corporalの意味・使い方・発音

corporal

英 ['kɔːp(ə)r(ə)l] 美 ['kɔrpərəl]

伍長。

イタリア語のcaporaleから、capの語源であるhead; captain.すなわち、小隊長、綴りはcorp.の語源の影響を受けている。

身体的な、固い

PIE*kwrep「身体」から。PIE*skerの「曲げる」「囲む」「ブロック状にする」からさらに派生した可能性があり、語源的にはcram、crowd、corm(?)と同じ。.

corporal: corporal: [14] Corporal comes via Old French corporal from Latin corporālis ‘bodily’, an adjective derived from corpus ‘body’. The noun corporal ‘non-commissioned officer’ [16] was probably originally a completely different word. It was borrowed from French corporal, which appears to have been an alteration of caporal; this in turn came from Italian caporale, a derivative of capo ‘head’ (the change to corporal seems to have been based on the notion of the corporal as being in charge of a ‘body’ of troops).
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corporal (n.): lowest noncommissioned army officer, 1570s, from Middle French corporal, from Italian caporale "a corporal," from capo "chief, head," from Latin caput "head" (see capitulum). So called because he was in charge of a body of troops. Perhaps influenced by Italian corpo, from Latin corps "body." Or corps may be the source and caput the influence, as the OED suggests.
corporal (adj.): "of or belonging to the body," late 14c., from Old French corporal (12c., Modern French corporel) "of the body, physical, strong," from Latin corporalis "pertaining to the body," from corpus (genitive corporis) "body" (see corps). Corporal punishment "punishment of the body" (as opposed to fine or loss of rank or privilege) is from 1580s. Related: Corporality.

1. Lance Corporal Williams officiously ordered them out.: 一等兵ウィリアムズは俎を越えて出て行くように命令した。

3. "Where to, Corporal ?「asked Troper Fane respectfully.: 「下士、どこへ行きますか？」騎兵フェインは恭しく尋ねた。