corporeal

§English

§Etymology

From Latin corporeus, from corpus (“body”); compare corporal.

§Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɔːˈpɔːɹɪəl/

§Adjective

corporeal (comparative more corporeal, superlative most corporeal)

1. Material; tangible; physical.

   His omnipotence That to corporeal substance could add Speed almost spiritual. - Milton

2. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Of or pertaining to the body; bodily.
   • 2000, Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin:

     She is always diagnosing me. My corporeal health is of almost as much interest to her as my spiritual health: she is especially proprietary about my bowels.

3. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (archaic) Corporal.

§Synonyms

• (of the body): bodily, corporal

§Antonyms

• ethereal
• incorporeal
• insubstantial
• intangible
• spiritual

§Derived terms

• corporeality

§Translations

bodily

• Bengali: দৈহিক (doihik)
• Bulgarian: веществен (bg) (veštestven), материален (bg) (materialen)
• Catalan: corpori
• Czech: tělesný (cs) m
• German: körperlich (de)

• Hindi: शारीरिक (śārīrik)
• Italian: corporeo (it)
• Portuguese: corpóreo (pt)
• Romanian: corporal (ro) m
• Russian: телесный (ru) (telesnyj)
• Spanish: corpóreo (es)
• Swedish: kroppslig (sv)

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