corse
English
Etymology
Old French cors, from Latin corpus (“body”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kɔːs/
Noun
corse (plural corses)
- (obsolete) A (living) body.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
- that lewd ribauld with vile lust aduaunst / Layd first his filthy hands on virgin cleene, / To spoile her daintie corse so faire and sheene […]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
- (archaic) A dead body, a corpse.
- 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 214:
- Ambrosio beheld before him that once noble and majestic form, now become a corse, cold, senseless, and disgusting.
- 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 214:
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔʁs/
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Verb
corse
Further reading
- “corse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /ˈkor.se/, [ˈkor̺s̪e]
- Stress: córse
- Hyphenation: cor‧se
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔr.se/, [ˈkɔr̺s̪e]
- Stress: còrse
- Hyphenation: cor‧se
Latin
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