corpse

corpse

dead body

Not to be confused with:

core – central part: apple core; heart: rotten to the core

corps – body of persons; a military unit: a loyal member of the corps

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corpse

 (kôrps)

n.

A dead body, especially the dead body of a human.

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[Middle English corps, from Latin corpus; see k^wrep- in Indo-European roots.]

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corpse

(kɔːps)

n

a dead body, esp of a human being; cadaver

vb

(Theatre) theatre slang to laugh or cause to laugh involuntarily or inopportunely while on stage

[C14: from Old French corps body, from Latin corpus body]

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corpse

(kɔrps)

n.

1. a dead body, usu. of a human being.

2. Obs. a human or animal body, whether alive or dead.

[1225–75; Middle English corps; orig. sp. variant of cors corse but the p is now sounded]

syn: See body.

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corpse

Past participle: corpsed
Gerund: corpsing

Imperative

corpse

corpse

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

corpse - the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay" cadaver, remains, stiff, clay dead body, body - a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake" cremains - the remains of a dead body after cremation

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corpse

noun body, remains, carcass, cadaver, stiff (slang) The victim's corpse was pulled out of the river.

Related words
fear necrophobia

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corpse

noun

The physical frame of a dead person or animal:

body, cadaver, carcass, remains.

Slang: stiff.

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Translations

جُثَّةجُثَّـه، جُثـمـان

cadàver

mrtvola

lig

LeicheLeichnam

πτώμα

cadáver

laip

ruumisraato

cadavre

leš

hulla

lík

cadaveresalma

死体

시체

lavonas

līķis

lijk

lik

trup

cadáver

cadavru

труп

truplo

lik

ซากศพ

ceset

xác chết

尸体

corpse

[kɔːps] N → cadáver m

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corpse

[ˈkɔː^rps] n → cadavre m

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corpse

n → Leiche f, → Leichnam m (geh)

vi (Theat sl) → einen Lachanfall bekommen

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corpse

[kɔːps] n → cadavere m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

corpse

(koːps) noun

a dead body, especially of a human being. Don't move the corpse before you send for the police. lyk جُثَّـه، جُثـمـان труп cadáver mrtvola die Leiche lig πτώμαcadáver surnukeha جنازه ruumis cadavreגופה शव leš, truplo hulla mayat lík cadavere 死体 시체 lavonas līķis mayat lijk likzwłoki جنازه cadáver cadavru труп mŕtvola truplo leš lik ซากศพ ceset 屍體 труп لاش، نعش tử thi 尸体

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corpse

→ جُثَّة mrtvola lig Leiche πτώμα cadáver ruumis cadavre leš salma 死体 시체 lijk lik trup cadáver труп lik ซากศพ ceset xác chết 尸体

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corpse

n. cadáver, muerto-a.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

corpse

n cadáver m

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