no) m
Occitan: còs (oc) m
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: тѣло n (tělo )
Glagolitic: ⱅⱑⰾⱁ n (tělo )
Old English: hrǣw m , lichama m , licfæt , feorhbold , feorhhold , feorhhus , lic
Old Persian: tanu
Old Provençal: corps
Ottoman Turkish: جسم (cism ), تن (ten ), وجود (vücûd ), بدن (beden )
Persian: بدن (fa) (badan ), تن (fa) (tan ), پیکر (fa) (peykar )
Polish: ciało (pl) n , organizm (pl) m
Portuguese: corpo (pt) m
Punjabi: ਬਦਨ m (badana ), ਸਰੀਰ m (sarīra ), ਦੇਹ f (dēha )
Romani: trupo m
Romanian: corp (ro) n , trup (ro) n
Russian: те́ло (ru) n (télo )
Sanskrit: शरीर (sa) n (śarīra ), देह (sa) m (dēha ), तनू (sa) (tanū )
Santali: ᱪᱳᱞᱚ (cola )
Scottish Gaelic: corp m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тело n ( Ekavian ) , тијело n ( Ijekavian ) , тило n ( Ikavian )
Roman: telo (sh) n ( Ekavian ) , tijelo (sh) n ( Ijekavian ) , tilo n ( Ikavian )
Sicilian: corpu (scn) m
Sinhalese: ශරීරය (śarīraya )
Slovak: telo n
Slovene: telo (sl) n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: śěło n
Upper Sorbian: ćĕło n
Spanish: cuerpo (es) m
Svan: ტა̈ნ (ṭän )
Swahili: mwili (sw) , kiwiliwili (sw)
Swedish: kropp (sv) c
Tajik: ҷисм (jism ), бадан (tg) (badan ), тан (tan )
Tamil: உடல் (ta) (uṭal )
Tatar: бәдән (tt) (bädän )
Telugu: శరీరము (te) (śarīramu ), కాయము (te) (kāyamu )
Thai: ร่างกาย (th) (râang-gaai ), กาย (th) (gaai )
Tok Pisin: bodi
Turkish: vücut (tr) , beden (tr)
Turkmen: beden (tk)
Ukrainian: ті́ло n (tílo )
Umbundu: etimba
Urdu: بدن m (badan ), تن (tan ), شریر (śarīr ), جسم (jism ), دیہ m , f (deh )
Uzbek: vujud (uz)
Venetian: corpo m , corp m
Vietnamese: thân thể (vi) (身體 ), cơ thể (vi)
Volapük: koap (vo)
Walloon: coir (wa) m
Welsh: corff (cy)
West Frisian: liif (fy)
Yiddish: גוף m (guf ), קערפּער m (kerper )
Yup'ik: tema
fleshly or corporeal nature of a human
corpse
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: մարմին (hy) (marmin )
Asturian: cuerpu (ast) m
Bashkir: мәйет (mäyet )
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: труп (bg) m (trup )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 軀體 (zh) , 躯体 (zh) (qūtǐ )
Czech: tělo (cs) n
Danish: lig (da) n
Dutch: lijk (nl) n
Esperanto: kadavro
Estonian: laip (et)
Finnish: ruumis (fi)
French: corps (fr) m , cadavre (fr) m , corps sans vie m ( euphemism )
Galician: corpo (gl) m
Georgian: გვამი (gvami ), ცხედარი (cxedari )
German: Leiche (de) f , Leichnam (de) m , Kadaver (de) m
Greek: πτώμα (el) n (ptóma )
Hebrew: גוויה f (gviyá ), גופה (he) f (gufá )
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: holttest (hu)
Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
Ido: * Ido: kadavro (io) , korpo (io)
Italian: corpo (it) m
Japanese: 死体 (ja) (したい , shitai )
Khmer: សវ (km) (sa’va’ ), សរីរៈ (km) (sa’rəyra’ )
Korean: (please verify ) 주검 (jugeom ) , (please verify ) 송장 (songjang ) , (please verify ) 시신 (ko) (屍身 , sisin ) 시체 (屍體 , siche)
Kurdish:
Sorani: لهش (ku)
largest or most important part of anything (e.g. car bodywork)
Hebrew: מרכב m (merkáv ) ( specifically for vehicle )
Hungarian: váz (hu)
Ido: korpo (io)
Italian: carrozzeria (it) f ( of vehicles ) , scafo (it) m ( of boats )
Japanese: 本体 (ja) (ほんたい , hontai )
Maltese: qafas
Maori: kaunoti , kātua
Polish: korpus (pl) m , kadłub (pl) m , karoseria (pl) f
Portuguese: grosso (pt) m , carroceria (pt) f
Russian: ку́зов (ru) m (kúzov )( of vehicles ) , ко́рпус (ru) m (kórpus )
Serbo-Croatian: glavnina (sh) f , središte (sh) n , trup (sh) m , karoserija (sh) f
Slovene: trup (sl) m
Spanish: carrocería (es) f ( of vehicles )
Swahili: kiwiliwili (sw)
Swedish: kaross (sv) c ( of vehicles ) , kropp (sv) c
Turkish: gövde (tr) , karoser (tr)
Uzbek: kuzov (uz)
organisation, company or other authoritative group
Hungarian: testület (hu) , szervezet (hu)
Ido: korpo (io)
Irish: comhlacht m
Italian: organo (it) m , ente (it) m
Persian: سازمان (fa) (sāzmān )
Polish: ciało (pl) n , organ (pl) m
Portuguese: organismo (pt) m , ente (pt) m
Russian: организа́ция (ru) f (organizácija ), структу́ра (ru) f (struktúra ), соста́в (ru) m (sostáv ), о́рган (ru) m (órgan ), аппара́т (ru) m (apparát )
Serbo-Croatian: organ (sh) m , tijelo (sh) n
Swahili: kiwiliwili (sw)
Turkish: kuruluş (tr)
Uzbek: sostav (uz)
Vietnamese: phường hội (vi) , xô viết (vi)
group having a common purpose or opinion
any physical object or material thing
substance, material presence
comparative viscosity, solidity or substance
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body (third-person singular simple present bodies , present participle bodying , simple past and past participle bodied )
To give body or shape to something.
To construct the bodywork of a car.
( transitive ) To embody .
1955 , Philip Larkin, Toads
I don't say, one bodies the other / One's spiritual truth; / But I do say it's hard to lose either, / When you have both.
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Etymology 1 [ edit ]
From English body , bodysuit .
body n ( indeclinable )
bodysuit , leotard
Etymology 2 [ edit ]
body
nominative plural of bod
accusative plural of bod
vocative plural of bod
instrumental plural of bod
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Etymology [ edit ]
From English body .
body m (plural body's , diminutive body'tje n )
A leotard .
Body , substance.
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Wikipedia
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body
snapsuit , diaper shirt , onesies ( infant bodysuit )
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Pronunciation ˈbody :
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body m
A leotard .
body (plural bodies )
body
person , human being