adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to a corpse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cadaveric
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Pronunciation
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UK: /kadəˈvɛɹɪk/
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UK: /kəˈdavəɹɪk/
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US: /kəˈdavəɹɪk/
adj
Meaning 2
Caused by coming into contact with a dead body, a cadaver.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
of or relating to a cadaver or corpse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- we had long anticipated his cadaverous end
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cadaverous
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From French cadavérique.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: cadavèric — pertaining to a corpse
- Finnish: ruumis- — pertaining to a corpse
- French: cadavérique — pertaining to a corpse
- Greek: πτωματικός (ptomatikós) — pertaining to a corpse
- Italian: cadaverico — pertaining to a corpse
- Lithuanian: lavoniškas — pertaining to a corpse
- Polish: trupi — pertaining to a corpse
- Romagnol: cadavëric — pertaining to a corpse
- Romanian: cadaveric — pertaining to a corpse