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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
corporal en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- kôr'-prəl (US)
- (Canada) audio
- /ˈkɔːp(ə)ɹəl/ (UK)
- kôr'-pər-əl (US)
- /ˈkoɹ.pɚ.əl/ (US)
- /ˈkoɹ.pɹəl/ (US)
Etymology
From Middle English corporal, corporall, corporel, corporell, from Old French corporal (French corporel), from Latin corporālis, from Latin corpus (“body”); compare corporeal.
Meanings
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(archaic, not-comparable) Having a physical, tangible body; material, corporeal.
Into the air; and what seem'd corporal melted as breath into the wind.
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, [Act I, scene iii]:
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body; bodily.
corporal suffering
corporal punishment
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(not-comparable) Pertaining to the body (the thorax and abdomen), as distinguished from the head, limbs and wings, etc.
The smaller 9 9 have less elongated fins, drabber corporal colors, and more transparent fins.
1998, Rüdiger Riehl, Aquarium Atlas, volume 3, page 572:
Deriveds
bicorporal · corporality · intracorporal · corporally · incorporal · uncorporal · corporal punishment · corporalness · extracorporal · noncorporal · tricorporal · corporalship
Synonyms
corporeal · bodily
Translations (1)
es corporal (bodily)
corporal en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- kôr'-prəl (US)
- (Canada) audio
- /ˈkɔːp(ə)ɹəl/ (UK)
- kôr'-pər-əl (US)
- /ˈkoɹ.pɚ.əl/ (US)
- /ˈkoɹ.pɹəl/ (US)
Etymology
From French caporal, probably influenced by corporal (above), from the Italian caporale, from capo (“head, leader”) from Latin caput (“head”).
Meanings
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A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
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A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
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(historical) A worker in charge of the wagonway, reporting to the deputy.
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A dragonfly of the genus Ladona.
Forms
Deriveds
saddler-corporal · lance corporal · ship's corporal · letter corporal · corporal's guard
Synonyms
bombardier
Translations (41)
el υποδεκανέας (military rank) · fi alikersantti (military rank) · fa سرجوخه (military rank) · pl kapral (military rank) · la decuriō (military rank) · mk десета́р (military rank) · hu szakaszvezető (military rank) · nb korporal (military rank) · hu tizedes (military rank) · nrf corpotha (military rank) · ja 伍長 (military rank) · fi hukankorento (dragonfly of the genus Ladona) · ota اون باش (military rank) · tl kabo (military rank) · fr caporal (military rank) · id kopral (military rank) · et kapral (military rank) · cs kaprál (military rank) · de Oberstabsgefreiter (military rank) · cs desátník (military rank) · ko 상병 (military rank) · gd corpailear (military rank) · it caporale (military rank) · mk каплар (military rank) · de Stabsgefreiter (military rank) · nb korporal (military rank) · es cabo (military rank) · da korporal (military rank) · eo kaporalo (military rank) · hy կապրալ (military rank) · mi kāpara (military rank) · de Korporal (military rank) · hu tizedes (police rank) · pt cabo (military rank) · sq tetar (military rank) · nl korporaal (military rank) · ca caporal (military rank) · ru капра́л (military rank) · bg ефрейтор (military rank) · cmn 二劃警員 /二划警员 (police rank) · hu káplár (military rank)
corporal en · NOUN · etymology 3
Pronunciation
- kôr'-prəl (US)
- (Canada) audio
- /ˈkɔːp(ə)ɹəl/ (UK)
- kôr'-pər-əl (US)
- /ˈkoɹ.pɚ.əl/ (US)
- /ˈkoɹ.pɹəl/ (US)
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.
He had […] many corporals, chalice-veils, and sudaria
1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XI, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC:
Forms
Deriveds
corporal oath
Synonyms
corporas
Translations (15)
id korporal (ecclesiastical: cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed) · pl korporał (ecclesiastical: cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed) · ru антими́нс (ecclesiastical: cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed) · tl kulpuralis (ecclesiastical: cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed) · pt corporal (ecclesiastical: cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed) · nl corporale (ecclesiastical: cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed) · fi korporaaliliina (ecclesiastical: cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed) · tl korporal (ecclesiastical: cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed) · de Korporale (ecclesiastical: cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed) · ca corporal (ecclesiastical: cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed) · fr corporal (ecclesiastical: cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed) · id korporale (ecclesiastical: cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed) · es corporal (ecclesiastical: cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed) · fi korporaali (ecclesiastical: cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed) · gl corporal (ecclesiastical: cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed)