noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/kəˈdæv.ə(ɹ)/
UK:/kəˈdɑːv.ə(ɹ)/
UK:/kəˈdeɪ.və(ɹ)/
US:/kəˈdævɚ/
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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