corpus
noun /ˈkɔːpəs/
/ˈkɔːrpəs/
(plural corpora
(specialist) /ˈkɔːpərə/
/ˈkɔːrpərə/
, corpuses /ˈkɔːpəsɪz/
/ˈkɔːrpəsɪz/
)- a collection of written or spoken texts
- a corpus of 100 million words of spoken English
- the whole corpus of Renaissance poetry
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a human or animal body): from Latin, literally ‘body’. The current sense dates from the early 18th cent.