# corporal
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈkɔː.pɹəl/, /ˈkɔː.pɜ.ɹəl/
* (US) enPR: kôr'pər-əl, kôr'prəl, IPA: /ˈkoɹ.pɚ.əl/, /ˈkoɹ.pɹəl/
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* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)pɹəl, -ɔː(ɹ)pɜɹəl

### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

corporal (not comparable)
* (archaic) Having a physical, tangible body; material, corporeal.
** c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:Into the air; and what seem'd corporal melted as breath into the wind.
* Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body; bodily.
    corporal punishment
    corporal suffering
* (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.

##### Synonyms

* bodily
* corporeal

##### Derived terms

* bicorporal
* corporality
* corporally
* corporalness
* corporal punishment
* corporalship
* extracorporal
* incorporal
* intracorporal
* noncorporal
* tricorporal
* uncorporal

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

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

##### Synonyms

* bombardier

##### Derived terms

* corporal's guard
* lance corporal
* letter corporal
* saddler-corporal
* ship's corporal

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

From Middle English corporall, corporalle, from the Latin corporāle, the neuter of corporālis representing the doctrine of transubstantiation in which the Eucharist becomes the body of Christ.

#### Noun

corporal (plural corporals)
* (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, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC:He had […] many corporals, chalice-veils, and sudaria

##### Synonyms

* corporas (obsolete)

##### Derived terms

* corporal oath

##### Translations
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin corporālis.

### Adjective

corporal (epicene, plural corporales)
* corporal, bodily

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corporālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kur.puˈɾal]
* IPA: (Balearic) [kor.poˈɾal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [koɾ.poˈɾal]

### Adjective

corporal m or f (masculine and feminine plural corporals)
* corporal
    Synonym: corpori

#### Related terms

* cos

### Noun

corporal m (plural corporals)
* corporal (linen cloth)

### Further reading

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

## French
### Noun

corporal m (plural corporaux)
* (religion) corporal

### Further reading

* “corporal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin corporālis.

### Adjective

corporal m or f (plural corporais)
* corporal, bodily
    Synonym: corpóreo

#### Related terms

* corpo

### Noun

corporal m (plural corporais)
* corporal (linen cloth)

### Further reading

* “corporal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Old French
### Adjective

corporal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular corporale)
* Alternative form of corporel

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corporālis.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /koʁ.poˈɾaw/ [koh.poˈɾaʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /koʁ.poˈɾaw/ [koh.poˈɾaʊ̯]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /koɾ.poˈɾaw/ [koɾ.poˈɾaʊ̯]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /koʁ.poˈɾaw/ [koχ.poˈɾaʊ̯]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /koɻ.poˈɾaw/ [koɻ.poˈɾaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kuɾ.puˈɾal/ [kuɾ.puˈɾaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kuɾ.puˈɾal/ [kuɾ.puˈɾaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kuɾ.puˈɾa.li/

### Adjective

corporal m or f (plural corporais)
* corporal, carnal
    Synonym: corpóreo
** 2004, Walter Altmann, Nossa fé e suas razões, Editora Sinodal, →ISBN, page 164:As pessoas que defendem o reencarnacionismo (em nosso meio, conhecido sobretudo pelo espiritismo) resumem seus argumentos nos seguintes pontos: a) Existem várias existências terrestres; nossa vida corporal não é a primeira e, provavelmente, não será a última. Após morrermos, voltaremos noutra existência.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* corporalmente

#### Related terms

* corpo

### Noun

corporal m (plural corporais)
* corporal

### Further reading

* “corporal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French corporel, from Latin corporalis.

### Adjective

corporal m or n (feminine singular corporală, masculine plural corporali, feminine and neuter plural corporale)
* corporal

#### Related terms

* corporalitate

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin corporālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /koɾpoˈɾal/ [koɾ.poˈɾal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: cor‧po‧ral

### Adjective

corporal m or f (masculine and feminine plural corporales)
* (relational) body; corporal
    Synonym: corpóreo
* bodywide or systemic
    Synonym: corpóreo

#### Derived terms

* corporalmente
* expresión corporal
* imagen corporal
* índice de masa corporal
* vello corporal

#### Related terms

* corporalidad

### Noun

corporal m (plural corporales)
* corporal (linen cloth)

#### Derived terms

* bolsa de corporales

### Further reading

* “corporal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10