corps

C1 Topic:War & Conflict

US /kɔɹ/ UK /kɔː/ See IPA manual

Homophones

core /kɔɹ/

Freq #5664

Meanings

1

noun
A large military unit made up of several divisions.

The general commanded an army corps of over thirty thousand soldiers.
2

noun
An organized group of people working together for a common purpose.

She joined the diplomatic corps after finishing university.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a large military unit made... army corps

Word family

Derived forms avant-corpscorpercorps-a-corpscorpsmancorpspersoncorpswomanjuste-au-corps

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Phrases (1)

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diplomatic corps
the diplomats serving collectively in a particular country or setting

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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

*krep- Proto-Indo-European corps d'armée French corpus Latin

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Topics

War & Conflict Word Formation & Derivatives

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# corps

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kɔɹ/
**IPA (UK):** /kɔː/
**Frequency rank:** 5664

## Meanings
1. A large military unit made up of several divisions.
2. An organized group of people working together for a common purpose.

## Examples
- The general commanded an army corps of over thirty thousand soldiers.
- She joined the diplomatic corps after finishing university.

## Derived Forms
- avant-corps
- corper
- corps-a-corps
- corpsman
- corpsperson
- corpswoman
- juste-au-corps

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *krep-
- Root: corps d'armée
- Root: corpus

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

## AI Etymology
Corps is from French corps d'armée (literally “army body”), from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpse and corpus. See also English riff. Important historical forms include Proto-Indo-European *krep-, French corps d'armée, and Latin corpus. In present-day use, it can mean a large military unit made up of several divisions, or a organized group of people working together for a common purpose. Derived formations include avant-corps, corper, corps-a-corps, corpsman, corpsperson.

## Topics
- War & Conflict
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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