English Explanatory Dictionary

corporal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having a physical, tangible body; material, corporeal.
  2. Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body; bodily.
  3. Pertaining to the body (the thorax and abdomen), as distinguished from the head, limbs and wings, etc.
noun
  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. A worker in charge of the wagonway, reporting to the deputy.
  4. A dragonfly of the genus Ladona.
noun
  1. The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɔːp(ə)ɹəl/ kôr'-pər-əl kôr'-prəl /ˈkoɹ.pɚ.əl/ /ˈkoɹ.pɹəl/ en-ca-corporal.oga

Word forms

corporal corporals

Etymology

From Middle English corporal, corporall, corporel, corporell, from Old French corporal (French corporel), from Latin corporālis, from Latin corpus (“body”); compare corporeal.

Synonyms

bodily corporeal bombardier corporas

Derived words

bicorporal corporality corporally corporalness corporal punishment corporalship extracorporal incorporal intracorporal noncorporal tricorporal uncorporal corporal's guard lance corporal letter corporal saddler-corporal ship's corporal corporal oath

Translations

Albanian: tetar Armenian: կապրալ Bulgarian: ефрейтор Catalan: caporal Czech: desátník Czech: kaprál Danish: korporal Dutch: korporaal Esperanto: kaporalo Estonian: kapral Finnish: alikersantti French: caporal German: Stabsgefreiter German: Oberstabsgefreiter German: Korporal Greek: υποδεκανέας Hungarian: tizedes Hungarian: szakaszvezető Hungarian: káplár Indonesian: kopral Italian: caporale Japanese: 伍長 Korean: 상병 Latin: decuriō Macedonian: десета́р Macedonian: каплар Māori: kāpara Norman: corpotha Norwegian Bokmål: korporal Norwegian Nynorsk: korporal Persian: سرجوخه Polish: kapral Portuguese: cabo Russian: капра́л Spanish: cabo Tagalog: kabo Ottoman Turkish: اون باش
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