kadaver

From Latin cadaver, from cadō (“I fall, I die”).

kadaver n (singular definite kadaveret, plural indefinite kadavere)

1. corpse

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• “kadaver” in Den Danske Ordbog

• cadaver (obsolete)

From French cadavre, from Latin cadāver.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaːˈdaː.vər/

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• Hyphenation: ka‧da‧ver
• Rhymes: -aːvər

kadaver n (plural kadavers, diminutive kadavertje n)

1. animal corpse

   Synonyms: karkas, kreng

2. (in general) corpse, cadaver

   Synonyms: lijk, stoffelijk overschot

(animal corpse):

• lijk
• stoffelijk overschot

• kadaverdiscipline
• kadavereus

• → Indonesian: kadaver

From Dutch kadaver (cadaver), from French cadavre, from Latin cadāver.

• IPA^(key): /ka.da.vər/
• Hyphenation: ka‧da‧vêr

kadaver

1. (medicine, law) corpse

• “kadaver” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Latin cadaver.

kadaver n (definite singular kadaveret, indefinite plural kadaver or kadavre, definite plural kadavra or kadavrene)

1. a carcase (body of a dead animal)

• åtsel

• “kadaver” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin cadaver.

kadaver n (definite singular kadaveret, indefinite plural kadaver, definite plural kadavera)

1. a carcase (body of a dead animal)

• åtsel

• “kadaver” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from German Kadaver, from Latin cadaver.

• IPA^(key): /kadǎːʋer/
• Hyphenation: ka‧da‧ver

kadáver m anim (Cyrillic spelling када́вер)

1. cadaver

• “kadaver”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

kadaver n

1. a carcass (body of a (larger) dead animal, especially one that hasn't been slaughtered or killed by humans for meat, etc.)

   Synonym: as

   Gamarna kretsade över kadavret

   The vultures circled above the carcass

English cadaver is partly a false friend. Likely deliberately macabre if used of a human corpse.

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• kadaver in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kadaver in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kadaver in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)