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korps

noun neutersubstantiv intetkjønn

(marching) band · corps

EtymologyOpphav

gjennom fransk, fra latin corpus ‘kropp’, opprinnelig ‘helhet’; jamfør korpus (II)a body, a corpus of texts through French, from Latin corpus 'body', originally 'a whole'; compare korpus (II)a body, a corpus of texts

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. militæravdeling med spesielle oppgaver a military unit with special duties
  2. gruppe personer med felles arbeidsoppgaver a group of people doing the same kind of work
    as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som hjelpekorpsa volunteer rescue corps, politikorpsa police force, tellekorpsa team of vote counters
  3. (uniformert) orkester med blåse- og slaginstrumenter;
    musikkorpsa (uniformed) band;
    janitsjarorkestera wind orchestra, brassbandbrass band
    (uniformed) band of wind and percussion instruments;
    a (uniformed) bandmusikkorps;
    a wind orchestrajanitsjarorkester, brass bandbrassband
    • hun spiller kornett i korpset she plays the cornet in the band