different between carnal vs corporal

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Latin carn?lis (“fleshly, of the flesh”), from car? (“flesh”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??n?l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n?l

Adjective

carnal (comparative more carnal, superlative most carnal)

1. Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites.
2. Worldly or earthly; temporal.
3. Of or relating to the body or flesh.

Derived terms

• carnally
• carnal knowledge

Related terms

• incarnate
• incarnation
• reincarnate
• reincarnation

Translations

Further reading

• carnal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• carnal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin carn?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /k???nal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /k?r?nal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ka??nal/

Adjective

carnal (masculine and feminine plural carnals)

1. carnal (relating to the physical, especially sexual, appetites)
2. consanguineous (descending from the same ancestor)

Related terms

• carn
• carnalitat

Further reading

• “carnal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “carnal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “carnal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “carnal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kar?nal/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

carnal

1. carnal

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese carnal, from Latin carn?lis (“of the flesh”), from car? (“flesh”).

Pronunciation

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /ka?.?naw/, /ka?.?naw/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka?.?naw/, /ka?.?naw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /k??.?na?/
• Hyphenation: car?nal

Adjective

carnal m or f (plural carnais, comparable)

1. carnal (relating to the physical, especially sexual, appetites)
2. (religion) carnal; earthly; worldly (concerned with human matters)

   Synonym: terreno

   Antonym: espiritual

3. consanguineous (descending from the same ancestor)

   Synonym: consanguíneo

Related terms

• carnalidade
• carnalmente
• carnalizar
• carne

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin carn?lis (“fleshly, of the flesh”), from car? (“flesh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka??nal/, [ka??nal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: car?nal

Adjective

carnal (plural carnales)

1. carnal (relating to the physical, especially sexual, appetites)

   Synonyms: sexual, libidinoso

2. consanguineous, by blood (related through birth)

   Synonym: consanguíneo

Noun

carnal m (plural carnales, feminine carnala, feminine plural carnalas)

1. (Mexico) Ellipsis of hermano carnal (“brother by blood”); brother (in opposition to adopted or in-law)

Related terms

• carnalidad
• carne

Further reading

• “carnal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??.p??l/, /?k??.p?.??l/
• (US) enPR: kôr'p?r-?l, kôr'pr?l, IPA^(key): /?k??.p?.?l/, /?k??.p??l/

Etymology 1

From Old French corporal (French corporel), from Latin corpor?lis, from Latin corpus (“body”); compare corporeal.

Adjective

corporal (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Having a physical, tangible body; material, corporeal.

   • Into the air; and what seem'd corporal melted as breath into the wind.

2. Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body; bodily.

3. (zoology) Pertaining to the body (the thorax and abdomen), as distinguished from the head, limbs and wings, etc.
   • 1998, Rüdiger Riehl, Aquarium Atlas, volume 3, page 572:

     The smaller 9 9 have less elongated fins, drabber corporal colors, and more transparent fins.

Synonyms

• bodily
• corporeal

Translations

Derived terms

• corporality
• corporal punishment

Etymology 2

From French caporal, probably influenced by corporal (above), from the Italian caporale, from capo (“head, leader”) from Latin caput (“head”).

Noun

corporal (plural corporals)

1. (military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
2. A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
3. (mining, historical) A worker in charge of the wagonway, reporting to the deputy.

Synonyms

• bombardier

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 3

From the Latin corpor?le, the neuter of corpor?lis representing the doctrine of transubstantiation in which the Eucharist becomes the body of Christ.

Noun

corporal (plural corporals)

2. (ecclesiastical) The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.

Derived terms

• corporal oath

Translations

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin corpor?lis.

Adjective

corporal (epicene, plural corporales)

1. corporal, bodily

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin corpor?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ko?.po??al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kur.pu??al/

Adjective

corporal (masculine and feminine plural corporals)

1. corporal

   Synonym: corpori

Related terms

• cos

Noun

corporal m (plural corporals)

1. corporal (linen cloth)

Further reading

• “corporal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin corpor?lis.

Adjective

corporal m or f (plural corporais)

1. corporal, bodily

   Synonym: corpóreo

Noun

corporal m (plural corporais)

1. corporal (linen cloth)

Further reading

• “corporal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Old French

Adjective

corporal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular corporale)

1. Alternative form of corporel

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin corpor?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku?pu??a?/

Adjective

corporal m or f (plural corporais, comparable)

1. corporal, carnal

   Synonym: corpóreo

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:corporal.

Derived terms

• corporalmente

Noun

corporal m (plural corporais)

1. corporal

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:corporal.

Further reading

• “corporal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French corporel, from Latin corporalis.

Adjective

corporal m or n (feminine singular corporal?, masculine plural corporali, feminine and neuter plural corporale)

1. corporal

Declension

Related terms

• corporalitate

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin corpor?lis.

Adjective

corporal (plural corporales)

1. (relational) body; corporal

   Synonym: corpóreo

2. bodywide or systemic

   Synonym: corpóreo

Derived terms

Noun

corporal m (plural corporales)

1. corporal (linen cloth)

Further reading

• “corporal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.