# corse

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɔːs/ · frequency rank #59,983

## Definitions
1. A (living) body.
2. A dead body, a corpse.

## Etymology
From Middle English cors, from Old French cors, from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpus and corpse, and distantly of riff. Compare corset.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/corse