corporeal

C2+ Topic:The Human Body

US /kɔrˈpɔriəl/ UK /kɔːˈpɔːriəl/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
relating to a material body; physical rather than spiritual

The ghost seemed almost corporeal in the candlelight.

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Synonyms

1 adj · relating to a material... physical bodily material tangible substantial fleshly

Opposites

spiritual incorporeal immaterial intangible ethereal

Word family

Derived forms corporeallycorporeality

Related forms corporal corpse corps corpulent corpus

Etymology

From Latin 'corporeus' ('of the body, bodily'), from 'corpus' (genitive 'corporis', 'body'), plus the English suffix '-al'.

corporeus Latin corpus Latin

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The Human Body Word Formation & Derivatives

# corporeal

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** kɔrˈpɔriəl
**IPA (UK):** kɔːˈpɔːriəl

## Meanings
1. relating to a material body; physical rather than spiritual

## Examples
- The ghost seemed almost corporeal in the candlelight.

## Synonyms
- physical
- bodily
- material
- tangible
- substantial
- fleshly

## Antonyms
- spiritual
- incorporeal
- immaterial
- intangible
- ethereal

## Derived Forms
- corporeally
- corporeality

## Related Forms
- corporal
- corpse
- corps
- corpulent
- corpus

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: corporeus
- Root: corpus

## Etymology
From Latin 'corporeus' ('of the body, bodily'), from 'corpus' (genitive 'corporis', 'body'), plus the English suffix '-al'.

## AI Etymology
Corporeal is from Latin 'corporeus' ('of the body, bodily'), from 'corpus' (genitive 'corporis', 'body'), plus the English suffix '-al'. Important recorded forms include corporeus (Latin) and corpus (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers relating to a material body; physical rather than spiritual. The wider family includes derived forms such as corporeally and corporeality and related words such as corporal, corpse, corps, corpulent, and corpus.

## Topics
- The Human Body
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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