kadavro

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Kadavro

Etymology

Borrowed from French cadavre, from Latin cadāver. Compare Italian cadavere, German Kadaver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈdavro]
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• Rhymes: -avro
• Hyphenation: ka‧da‧vro

Noun

kadavro (accusative singular kadavron, plural kadavroj, accusative plural kadavrojn)

1. corpse (body of a deceased person)
   • 1906, Kabe, “Fabelo pri iu, kiu migris por ekkoni timon”, in Elektitaj Fabeloj, translation of original by Brothers Grimm:

     Li iris al la fajro, varmigis sian manon kaj metis ĝin sur la vizaĝon de la mortinto, sed la kadavro restis malvarma.

     He went to the fire, warmed his hand, and placed it on the face of the dead man, but the cold cadaver stayed still.

Hyponyms

• mumio (“mummy”)

Derived terms

• kadavra (“of or like a corpse”)
• kadavre (“in the manner of a corpse”)
• kadavrigi (“to make something a corpse”)
• orfanokadavro (“villager, witch”)
• rafanokadavro (“pillager”)
• sorĉkadavro (“zombie”)
• naholokadavro (“frostmaw”)

Related terms

• mortinto (“dead person”)