corporal

corporal

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː.pɹəl/, /ˈkɔː.pɜ.ɹəl/
• (US) enPR: kôr'pər-əl, kôr'prəl, IPA^(key): /ˈkoɹ.pɚ.əl/, /ˈkoɹ.pɹəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)pɹəl, -ɔː(ɹ)pɜɹəl

Etymology 1

From Middle English corporal, corporall, corporel, corporell, from Old French corporal (French corporel), from Latin corporālis, from Latin corpus (“body”); compare corporeal.

Adjective

corporal (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Having a physical, tangible body; material, corporeal.
   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene iii]:

     Into the air; and what seem'd corporal melted as breath into the wind.

2. Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body; bodily.

   corporal punishment

   corporal suffering

3. (zoology) Pertaining to the body (the thorax and abdomen), as distinguished from the head, limbs and wings, etc.
   • 1998, Rüdiger Riehl, Aquarium Atlas, volume 3, page 572:

     The smaller 9 9 have less elongated fins, drabber corporal colors, and more transparent fins.

Synonyms

• bodily
• corporeal

Derived terms

• corporality
• corporal punishment

Translations

corporeal — see corporeal

bodily — see bodily

Etymology 2

From French caporal, probably influenced by corporal (above), from the Italian caporale, from capo (“head, leader”) from Latin caput (“head”).

Noun

corporal (plural corporals)

1. (military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
2. A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
3. (mining, historical) A worker in charge of the wagonway, reporting to the deputy.

Synonyms

• bombardier

Derived terms

• corporal's guard
• lance corporal
• letter corporal
• saddler-corporal
• ship's corporal

 

Translations

military rank

Albanian: tetar (sq) m Armenian: կապրալ (hy) (kapral) Bulgarian: ефрейтор m (efrejtor) Catalan: caporal (ca) m or f Czech: desátník (cs) m, kaprál m Danish: korporal c Dutch: korporaal (nl) Estonian: kapral Finnish: korpraali (fi), alikersantti (fi) French: caporal (fr) m German: Stabsgefreiter (de) m, Oberstabsgefreiter (de) m Greek: υποδεκανέας (el) c (ypodekanéas) Hungarian: tizedes (hu), szakaszvezető (hu) Indonesian: kopral (id) Italian: caporale (it) m Japanese: 伍長 (ja) (ごちょう, gochō) Latin: decuriō m Macedonian: десета́р m (desetár) Maori: kāpara Norman: corpotha m (Jersey) Norwegian: Bokmål: korporal m Nynorsk: korporal m Ottoman Turkish: اون باش‎ (on baş) Persian: سرجوخه‎ (fa) (sarjuxe) Polish: kapral (pl) m Portuguese: cabo (pt) m Russian: капра́л (ru) m (kaprál) Spanish: cabo (es) Tagalog: kabo (tl)

police rank

Hungarian: tizedes (hu)

Etymology 3

From Middle English corporall, corporalle, from the Latin corporāle, the neuter of corporālis representing the doctrine of transubstantiation in which the Eucharist becomes the body of Christ.

Noun

corporal (plural corporals)

1. (ecclesiastical) The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.
   • 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XI, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.; Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., OCLC 34363729:

     He had […] many corporals, chalice-veils, and sudaria

Synonyms

• corporas (obsolete)

Derived terms

• corporal oath

Translations

ecclesiastical: cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed

Catalan: corporal (ca) m Dutch: corporale (nl) Finnish: korporaali (fi), korporaaliliina French: corporal (fr) m Galician: corporal m German: Korporale (de) n Japanese: (please verify) 聖体布 (せいたいふ, seitaifu) Polish: korporał Portuguese: corporal (pt) m Russian: антими́нс (ru) m (antimíns) Spanish: corporal (es) m

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin corporālis.

Adjective

corporal (epicene, plural corporales)

1. corporal, bodily

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin corporālis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /koɾ.poˈɾal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kur.puˈɾal/

Adjective

corporal (masculine and feminine plural corporals)

1. corporal

   Synonym: corpori

Related terms

• cos

Noun

corporal m (plural corporals)

1. corporal (linen cloth)

Further reading

• “corporal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Noun

corporal m (plural corporaux)

1. (religion) corporal

Further reading

• “corporal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin corporālis.

Adjective

corporal m or f (plural corporais)

1. corporal, bodily

   Synonym: corpóreo

Noun

corporal m (plural corporais)

1. corporal (linen cloth)

Further reading

• “corporal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Old French

Adjective

corporal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular corporale)

1. Alternative form of corporel

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corporālis.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁ.poˈɾaw/ [koh.poˈɾaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁ.poˈɾaw/ [koh.poˈɾaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾ.poˈɾaw/ [koɾ.poˈɾaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁ.poˈɾaw/ [koχ.poˈɾaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koɻ.poˈɾaw/ [koɻ.poˈɾaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾ.puˈɾal/ [kuɾ.puˈɾaɫ]

Adjective

corporal m or f (plural corporais)

1. corporal, carnal

   Synonym: corpóreo

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:corporal.

Derived terms

• corporalmente

Noun

corporal m (plural corporais)

1. corporal

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:corporal.

Further reading

• “corporal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French corporel, from Latin corporalis.

Adjective

corporal m or n (feminine singular corporală, masculine plural corporali, feminine and neuter plural corporale)

1. corporal

Declension

Declension of corporal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	corporal		corporală	corporali	corporale
	definite	corporalul		corporala	corporalii	corporalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	corporal		corporale	corporali	corporale
	definite	corporalului		corporalei	corporalilor	corporalelor

Related terms

• corporalitate

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin corporālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾpoˈɾal/ [koɾ.poˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: cor‧po‧ral

Adjective

corporal (plural corporales)

1. (relational) body; corporal

   Synonym: corpóreo

2. bodywide or systemic

   Synonym: corpóreo

Derived terms

• corporalmente
• expresión corporal
• vello corporal

 

Noun

corporal m (plural corporales)

1. corporal (linen cloth)

Further reading

• “corporal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014