"incorporeal" meaning in English

See incorporeal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪŋkɔː(ɹ)ˈpɔːɹiəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-incorporeal.wav , Incorporeal.wav Forms: more incorporeal [comparative], most incorporeal [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl Etymology: From in- + corporeal. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|in|corporeal}} in- + corporeal Head templates: {{en-adj}} incorporeal (comparative more incorporeal, superlative most incorporeal)
  1. Having no material form or physical substance. Synonyms (having no material form): disembodied, intangible, uncorporeal Translations (having no material form or physical substance): ἀσώματος (asṓmatos) (Ancient Greek), нематериален (nematerialen) (Bulgarian), incorpori (Catalan), incorporel (French), incorpóreo (Galician), ασώματος (asómatos) (Greek), άυλος (áylos) (Greek), incorporeo (Italian), 無形 (mukei) (Japanese), unlīchamlīċ (Old English), مجرد (mojarrad) (Persian), incorpóreo (Portuguese), невещественный (neveščestvennyj) (Russian), incorpóreo (Spanish), nenstöfik (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-incorporeal-en-adj-W7B6ThRP Categories (other): English terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 57 43 Disambiguation of 'having no material form': 77 23 Disambiguation of 'having no material form or physical substance': 95 5
  2. (law) Relating to an asset that does not have a material form; such as a patent. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-incorporeal-en-adj-3jCnptDw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Volapük translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 17 83 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: incorporeality, incorporeally

Alternative forms

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