corporal
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɔː.pɹəl/, /ˈkɔː.pɜ.ɹəl/
- (US) enPR: kôr'pər-əl, kôr'prəl, IPA(key): /ˈkoɹ.pɚ.əl/, /ˈkoɹ.pɹəl/
Audio (Canada): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)pɹəl, -ɔː(ɹ)pɜɹəl
Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English corporal, corporall, corporel, corporell, from Old French corporal (French corporel), from Latin corporālis, from Latin corpus (“body”); compare corporeal.
Adjective
[edit]corporal (not comparable)
- (archaic) Having a physical, tangible body; material, corporeal.
- 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]:
- Into the air; and what seem'd corporal melted as breath into the wind.
- Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body; bodily.
- corporal suffering
- (zoology) Pertaining to the body (the thorax and abdomen), as distinguished from the head, limbs and wings, etc.
- 1998, Rüdiger Riehl, Aquarium Atlas, volume 3, page 572:
- The smaller 9 9 have less elongated fins, drabber corporal colors, and more transparent fins.
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From French caporal, probably influenced by corporal (above), from the Italian caporale, from capo (“head, leader”) from Latin caput (“head”).
Noun
[edit]corporal (plural corporals)
- (military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
- A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
- (mining, historical) A worker in charge of the wagonway, reporting to the deputy.
- A dragonfly of the genus Ladona.
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Etymology 3
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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.
Noun
[edit]corporal (plural corporals)
- (ecclesiastical) The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.
- 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XI, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC:
- He had […] many corporals, chalice-veils, and sudaria
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[edit]- corporas (obsolete)
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Asturian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin corporālis.
Adjective
[edit]corporal (epicene, plural corporales)
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin corporālis.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [kur.puˈɾal]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kor.poˈɾal]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [koɾ.poˈɾal]
Adjective
[edit]corporal m or f (masculine and feminine plural corporals)
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[edit]corporal m (plural corporals)
- corporal (linen cloth)
Further reading
[edit]- “corporal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
[edit]Noun
[edit]corporal m (plural corporaux)
Further reading
[edit]- “corporal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin corporālis.
Adjective
[edit]corporal m or f (plural corporais)
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[edit]corporal m (plural corporais)
- corporal (linen cloth)
Further reading
[edit]- “corporal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Old French
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[edit]corporal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular corporale)
- Alternative form of corporel
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin corporālis.
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Adjective
[edit]corporal m or f (plural corporais)
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:corporal.
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[edit]corporal m (plural corporais)
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:corporal.
Further reading
[edit]- “corporal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French corporel, from Latin corporalis.
Adjective
[edit]corporal m or n (feminine singular corporală, masculine plural corporali, feminine and neuter plural corporale)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | corporal | corporală | corporali | corporale | ||
definite | corporalul | corporala | corporalii | corporalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | corporal | corporale | corporali | corporale | ||
definite | corporalului | corporalei | corporalilor | corporalelor |
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin corporālis.
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]corporal m or f (masculine and feminine plural corporales)
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[edit]corporal m (plural corporales)
- corporal (linen cloth)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “corporal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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