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)
• Greek: σωματικός (el) m ‎(somatikós), υλικός (el) m ‎(ylikós)
• Hindi: शारीरिक (hi) ‎(śārīrik)

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

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