coupable
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French coupable, from Ecclesiastical Latin culpābilis (“culpable”), derived from culpa.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ku.pabl/
Audio (Paris): (file) Audio (Paris): (file) - Hyphenation: cou‧pable
- Homophone: coupables
Adjective
editcoupable (plural coupables)
Noun
editcoupable m or f by sense (plural coupables)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “coupable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
editEtymology
editFrom Old French culpable, from Latin culpābilis (“blameworthy”), from culpō (“to blame, condemn”), from culpa (“fault, crime, mistake”).
Adjective
editcoupable
Descendants
edit- English: culpable
References
edit- “coupable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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