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corps constitué: constitutional body
corps consulaire: each and all consuls in a country
corps céleste: celestial body
corps d'armée: corps
corps de ballet: chorus line, ballet personnel
corps de doctrine: body of doctrine
corps de garde: guards, corps de garde (body of soldiers stationed on guard); guardhouse, guardroom, gatehouse, corps de garde
corps de logis: main building, principal building, corps de logis (principal mass of a building, excluding the wings)
corps de métier: profession, trade (practitioners of a profession collectively, those who perform a particular kind of skilled work); guild
corps diplomatique: diplomatic corps
corps du délit: corpus delicti, piece of evidence
corps et biens: completely, utterly
corps et âme: body and soul, completely
corps fini: finite field
corps franc: military or paramilitary corps of an autonomous nature
corps gras: fatty substance
corps pur: pure substance
corps simple: elementary substance
corps social: society
corps spongieux: corpus spongiosum
corps à corps: hand-to-hand combat, melee
corps étranger: foreign body
corps-à-corps: hand-to-hand combat
corpulence: corpulence (quality of being corpulent)
corpulent: corpulent, stout
corpus: a corpus, a body of texts
corpusculaire: corpuscular; particle
corpuscule: corpuscle; particle
corral: corral
corrasion: the wear and tear effectuated by the erosive sand-loaded desert winds
correct: correct, right; passable, okay; OK, fine, alright
correctement: correctly (in a correct manner)
correcteur: corrective
correcteur: a corrector, notably a proofreader
correcteur liquide: correction fluid, Tippex (UK), whiteout (US), Twink (New Zealand)
correcteur orthographique: spell checker
correctif: corrective
correctif: corrective (all senses); rider, qualification
correction: correction (all senses); propriety (quality of being proper or correct)
correctionnel: correctional
correctionnelle: magistrates' court (tribunal correctionnel)
correctionnellement: correctionally
correctivement: correctively
correspondance: correspondence; match; connection, transfer; transfer (ticket intended to allow a passenger to transfer between lines or modes)
correspondancier: correspondence clerk
correspondant: corresponding; congruent
correspondant: pen pal; correspondent (journalist on the scene); legal guardian
correspondant de guerre: war correspondent
correspondre: to correspond; to write to; to transfer (on public transit)
corrida: a bullfight
corridor: corridor, passage
corridor humanitaire: humanitarian corridor
corrigeable: corrigible, correctable
corriger: to correct; ; to grade (US), to mark (UK)
corriger le tir: to make adjustments, to adjust tactics, to change course, to course-correct; to set things back on track
corrigible: corrigible; correctable
corrine: corrin
corroboration: corroboration, verification, confirmation
corroborer: to corroborate
corroder: to corrode (to have corrosive action)