Is the P silent in Marine Corps?
Marine corps, press corps“) which is pronounced with a silent p (that word comes from an old French word).
Is it pronounced marine core or corps?
Corps refers to a group, such as the Marine Corps. Its spelling does not change in the singular or plural, but it is pronounced KOR when singular and KORZ when plural. Core can be a noun, verb, or adjective, but usually refers to the center or most important part of something.
Why is it pronounced Marine Corps?
Corps comes from French where it is pronounced as cor. It means body and we have the other form of this ancestor word in English as well, corpse. A feature of French is that many letters in words are not pronouced, but the writing tells us that it came from a time when it was pronounced.