corps

corps

See also: Corps

English

Etymology 1

From French corps d'armée (literally “army body”), from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpse and corpus. See also English riff.

Pronunciation

singular

• (with the horse-hoarse merger)
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kô, IPA^(key): /kɔː/
  • (General American) enPR: kôr, IPA^(key): /koɹ/, [kʰo̞ɹ]

    Audio (US)

    (file)

  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
  • Homophones: core, cor; caw (non-rhotic accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
• (without the horse–hoarse merger)
  • (rhotic) enPR: kōr, IPA^(key): /ko(ː)ɹ/
  • (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /koə/

plural

• (with the horse-hoarse merger)
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kôz, IPA^(key): /kɔːz/
  • (General American) enPR: kôrz, IPA^(key): /koɹz/, [kʰo̞ɹz]
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z
  • Homophone: cores; cause, caws (non-rhotic accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
• (without the horse–hoarse merger)
  • (rhotic) enPR: kōrz, IPA^(key): /ko(ː)ɹz/
  • (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /koəz/

Noun

corps (plural corps)

1. (military) A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
2. An organized group of people united by a common purpose.
   • diplomatic corps
   • White House press corps

Derived terms

• corps-a-corps
• corps de logis
• diplomatic corps
• juste-au-corps
• marine corps
• press corps
• staff corps

 

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *krep-‎ (0 c, 11 e)

Translations

battlefield formation

Arabic: فَيْلَق‎ m (faylaq) Armenian: կորպուս (hy) (korpus) Azerbaijani: korpus Belarusian: ко́рпус m (kórpus) Bulgarian: ко́рпус (bg) m (kórpus) Catalan: cos (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 軍團, 军团 (gwan1 tyun4) Mandarin: 軍團／军团 (zh) (jūntuán) Czech: sbor (cs) m Estonian: korpus Finnish: armeijakunta (fi) French: corps (fr) m Georgian: კორპუსი (ḳorṗusi) German: Korps (de) n Hungarian: hadtest (hu) Ido: korpo (io), armeokorpo (io) Irish: cór m Italian: corpo (it) m, genio (it) m Japanese: 軍団 (ja) (ぐんだん, gundan), 部隊 (ja) (ぶたい, butai) Kazakh: корпус (korpus) Khmer: កងអង្គភាពទ័ព (kong ang pheap toap) Korean: 군단 (ko) (gundan), 부대 (ko) (budae) Kyrgyz: корпус (ky) (korpus) Latvian: korpuss m Lithuanian: korpusas m Macedonian: ко́рпус m (kórpus) Malay: kor (ms) Norwegian: Bokmål: korps (no) n Nynorsk: korps n Persian: سپاه‎ (fa) (sepâh) Portuguese: corpo (pt) m Romanian: corp (ro) n Russian: ко́рпус (ru) m (kórpus) Slovak: sbor m Spanish: cuerpo (es) m Tajik: сипоҳ (sipoh) Turkish: kolordu (tr) Turkmen: korpus (tk) Ukrainian: ко́рпус (uk) m (kórpus) Uzbek: korpus (uz) Vietnamese: quân đoàn (vi) Welsh: corfflu m

group of people

Catalan: cos (ca) m Estonian: korpus Finnish: -kunta (fi) Greek: σώμα (el) n (sóma) Hungarian: testület (hu) Ido: korpo (io) Italian: corpo (it) m Macedonian: ко́рпус m (kórpus) Norwegian: Bokmål: korps (no) n Nynorsk: korps n Portuguese: corpo (pt) m Romanian: corp (ro) n Russian: ко́рпус (ru) m (kórpus) Spanish: cuerpo (es) m Swedish: -kår (sv) n Welsh: corfflu m

Etymology 2

Clipping.

Noun

corps

1. plural of corp

Anagrams

• S corp., crops, procs, scorp, sproc

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Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin corpus.

Noun

corps m (plural corps)

1. body

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French corps, from Middle French cors, from Old French cors, from Latin corpus. Doublet of corpus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːr/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: corps

Noun

corps n (plural corpsen or corpora, diminutive corpsje n)

1. student society, especially a traditional and hierarchical one
2. Superseded spelling of korps.

Usage notes

Traditional student societies tend to prescribe the plural corpora, in regular language the plural corpsen is more common.

Synonyms

• studentencorps
• natie (historical)

Derived terms

• corpsbal
• corpslid
• studentencorps

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French

Picture dictionary
corps
1= tête2= visage3= cou4= épaule5= poitrine, sein6= nombril7= ventre8= aine9= pénis10-12= jambe10= cuisse11= genou12= mollet13= cheville14= pied15-18= bras16= coude17= avant-bras18= poignet19= main

Etymology

From Middle French cors, from Old French cors, inherited from Latin corpus (“body”). The p was added back to reflect the Latin etymology. Doublet of corpus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁ/

• audio

  (file)

• Homophones: cor, cors

Noun

corps m (plural corps)

1. body
2. (mathematics) field (in abstract algebra)
3. (military) corps

Derived terms

• à bras-le-corps
• à corps perdu
• à son corps défendant
• avoir le diable au corps
• chevillé au corps
• corporation
• corporel
• corps calleux
• corps caverneux
• corps céleste
• corps composé
• corps consulaire
• corps de ballet
• corps de garde
• corps de métier
• corps diplomatique
• corps du délit
• corps et âme
• corps et biens
• corps étranger
• corps simple
• corser
• corset
• donner corps
• esprit de corps
• faire corps
• garde du corps
• incorporer
• linge de corps
• maillot de corps
• pleurer toutes les larmes de son corps
• prendre corps
• tenir au corps
• tricot de corps
• vendre son corps

 

Descendants

• Karipúna Creole French: kó
• → Danish: korps
• → English: corps
• → Dutch: corps, korps
• → German: Korps
• → Norwegian Bokmål: korps
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: korps
• → Romanian: corp (in part)
• → Swedish: kår

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• porcs