esprit de corps

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English

WOTD – 3 March 2009

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Esprit de corps

Etymology

Borrowed from French esprit de corps, from esprit (“spirit”) + de (“of”) + corps (“body”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

esprit de corps (uncountable)

(idiomatic) A shared spirit of comradeship, enthusiasm, and devotion to a cause among the members of a group, for example of a military unit.

Synonyms

(shared spirit): morale, team spirit

Translations

shared spirit of comradeship, enthusiasm, and devotion

Chinese:
Mandarin: 團結精神／团结精神, 团结精神 (tuánjié jīngshén), 集體精神／集体精神, 集体精神 (jítǐ jīngshén)
Czech: pocit sounáležitosti m
Finnish: yhteishenki
French: esprit de corps (fr)
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Malay: esprit de corps
Norwegian: korpsånd m
Polish: poczucie solidarności
Portuguese: espírito de equipe m
Russian: кома́ндный дух m (komándnyj dux)

References

“esprit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛs.pʁi d(ə) kɔʁ/

Noun

esprit de corps m (uncountable)

esprit de corps, spirit of the group, common spirit

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