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corps

noun · 7 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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  • CMU ARPABET: K AO1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: K AO1 R Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An organized group of people united by a common purpose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • diplomatic corps
  • White House press corps

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A corps de ballet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

plural of corp

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Obsolete spelling of corpse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: army corps

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: army unit

Narrower terms: Women's Army Corps, WAC, Reserve Officers Training Corps, ROTC

7

noun

Meaning 7

a body of people associated together

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • diplomatic corps

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: body

Narrower terms: diplomatic service, diplomatic corps, corps diplomatique

History

Etymology

From French corps d'armée (literally “army body”), from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpse and corpus. See also English riff.

Clipping.

Across languages

Translations

76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: korpus — battlefield formation
  • Arabic: فَيْلَق (faylaq) — battlefield formation
  • Armenian: կորպուս (korpus) — battlefield formation
  • Azerbaijani: korpus — battlefield formation
  • Belarusian: ко́рпус (kórpus) — battlefield formation
  • Bulgarian: ко́рпус (kórpus) — battlefield formation
  • Catalan: cos — battlefield formation
  • Chinese Cantonese: 軍團 /军团 (gwan1 tyun4) — battlefield formation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 軍團 /军团 (jūntuán) — battlefield formation
  • Czech: sbor — battlefield formation
  • Danish: korps — battlefield formation
  • Dutch: korps — battlefield formation
  • Esperanto: korpuso — battlefield formation
  • Estonian: korpus — battlefield formation
  • Finnish: armeijakunta — battlefield formation
  • French: corps — battlefield formation
  • Georgian: კორპუსი (ḳorṗusi) — battlefield formation
  • German: Korps — battlefield formation
  • Hebrew: גַּיִס (gáyis) — battlefield formation
  • Hungarian: hadtest — battlefield formation
  • Ido: korpo — battlefield formation
  • Ido: armeokorpo — battlefield formation
  • Irish: cór — battlefield formation
  • Italian: corpo — battlefield formation
  • Italian: genio — battlefield formation
  • Japanese: 軍団 (gundan) — battlefield formation
  • Japanese: 部隊 (butai) — battlefield formation
  • Kazakh: корпус (korpus) — battlefield formation
  • Khmer: កងទ័ព (kɑɑng tŏəp) — battlefield formation
  • Korean: 군단 (gundan) — battlefield formation
  • Korean: 부대 (budae) — battlefield formation
  • Kyrgyz: корпус (korpus) — battlefield formation
  • Latvian: korpuss — battlefield formation
  • Lithuanian: korpusas — battlefield formation
  • Macedonian: ко́рпус (kórpus) — battlefield formation
  • Malay: kor — battlefield formation
  • Mongolian: корпус (korpus) — battlefield formation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: korps — battlefield formation
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: korps — battlefield formation
  • Persian: سپاه (sepâh) — battlefield formation
  • Polish: korpus — battlefield formation
  • Portuguese: corpo — battlefield formation
  • Romanian: corp — battlefield formation
  • Russian: ко́рпус (kórpus) — battlefield formation
  • Serbo-Croatian: ко̀рпус — battlefield formation
  • Serbo-Croatian: kòrpus — battlefield formation
  • Slovak: zbor — battlefield formation
  • Slovene: korpus — battlefield formation
  • Spanish: cuerpo — battlefield formation
  • Tajik: сипоҳ (sipoh) — battlefield formation
  • Turkish: kolordu — battlefield formation
  • Turkmen: korpus — battlefield formation
  • Ukrainian: ко́рпус (kórpus) — battlefield formation
  • Uyghur: كورپۇس (korpus) — battlefield formation
  • Uzbek: korpus — battlefield formation
  • Vietnamese: quân đoàn — battlefield formation
  • Welsh: corfflu — battlefield formation
  • Catalan: cos — group of people
  • Esperanto: korpuso — group of people
  • Estonian: korpus — group of people
  • Finnish: -kunta — group of people
  • Greek: σώμα (sóma) — group of people
  • Hungarian: testület — group of people
  • Ido: korpo — group of people
  • Italian: corpo — group of people
  • Macedonian: ко́рпус (kórpus) — group of people
  • Norwegian Bokmål: korps — group of people
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: korps — group of people
  • Polish: korpus — group of people
  • Portuguese: corpo — group of people
  • Romanian: corp — group of people
  • Russian: ко́рпус (kórpus) — group of people
  • Spanish: cuerpo — group of people
  • Swedish: -kår — group of people
  • Ukrainian: ко́рпус (kórpus) — group of people
  • Welsh: corfflu — group of people
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