Corpus

See also: corpus

English

Etymology

Clipping of Corpus Christi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔɹpəs/

Proper noun

Corpus

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

Anagrams


Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Corpus (Christi).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Corpus f

  1. (Christianity) Corpus Christi

Further reading


German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

Corpus n (strong, genitive Corpus, plural Corpora)

  1. Alternative spelling of Korpus

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin, likely a reference to the Corpus Christi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoɾpus/, [ˈkoɾ.pʊs]

Proper noun

Corpus

  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.

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