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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch lichame, lechame, from Old Dutch lichamo, from Proto-West Germanic *līkahamō, from Proto-Germanic *līkahamô (“body, bodily frame, corpse”), equivalent to lijk (“body, lich”) + haam (“covering, cover”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɪxaːm/
- Hyphenation: li‧chaam
- Rhymes: -aːm
Noun
lichaam n (plural lichamen, diminutive lichaampje n)
- body
- Synonym: lijf
- corpse, dead body
- (law) legal body, organisation such as a corporation, association or assembly
- (algebra, Netherlands) field
- (algebra, Belgium) division ring
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