kadavro
Esperanto
Kadavro
Etymology
Borrowed from French cadavre, from Latin cadāver. Compare Italian cadavere, German Kadaver.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kaˈdavro]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -avro
- Hyphenation: ka‧da‧vro
Noun
kadavro (accusative singular kadavron, plural kadavroj, accusative plural kadavrojn)
- corpse (body of a deceased person)
- 1906, Kabe, “Fabelo pri iu, kiu migris por ekkoni timon”, in Elektitaj Fabeloj, translation of original by Brothers Grimm:
- Li iris al la fajro, varmigis sian manon kaj metis ĝin sur la vizaĝon de la mortinto, sed la kadavro restis malvarma.
- He went to the fire, warmed his hand, and placed it on the face of the dead man, but the cold cadaver stayed still.
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Hyponyms
- mumio (“mummy”)
Derived terms
- kadavra (“of or like a corpse”)
- kadavre (“in the manner of a corpse”)
- kadavrigi (“to make something a corpse”)
- orfanokadavro (“villager, witch”)
- rafanokadavro (“pillager”)
- sorĉkadavro (“zombie”)
- naholokadavro (“frostmaw”)
Related terms
- mortinto (“dead person”)