Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

corporeity

/kɔː.pəˈɹiː.ɪt.i/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cor-por-e-ity
IPA: /kɔː.pəˈɹiː.ɪt.i/

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality or fact of having a physical or material body.

Uncountable

noun

A body, a physical substance.

Countable

Example Sentences

"Immortal-soulism, spiritism, ghostism, all spring from a fabulous or mythical source. Corporeity is characteristic of being."
"Determining what was unique about living beings, he postulated the ‘corporeity’ of a soul […], common to beast and man alike."

Etymology

From French corporéité or Medieval Latin corporeitas, from Latin corporeus, from corpus (“body”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: corporéité, corporeitas, corporeus

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /kɔː.pəˈɹiː.ɪt.i/

Usage

Inflected Forms

corporeities (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce corporeity?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɔː.pəˈɹiː.ɪt.i/.
What does corporeity mean?: The quality or fact of having a physical or material body.
Where does corporeity come from?: It is traced to French.

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