corporéité
French
Etymology
From Middle French corporéité (first attested in 1482), borrowed from Medieval Latin corporeitas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔʁ.pɔ.ʁe.i.te/
France (Lyons) (file)
Noun
corporéité f (plural corporéités)
- corporeality (state of being or having a body)
- Synonym: corporalité f
Usage notes
- corporéité is rather more common than corporalité (though neither are uncommon). The latter has a stronger emphasis on the body as a material entity.
Related terms
- corps (“body”)
- corporel (“corporal”)
Further reading
- “corporéité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.