What does the word corporeal mean?
1 : having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as. a : not spiritual … some few traces of a diviner nature which look out through his corporeal baseness …—
How do you pronounce corporeality?
Is the R silent in macabre?
Macabre is basically pronounced [makabʁ] in French, where /ʁ/ is a voiced uvular fricative. The closest sound in English is, of course, /ɹ/ (the “r” sound, hereafter written as r). So “macabre” in French is pronounced basically like [makab] followed by a fricative-ʁ sound, with no “e” vowel sound after it.
How do you pronounce Corporal?
David Nilsen is the former editor of Fourth & Sycamore. He is a member of the National Book Critics Circle. You can find more of his writing on his website at davidnilsenwriter.com and follow him on Twitter as @NilsenDavid.