prise de corps
French, noun/pʁiz də kɔʁ/
prise de corps is spelled P-R-I-S-E-D-E-C-O-R-P-S (12 letters). Prise de corps is a French feminine noun meaning “committal (act of committing someone to confinement; order for someone's imprisonment)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action par laquelle on se saisit d’un homme, en vertu d’un acte du juge. Il se dit aussi de l’arrêt ou de la…”.
What does prise de corps mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecommittal (act of committing someone to confinement; order for someone's imprisonment)
- 2
feminineapprehension, arrest (act of seizing someone, of arresting them)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action par laquelle on se saisit d’un homme, en vertu d’un acte du juge. Il se dit aussi de l’arrêt ou de la sentence qui ordonne la prise de corps.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of prise de corps
- prises de corps plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prise de corps?
- /pʁiz də kɔʁ/
- \pʁiz də kɔʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.