Corpus

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English

Etymology

Clipping of Corpus Christi

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Corpus

  1. (informal) Corpus Christi (city in Texas)
  2. (Cambridge University slang) Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
  3. (Oxford University slang) Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

Anagrams

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Corpus (Christi).

Pronunciation

Noun

Corpus inan

  1. (Christianity) Corpus Christi

Declension

Further reading

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Corpus (Christi).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Corpus f

  1. (Christianity) Corpus Christi

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Corpus n (strong, genitive Corpus, plural Corpora)

  1. Alternative spelling of Korpus

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin, likely a reference to the Corpus Christi.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Corpus (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜉᜓᜐ᜔)

  1. a Christian surname from Latin

Statistics

  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Corpus is the 608th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 15,016 individuals.