corporal

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː.pɹəl/, /ˈkɔː.pɜ.ɹəl/
• (US) enPR: kôr'pər-əl, kôr'prəl, IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹ.pɝ.əl/, /ˈkɔɹ.pɹəl/

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From Old French corporal (French corporel), from Latin corporālis, from Latin corpus (“body”); compare corporeal.

corporal (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Having a physical, tangible body; material, corporeal.
   • 1603-06, Macbeth: Ac.1 Sc3, Wm. Shakespeare.

     Into the air; and what seem'd corporal melted as breath into the wind.

2. Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body; bodily.

   corporal punishment

   corporal suffering

3. (zoology) Pertaining to the body (the thorax and abdomen), as distinguished from the head, limbs and wings, etc.
   • 1998, Rüdiger Riehl, Aquarium Atlas, volume 3, page 572:

     The smaller 9 9 have less elongated fins, drabber corporal colors, and more transparent fins.

• bodily
• corporeal

• corporality
• corporal punishment

From French caporal, probably influenced by corporal (above), from the Italian caporale, from capo (“head, leader”) from Latin caput (“head”).

corporal (plural corporals)

1. (military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
2. A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
3. (mining, historical) A worker in charge of the wagonway, reporting to the deputy.

• bombardier

From the Latin corporāle, the neuter of corporālis representing the doctrine of transubstantiation in which the Eucharist becomes the body of Christ.

corporal (plural corporals)

1. (ecclesiastical) The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.
   • 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XI, in The Picture of Dorian Gray:

     He had […] many corporals, chalice-veils, and sudaria

• corporal oath

From Latin corporālis.

corporal (epicene, plural corporales)

1. corporal, bodily

From Latin corporālis.

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /koɾ.poˈɾal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kur.puˈɾal/

corporal (masculine and feminine plural corporals)

1. corporal

• cos

corporal m (plural corporals)

1. corporal (linen cloth)

• “corporal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Latin corporālis.

corporal m or f (plural corporais)

1. corporal, bodily

corporal m (plural corporais)

1. corporal (linen cloth)

corporal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular corporale)

1. Alternative form of corporel

From Latin corporālis.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾpuˈɾaɫ/

corporal m or f (plural corporais, comparable)

1. corporal, carnal

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:corporal.

corporal m (plural corporais)

1. corporal

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:corporal.

From Latin corporālis.

corporal (plural corporales)

1. corporal, of or relating to the corpus or body, bodywide or systemic

corporal m (plural corporales)

1. corporal (linen cloth)