corp
企業
解説 Definition
corp は corporation（会社、法人）を短くした形で、「企業、法人」という意味です。正式な一般語というより、会社名や略記、報道などで使われることが多い表現です。
Corp is an abbreviation of corporation, meaning a legally organized company or business entity. It appears especially in company names, business journalism, and informal references, rather than as the usual standalone word for any company.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
corporation の略記で、corp の4文字が corporation の語頭と一致すると覚えます。会社名の ABC Corp. や、報道・くだけた表現の a tech corp で見かけます。通常の文章では company や corporation の方が自然です。軍団を表す corps はつづりに s があり「コア」と発音するため、corp と区別しましょう。
Treat corp as a shortened written form of corporation: its four letters are the beginning of the full word. You will often see it after a company name, sometimes with a period, as in ABC Corp. It can also appear informally in phrases such as a large tech corp, although company or corporation is generally more natural in ordinary prose. Do not confuse corp with corps. Corps ends in s, is pronounced like “core,” and means an organized body of people, especially a military unit, rather than a commercial corporation.
例文
The corp opened a new office.
その企業は新しい事務所を開きました。
She works for a large tech corp.
彼女は大きなテック企業で働いています。
The small corp hired five new employees.
その小さな企業は新しい従業員を5人採用しました。
corp の類義語・関連語
corp の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 corpus（体）から派生した corporation の略語。corpus は「一つの体・集合体」を意味し、法的に一つの人格を持つ組織体を指す。corpse（死体）やcorporate（法人の）と同根。人々が「一つの体」として結合した存在が企業の原義。
Corp is an abbreviation of corporation. Corporation comes through French and Latin from Latin corporare, “to form into a body,” which is based on corpus, “body.” The legal concept treats an organized group as a single body capable of holding rights and obligations. Related English words include corporate and corpse, although their modern meanings differ greatly. Corp developed simply by shortening the written form of corporation and is especially established in company names and compact business writing.
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