corps

== English == === Etymology 1 === From French corps d'armée (literally “army body”), from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpse and corpus. See also English riff. ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Singular ==== (horse–hoarse merger) (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kô, IPA(key): /kɔː/ (General American) enPR: kôr, IPA(key): /kɔɹ/, [kʰo̞ɹ] Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Homophones: core, cor; caw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger) (without the horse–hoarse merger) (rhotic) enPR: kōr, IPA(key): /ko(ː)ɹ/ (non-rhotic) IPA(key): /koə/ ==== Plural ==== (horse–hoarse merger) (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kôz, IPA(key): /kɔːz/ (General American) enPR: kôrz, IPA(key): /koɹz/, [kʰo̞ɹz] Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z Homophones: cores; cause, caws (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger) (without the horse–hoarse merger) (rhotic) enPR: kōrz, IPA(key): /ko(ː)ɹz/ (non-rhotic) IPA(key): /koəz/ ==== Noun ==== corps (plural corps) (military) A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions. An organized group of people united by a common purpose. diplomatic corps White House press corps ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== corps (plural corps) A corps de ballet. === Etymology 3 === Clipping. ==== Noun ==== corps plural of corp === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== corps (plural corpses) Obsolete spelling of corpse. === Anagrams === S corp., crops, procs, scorp, sproc == Bourguignon == === Etymology === From Latin corpus. === Noun === corps m (plural corps) body == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French corps, from Middle French cors, from Old French cors, from Latin corpus. Doublet of corpus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koːr/ Hyphenation: corps === Noun === corps n (plural corpsen or corpora, diminutive corpsje n) (chiefly Netherlands) student society, especially a traditional and hierarchical one superseded spelling of korps ==== Usage notes ==== Traditional student societies tend to prescribe the plural corpora, in regular language the plural corpsen is more common. ==== Synonyms ==== studentencorps natie (historical) studentenclub studentenvereniging ==== Derived terms ==== corpsbal corpslid studentencorps == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French cors, from Old French cors, inherited from Latin corpus (“body”). The p was added back to reflect the Latin etymology. Doublet of corpus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔʁ/ Homophones: cor, cors === Noun === corps m (invariable) body (mathematics) field (in abstract algebra) (military) corps (printing) body (shank of a type) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “corps”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === porcs