culpable

English

Etymology

From Middle English culpable, from Old French culpable, from Latin culpabilis (“blameworthy”), from culpare (“to blame, condemn”), from culpa (“fault, crime, mistake”)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

culpable (comparative more culpable, superlative most culpable)

1. meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy

   I am culpable for stealing your money. (Deserving Blame)

Derived terms

• culpability
• culpably
• culpable negligence

Translations

blameworthy

• Bulgarian: виновен (bg) (vinoven)
• Catalan: culpable (ca)
• Dutch: verwijtbaar (nl), schuldig (nl)
• Finnish: syyllinen (fi)

• French: coupable (fr)
• German: schuldig (de)
• Spanish: culpable (es)

External links

• culpable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• culpable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin culpabilis, equivalent to culpar +‎ -able.

Adjective

culpable m, f (masculine and feminine plural culpables)

1. guilty; culpable

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Spanish

Etymology

Latin culpabilis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

culpable m and f (plural culpables)

1. guilty
2. culpable

Noun

culpable m and f (plural culpables)

1. The people responsible

Related terms

• culpa
• culpar