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Meaning of corpse | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
kɔːps

Definitions

  1. A dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal
  2. A dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal.
  3. The dead body of any animal with flesh; the dead body of a vertebrate; a carcass
  4. A dead body, especially the dead body of a human.
  5. The dead body of any animal with flesh; the dead body of a vertebrate; a carcass.
  6. A human body in general, whether living or dead
  7. The physical frame of a dead person or animal:body, cadaver, carcass, remains.
  8. A human body in general, whether living or dead.
    archaic, derogatory, sometimes
  9. To laugh uncontrollably during a performance
  10. 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
    especially
  11. To cause another actor to do this
  12. cadáver, muerto-a.
  13. a dead body, esp of a human being; cadaver
  14. (Theatre) theatre slang to laugh or cause to laugh involuntarily or inopportunely while on stage
    theatre
  15. a dead body, usu. of a human being.
  16. Obs. a human or animal body, whether alive or dead.
  17. n → Leiche f, → Leichnam m (geh)
    n
  18. vi (Theat sl) → einen Lachanfall bekommen
    vi

Equivalents

Afrikaans kadawer lyk
አማርኛ ሬሳ
العربية الجثة جتة جثة جثمان جيفة
Azərbaycanca cənazə cəsəd leş meyit nəş
Български мъртвец труп
বাংলা মড়া মৃতদেহ লাশ শব
བོད་སྐད རོ
Català cadàver cos
Čeština mrtvola mrtvý tělo
Cymraeg abo burgyn celain corff
Dansk kadaver lig
Deutsch Laicha Leiche Leichnam Leisch
Ελληνικά κουφάρι πτώμα
Esperanto kadavro
Español cadáver cuerpo difunto fiambre muerto
Suomi kalmo raato ruumis vainaja
Gaeilge corp marbh marbhán
Gàidhlig corp marbhan
Galego cadarme
ગુજરાતી લાશ શબ
Hausa gawa
हिन्दी लाश शव
Magyar holttest hulla
Հայերեն աճյուն դի դիակ մարմին
Bahasa Indonesia batang jenazah mayat
Íslenska hræ lík nár
Italiano cadavere salma
日本語 屍体 死体
ქართული გვამი ცხედარი
Қазақша мәйіт өлік
ಕನ್ನಡ ಹೆಣ
한국어 사체 송장 시신 시체 주검
Kurdî coş leş lîg lik meyît naaş nar xaç
Кыргызча өлүк
Latina cadāver mortuus
Lëtzebuergesch Läich
Lingála ebembe
Lietuvių lavonas
Latviešu līķis mironis
Malagasy faty
Te Reo Māori kōiwi
Македонски леш труп
മലയാളം ശവം
Монгол цогцос
मराठी शव
Bahasa Melayu jasad jenazah mayat
မြန်မာဘာသာ အသေး
Nederlands kadaver kreng lijk
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଶବ
Polski ciało truchło trup zwłoki
Português cadáver corpo
Română cadavru corp mort
Ikinyarwanda ikigagara
Slovenčina mŕtvola pozostatky telo
Slovenščina truplo
Shqip kufomë
Српски as kadaver les lik nar oku telo trup truplo леш труп
Svenska as kadaver lik
Kiswahili maiti mfu
தமிழ் சவம் பிணம்
తెలుగు శవం శవము
Тоҷикӣ ҷасад
ትግርኛ ሬሳ
Türkmençe jeset meýit
Tagalog bangkay
Türkçe ceset naaş
ئۇيغۇرچە جەسەت
Українська мрець труп
اردو جسد شو لاش
Oʻzbekcha jasad
Tiếng Việt thầy thi thể tử thi xác
IsiXhosa isidumbu
Yorùbá òkú
IsiZulu isidumbu

Examples

“I saw battle-corpses, myriads of them, / And the white skeletons of young men, I saw them, / I saw the debris and debris of all the slain soldiers of the war, […]”
“Cantharidin, although readily decomposed by chemical agents, is so permanent in the body that it has been detected in the corpse of a cat eighty-four days after death.”
“Near Smeinogorsk an octagonal tumulus has been found containing the corpse of a horse near a rectangular one with a human corpse, both within stone circles.”
“Nelson and I landed next to the half rotted corpse of a horse full of maggots.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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