esprit de corps
A shared spirit of comradeship, enthusiasm, and devotion to a cause among the members…A shared spirit of comradeship, enthusiasm, and devotion to a cause among the members of a group, for example of a military unit.
» The new commercial for the Marine Corps is called "Esprit de Corps."
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1 senses(idiomatic, uncountable)A shared spirit of comradeship, enthusiasm, and devotion to a cause among the members of a group, for example of a military unit.
кома́ндный духkomándnyj dux
the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed
Examples
1 sentencesThe new commercial for the Marine Corps is called "Esprit de Corps."
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from French esprit de corps, from esprit (“spirit”) + de (“of”) + corpUnadapted borrowing from French esprit de corps, from esprit (“spirit”) + de (“of”) + corps (“body”).
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed:moraleteam spirit
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.