corporal
Meaning of corporal
- a rank of non-commissioned officer in the army, above lance corporal or private first class and below sergeant.
- a petty officer who attended solely to police matters, under the master-at-arms.
- another term for fallfish.
mid 16th century: from French, obsolete variant of caporal, from Italian caporale, probably based on Latin corpus, corpor- ‘body (of troops)’, with a change of spelling in Italian due to association with capo ‘head’.
adjective
relating to the human body.
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin corporalis, from corpus, corpor- ‘body’.
noun
a cloth on which the chalice and paten are placed during the celebration of the Eucharist.
Middle English: from medieval Latin corporale (pallium) ‘body (cloth)’, from Latin corpus, corpor- ‘body’.
Information about corporal
- The plural form of corporal is: corporals.
- Languages in which corporal is used:
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Catalan
GalicianHyphenation of corporal
cor-po-ral
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- corporal is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
corporal synonyms
Meaning bodily:
Meaning bodied:
bodied, corporate, embodied, incarnate
Meaning having an actual physical presence:
Meaning relating to physical, especially sexual, needs and activities:
Meaning (of a living human being, often in contrast to a divine being) subject to death:
Meaning relating to humankind's material existence as distinct from a spiritual or heavenly one:
Meaning (of a person) experienced and sophisticated:
Meaning relating to the body as opposed to the mind:
Meaning concerned with money or possessions rather than the needs of the mind or spirit:
Meaning actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact; not imagined or supposed:
Meaning existing in fact; real:
Meaning perceptible by touch:
Meaning of considerable importance, size, or worth:
corporal antonyms
Meaning relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things:
Translation of corporal
Words that rhyme with corporal
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