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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

  1. (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]:
  2. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body; bodily.
    • corporal suffering
    • corporal punishment
  3. (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

  1. A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
  2. A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
  3. (historical) A worker in charge of the wagonway, reporting to the deputy.
  4. A dragonfly of the genus Ladona.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
corporals Number=Plur lexicographic

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

  1. 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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
corporals Number=Plur lexicographic

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)