What does corpse mean?
Definitions for corpse
kɔrpscorpse
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word corpse.
Princeton's WordNet
cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains(noun)
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"
Wiktionary
corpse(Noun)
a dead body
corpse(Verb)
to lose control during a performance and laugh uncontrollably
Origin: From corpus
Webster Dictionary
Corpse(noun)
a human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuously
Corpse(noun)
the dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig
Origin: [OF. cors (sometimes written corps), F. corps, L. corpus; akin to AS. hrif womb. See Midriff, and cf. Corse, Corselet, Corps, Cuerpo.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Corpse
korps, or kors, n. the dead body of a human being.—ns. Corpse′-can′dle, a light seen hovering over a grave—an omen of death; Corpse′-gate, the lichgate (see Lichgate). [M. E. corps, earlier cors—O. Fr. cors, the body—L. corpus.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
corpse
Jack's term for the party of marines embarked; the corps.
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'corpse' in Nouns Frequency: #2709
Anagrams for corpse »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of corpse in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of corpse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of corpse in a Sentence
Live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse.
Its a stubborn fly that follows a corpse to the grave!
(They) burned her and then threw her corpse away in the Kabul River.
It is unacceptable to treat any corpse this way, even if it is a dead terrorist.
He's the most battered corpse on the site, he had the largest number of broken bones.
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Translations for corpse
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- lykAfrikaans
- جيفة, جثمان, جَسَد, جثة, مَيِّتArabic
- cəsəd, meyit, leşAzerbaijani
- мәйетBashkir
- мярцвя́к, трупBelarusian
- трупBulgarian
- cadàverCatalan, Valencian
- mrtvolaCzech
- вилеChuvash
- celainWelsh
- ligDanish
- Leichnam, LeicheGerman
- πτώμα, κουφάριGreek
- kadavroEsperanto
- cadáverSpanish
- laipEstonian
- جسد, لاشه, کالبدPersian
- ruumis, kalmo, raatoFinnish
- cadavreFrench
- lykWestern Frisian
- corpScottish Gaelic
- גופהHebrew
- लाश, लाHindi
- kadavHaitian Creole
- hulla, holttestHungarian
- դիակ, դի, աճյունArmenian
- mayatIndonesian
- líkIcelandic
- cadavereItalian
- 死体, 屍体Japanese
- გვამიGeorgian
- өлік, мәйітKazakh
- សាកសពKhmer
- 시체Korean
- kelex, cenaze, termKurdish
- өлүкKyrgyz
- ຄາບ, ຂອນຜີ, ກະເລວະຣາLao
- lavonasLithuanian
- līķisLatvian
- tūpāpakuMāori
- труп, лешMacedonian
- хүүрMongolian
- jasad, mayat, jenazahMalay
- အသေBurmese
- lijkDutch
- likNorwegian
- gnijąca, zwłoki, trupPolish
- cadáverPortuguese
- cadavru, corp mortRomanian
- труп, [[мёртвый, мертве́ц, мёртвый, мертвя́кRussian
- शवSanskrit
- leš, лешSerbo-Croatian
- mŕtvolaSlovak
- truploSlovene
- kufomëAlbanian
- lik, kadaverSwedish
- mfu, maitiSwahili
- శవంTelugu
- майитTajik
- ศพ, อสุภThai
- jeset, läsh, meýitTurkmen
- cesetTurkish
- мәетTatar
- جەسەت, مۇرداUyghur, Uighur
- труп, мертве́ць, мрецьUkrainian
- جسد, لاشUrdu
- murda, oʻlik, jasadUzbek
- thi thể, xác chết, tử thiVietnamese
- fun, menafunVolapük
- 屍體Chinese
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