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cadaver

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /kəˈdæv.ə(ɹ)/
  • UK: /kəˈdɑːv.ə(ɹ)/
  • UK: /kəˈdeɪ.və(ɹ)/
  • US: /kəˈdævɚ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 D AE1 V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: literary

Topics: medicine, sciences

Examples

  • He and his best friend saw a cadaver and ran screaming.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the dead body of a human being

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: corpse, stiff, clay, remains

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: body, dead body

Narrower terms: cremains

History

Etymology

From Middle English cadaver, from Latin cadāver.

Across languages

Translations

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: kadawer — a dead body
  • Albanian: kadavore — a dead body
  • Amharic: ካዳቨር (kadaveri) — a dead body
  • Arabic: جُثَّة (juṯṯa) — a dead body
  • Aramaic: ܫܠܕܐ (šəladdā) — a dead body
  • Aramaic: ܬܓܪܘܡܬܐ (taḡrūmtā) — a dead body
  • Aramaic: ܦܓܪܐ (paḡrā) — a dead body
  • Aramaic: ܩܘܫܪܐ (qušrā) — a dead body
  • Aramaic: ܓܘܫܕܐ (gušdā) — a dead body
  • Armenian: դիակ (diak) — a dead body
  • Armenian: դի (di) — a dead body
  • Armenian: աճյուն (ačyun) — a dead body
  • Aromanian: murtãciuni — a dead body
  • Aromanian: murtutsinã — a dead body
  • Asturian: cadabre — a dead body
  • Asturian: cadávere — a dead body
  • Azerbaijani: kadavra — a dead body
  • Belarusian: кадавер (kadavjer) — a dead body
  • Bengali: বিশীর্ণ দেহ (biśirno deho) — a dead body
  • Bulgarian: труп (trup) — a dead body
  • Burmese: ရုပ်ကလာပ် (rupka.lap) — a dead body
  • Catalan: cadàver — a dead body
  • Cebuano: patay'ng lawas — a dead body
  • Cherokee: ᎤᎵᏬᏨᎯ (uliwotsvhi) — a dead body
  • Cherokee: ᎤᏴᎰᏒᎯ (uyvhosvhi) — a dead body
  • Chichewa: maliro — a dead body
  • Chichewa: mzimizi — a dead body
  • Chichewa: wakufa — a dead body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 屍體 /尸体 (shītǐ) — a dead body
  • Czech: mrtvola — a dead body
  • Danish: kadaver — a dead body
  • Dutch: kadaver — a dead body
  • Dutch: karkas — a dead body
  • Dutch: kreng — a dead body
  • Esperanto: kadavro — a dead body
  • Estonian: laip — a dead body
  • Estonian: korjus — a dead body
  • Faroese: ræ — a dead body
  • Faroese: deyður kroppur — a dead body
  • Faroese: lík — a dead body
  • Finnish: ruumis — a dead body
  • Finnish: kalmo — a dead body
  • French: cadavre — a dead body
  • West-Frisian: skrinkellyk — a dead body
  • Galician: cadavre — a dead body
  • Galician: cadáver — a dead body
  • Galician: cadarme — a dead body
  • Georgian: გვამი (gvami) — a dead body
  • German: Kadaver — a dead body
  • German: Leiche — a dead body
  • Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺 (leik) — a dead body
  • Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍃 (naus) — a dead body
  • Greek: πτώμα (ptóma) — a dead body
  • Ancient Greek: πτῶμα (ptôma) — a dead body
  • Ancient Greek: νεκρός (nekrós) — a dead body
  • Ancient Greek: νέκυς (nékus) — a dead body
  • Haitian Creole: kadav — a dead body
  • Hiligaynon: bangkay — a dead body
  • Hungarian: tetem — a dead body
  • Indonesian: kadaver — a dead body
  • Italian: cadavere — a dead body
  • Japanese: 死体 — a dead body
  • Kapampangan: bangke — a dead body
  • Kinaray-a: bangkay — a dead body
  • Northern Kurdish: ekîb — a dead body
  • Kyrgyz: өлүгүн (ölügün) — a dead body
  • Latvian: līķis — a dead body
  • Lithuanian: lavonas — a dead body
  • Lithuanian: negyvėlis — a dead body
  • Macedonian: труп (trup) — a dead body
  • Māori: tūpāpaku — a dead body
  • Norman: cadâvre — a dead body
  • Northern Ohlone: sé̄lila — a dead body
  • Old English: līċ — a dead body
  • Plautdietsch: Leich — a dead body
  • Polish: zwłoki — a dead body
  • Portuguese: cadáver — a dead body
  • Romanian: cadavru — a dead body
  • Russian: труп (trup) — a dead body
  • Russian: кадавр (kadavr) — a dead body
  • Serbo-Croatian: ле̏ш — a dead body
  • Serbo-Croatian: lȅš — a dead body
  • Slovak: mŕtvola — a dead body
  • Spanish: cadáver — a dead body
  • Swedish: lik — a dead body
  • Swedish: kadaver — a dead body
  • Tagalog: bangkay — a dead body
  • Tamil: பிணம் (piṇam) — a dead body
  • Thai: อาจารย์ใหญ่ (aa-jaan-yài) — a dead body
  • Tok Pisin: daiman — a dead body
  • Turkish: kadavra — a dead body
  • Ottoman Turkish: جنازه (cenâze, cinâze) — a dead body
  • Ottoman Turkish: جثه (cüsse) — a dead body
  • Ugaritic: 𐎔𐎂𐎗 (pgr) — a dead body
  • Volapük: fun — a dead body
  • Volapük: menafun — a dead body
  • Xhosa: tshe — a dead body