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faction
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fæk.??n/, /?fæk.?n?/
- Rhymes: -æk??n
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French faction, from Latin facti? (“a group of people acting together, a political faction”), noun of process from perfect passive participle factus, from faci? (“do, make”). Doublet of fashion.
Noun
faction (countable and uncountable, plural factions)
- (countable) A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.
- (uncountable) Strife; discord.
- 1805, Johann Georg Cleminius, Englisches Lesebuch für Kaufleute, pg. 188:
- Publick [sic] affairs soon fell into the utmost confusion, and in this state of faction and perplexity, the island continued, until its re-capture by the French in 1779.
- 2001, Odd Magne Bakke, "Concord and Peace": A Rhetorical Analysis of the First Letter of Clement With an Emphasis on the Language of Unity and Sedition, publ. Mohr Siebeck, ?ISBN, pg. 89:
- He asks the audience if they believe that they will be more loved by the gods if the city is in a state of faction than if they govern the city with good order and concord.
- 1805, Johann Georg Cleminius, Englisches Lesebuch für Kaufleute, pg. 188:
Derived terms
- factional
- factionalize
Related terms
Translations
See also
- splinter group
Etymology 2
Blend of fact +? fiction.
Noun
faction (uncountable)
- A form of literature, film etc., that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact and fiction
Derived terms
- science faction
Related terms
- fact
- fiction
See also
- Non-fiction novel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin facti?, facti?nem. Compare façon, which is inherited rather than borrowed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fak.sj??/
Noun
faction f (plural factions)
- act of keeping watch
- a watchman
- (politics) a faction; specifically one which causes trouble
Further reading
- “faction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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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: kô, IPA(key): /k??/
- (General American) enPR: kôr, IPA(key): /k??/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: k?r, IPA(key): /ko(?)?/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse 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 horse–hoarse merger) enPR: k?rz, IPA(key): /ko(?)?z/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ko?z/
- Rhymes: -??(?)z
- Homophone: cores; cause, caws (non-rhotic accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
Noun
corps (plural corps)
- (military) A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
- An organized group of people united by a common purpose.
- diplomatic corps
- White House press corps
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Clipping.
Noun
corps
- plural of corp
Anagrams
- S corp., crops, procs, scorp, sproc
Bourguignon
Etymology
From Latin corpus.
Noun
corps m (plural corps)
- 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)
- student society, especially a traditional and hierarchical one
- 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)
- body
- (mathematics) field (in abstract algebra)
- (military) corps
Derived terms
Descendants
- Karipúna Creole French: kó
- ? 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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