coulpe
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French coulpe, from Old French coupe, colpe, inherited from Latin culpa, which see for more. The expected form would be *coupe; the -l- was reintroduced in Middle French – first in spelling, then in pronunciation – after the Latin etymon, in part to avoid the homonymy with coupe (“cup”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
coulpe f (plural coulpes)
Derived terms edit
- battre sa coulpe (“to beat one's breast”)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “coulpe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French coupe, colpe, from Latin culpa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
coulpe f (plural coulpes)
Descendants edit
- French: coulpe