"body" in seven languages
Meaningbody
Spanish
cuerpo
/ˈkweɾpo/
masc.inherited
French
corps
/kɔʁ/
masc.inherited
Italian
corpo
/ˈkɔrpo/
masc.inherited
Portuguese
corpo
/ˈkohpu/
masc.inherited
Romanian
corp
/korp/
neut.inherited
plural: corpuri
Trup (of Slavic origin) is a common near-synonym.
Catalan
cos
/kɔs/
masc.inherited
English
body
/ˈbɑdi/
native English · Old English bodig
English → ItalianbodycorpoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: corpse, corps, corporal, corporation.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CORPUS (neuter)‘body’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
The neuter CORPUS became masculine everywhere. Spanish broke its open o (cuerpo); French still spells the p and s it stopped saying long ago.
English relatives: corpse, corps, corporal, corporation
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In a sentence
- esEl cuerpo humano tiene 206 huesos.
- frLe corps humain compte 206 os.
- itIl corpo umano ha 206 ossa.
- ptO corpo humano tem 206 ossos.
- roCorpul uman are 206 oase.
- caEl cos humà té 206 ossos.
- enThe human body has 206 bones.