coupable

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French coupable, from Ecclesiastical Latin culpābilis (“culpable”), derived from culpa.

Pronunciation

Adjective

coupable (plural coupables)

  1. (law) guilty
  2. culpable, responsible

Noun

coupable m or f by sense (plural coupables)

  1. culprit

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French culpable, from Latin culpābilis (“blameworthy”), from culpō (“to blame, condemn”), from culpa (“fault, crime, mistake”).

Adjective

coupable

  1. culpable

Descendants

  • English: culpable

References

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