coulpe
French
editEtymology
editInherited 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
editNoun
editcoulpe f (plural coulpes)
Derived terms
edit- battre sa coulpe (“to beat one's breast”)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “coulpe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
editEtymology
editFrom Old French coupe, colpe, from Latin culpa.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcoulpe f (plural coulpes)
Descendants
edit- French: coulpe
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