how to pronounce corps

/ˈkɔːɹ/

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corps is pronounced in one syllable

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ɔː

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An example use of corps in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and a white house press corps plane to …”

meanings of corps

noun:

Plural of corp.
A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
An organized group of people united by a common purpose.

corps frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word corps occurs in english on average 7.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics corps can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that corps can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;