Dictionary

cadaver en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kəˈdæv.ə(ɹ)/ (UK)
• (US) audio
• /kəˈdɑːv.ə(ɹ)/ (UK)
• /kəˈdævɚ/ (US)
• /kəˈdeɪ.və(ɹ)/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English cadaver, from Latin cadāver.

Meanings

1. (literary) A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.
   • He and his best friend saw a cadaver and ran screaming.
   • “Then my first year of med school, we got our first cadavers, and there was so much data inside. You can be sure a patient will lie about how much they drink or how much they smoke, but with a cadaver, all the information is there.” 2020, Raven Leilani, Luster, Picador (2021), page 98:

Forms

Deriveds

cadaverousness · cadaverine · cadaverously · cadaverous · cadaverize · cadaver dog · cadaveric

Relateds

cadence

Synonyms

corpse · body

Translations (97)

fy skrinkellyk (a dead body) · fo deyður kroppur (a dead body) · ny mzimizi (a dead body) · syc ܬܓܪܘܡܬܐ (a dead body) · rup murtutsinã (a dead body) · es cadáver (a dead body) · fi kalmo (a dead body) · rup murtãciuni (a dead body) · az kadavra (a dead body) · ny maliro (a dead body) · xh tshe (a dead body) · ast cadávere (a dead body) · ota جثه (a dead body) · gl cadáver (a dead body) · sk mŕtvola (a dead body) · pl zwłoki (a dead body) · hu tetem (a dead body) · ast cadabre (a dead body) · mi tūpāpaku (a dead body) · pt cadáver (a dead body) · hil bangkay (a dead body) · ro cadavru (a dead body) · ca cadàver (a dead body) · sh lȅš (a dead body) · el πτώμα (a dead body) · ru труп (a dead body) · lt negyvėlis (a dead body) · bg труп (a dead body) · syc ܦܓܪܐ (a dead body) · ceb patay'ng lawas (a dead body) · lv līķis (a dead body) · kmr ekîb (a dead body) · ta பிணம் (a dead body) · th อาจารย์ใหญ่ (a dead body) · sh ле̏ш (a dead body) · af kadawer (a dead body) · nl kreng (a dead body) · cs mrtvola (a dead body) · syc ܫܠܕܐ (a dead body) · eo kadavro (a dead body) · cst sé̄lila (a dead body) · et korjus (a dead body) · ang līċ (a dead body) · grc νέκυς (a dead body) · fo lík (a dead body) · cmn 屍體 /尸体 (a dead body) · tpi daiman (a dead body) · grc νεκρός (a dead body) · syc ܩܘܫܪܐ (a dead body) · ka გვამი (a dead body) · fo ræ (a dead body) · id kadaver (a dead body) · nl karkas (a dead body) · ar جُثَّة (a dead body) · krj bangkay (a dead body) · sv kadaver (a dead body) · chr ᎤᎵᏬᏨᎯ (a dead body) · fi ruumis (a dead body) · my ရုပ်ကလာပ် (a dead body) · de Leiche (a dead body) · ja 死体 (a dead body) · gl cadavre (a dead body) · grc πτῶμα (a dead body) · hy դիակ (a dead body) · be кадавер (a dead body) · sv lik (a dead body) · fr cadavre (a dead body) · uga 𐎔𐎂𐎗 (a dead body) · de Kadaver (a dead body) · pam bangke (a dead body) · nrf cadâvre (a dead body) · ota جنازه (a dead body) · got 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍃 (a dead body) · bn বিশীর্ণ দেহ (a dead body) · it cadavere (a dead body) · syc ܓܘܫܕܐ (a dead body) · da kadaver (a dead body) · gl cadarme (a dead body) · mk труп (a dead body) · tl bangkay (a dead body) · ny wakufa (a dead body) · hy դի (a dead body) · sq kadavore (a dead body) · hy աճյուն (a dead body) · nl kadaver (a dead body) · ru кадавр (a dead body) · lt lavonas (a dead body) · tr kadavra (a dead body) · et laip (a dead body) · vo menafun (a dead body) · pdt Leich (a dead body) · ht kadav (a dead body) · got 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺 (a dead body) · vo fun (a dead body) · chr ᎤᏴᎰᏒᎯ (a dead body) · ky өлүгүн (a dead body) · am ካዳቨር (a dead body)