Proper Pronunciation Guide
corps
[kɔ͜ɚ]
Tips:
- Do not pronounce the final two letters “ps.”
Practice Sentences:
| When he was a young man he served in the Marine Corps. | |
| He's a member of the Drum and Bugle Corps. | |
| Bill served in the Peace Corps in the Philippines in the 1960's. |
Definition:
(noun) An organization of officers and enlisted personnel; a group of persons who are associated and act together in a highly organized manner in the service of a particular mission.
Notes:
- The word “corpse,” in which the final sounds /ps/ are pronounced, means a dead body; whereas the word “core,” meaning the center of something (an apple core), is a homophone with “corps.”
- See “esprit de corps.”