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conclave

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French conclave, from Latin conclave (room that may be locked up), from con- (combining form of cum (with)) + cl?vis (key).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /k?n.?kle?v/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?k?n.kle?v/

Noun

conclave (plural conclaves)

  1. The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.
  2. The group of Roman Catholic cardinals locked in a conclave until they elect a new pope; the body of cardinals.
    • February 22, 1685, Robert South, a sermon preached at Westminster Abbey
      It was said a cardinal, by reason of his apparent likelihood to step into St. Peter's chair, that in two conclaves he went in pope and came out again cardinal.
  3. A private meeting; a close or secret assembly.

Derived terms

  • in conclave: engaged in a secret meeting; said of a group of people.

Related terms

  • clave
  • clavis

Translations


Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conclave.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /ko??kla.v?/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /ku??kla.b?/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ko??kla.ve/

Noun

conclave m (plural conclaves)

  1. conclave
    Synonym: conclau

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k??.klav/

Noun

conclave m (plural conclaves)

  1. conclave

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conclave.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kon?kla.ve/

Noun

conclave m (plural conclavi)

  1. conclave

Derived terms

  • conclavista

Latin

Etymology

From con- +? cl?vis (key).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kon?kla?.u?e/, [k???k??ä?u??]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon?kla.ve/, [k???kl??v?]

Noun

concl?ve n (genitive concl?vis); third declension

  1. room, chamber
  2. enclosed space that can be locked
  3. dining hall

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Descendants

  • Catalan: conclave
  • English: conclave
  • French: conclave
  • Italian: conclave
  • Portuguese: conclave
  • Russian: ???????? (konkláv)
  • Spanish: cónclave

References

  • conclave in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • conclave in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • conclave in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • conclave in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • conclave in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • conclave in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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corps

English

Etymology 1

From French corps d'armée (literally army body), from Latin corpus (body). Doublet of corpse and corpus. See also English riff.

Pronunciation

Singular
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: , IPA(key): /k??/
  • (General American) enPR: kôr, IPA(key): /k??/
  • (rhotic, without the horsehoarse merger) enPR: k?r, IPA(key): /ko(?)?/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horsehoarse merger) IPA(key): /ko?/
  • Rhymes: -??(?)
  • Homophones: core, cor; caw (non-rhotic accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
Plural
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kôz, IPA(key): /k??z/
  • (General American) enPR: kôrz, IPA(key): /k??z/
  • (rhotic, without the horsehoarse merger) enPR: k?rz, IPA(key): /ko(?)?z/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horsehoarse merger) IPA(key): /ko?z/
  • Rhymes: -??(?)z
  • Homophone: cores; cause, caws (non-rhotic accents with the horse-hoarse merger)

Noun

corps (plural corps)

  1. (military) A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
  2. An organized group of people united by a common purpose.
    • diplomatic corps
    • White House press corps
Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping.

Noun

corps

  1. plural of corp

Anagrams

  • S corp., crops, procs, scorp, sproc

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin corpus.

Noun

corps m (plural corps)

  1. body

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French corps, from Middle French cors, from Old French cors, from Latin corpus. Doublet of corpus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ko?r/
  • Hyphenation: corps

Noun

corps n (plural corpsen or corpora, diminutive corpsje n)

  1. student society, especially a traditional and hierarchical one
  2. Superseded spelling of korps.

Usage notes

Traditional student societies tend to prescribe the plural corpora, in regular language the plural corpsen is more common.

Synonyms

  • studentencorps
  • natie (historical)

Derived terms

  • corpsbal
  • corpslid
  • studentencorps

French

Etymology

From Middle French cors, from Old French cors, inherited from Latin corpus (body), from Proto-Indo-European *?rep-. The p was added back to reflect the Latin etymology. Doublet of corpus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k??/
  • Homophones: cor, cors

Noun

corps m (plural corps)

  1. body
  2. (mathematics) field (in abstract algebra)
  3. (military) corps

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Karipúna Creole French:
  • ? Danish: korps
  • ? English: corps
  • ? Dutch: corps, korps
  • ? German: Korps
  • ? Norwegian Bokmål: korps
  • ? Norwegian Nynorsk: korps
  • ? Swedish: kår

Further reading

  • “corps” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

  • porcs

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