criminel
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French criminal, borrowed from Late Latin or Juridical Latin criminālis, from Latin crīmen.
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Adjective edit
criminel (feminine criminelle, masculine plural criminels, feminine plural criminelles)
- criminal (against the law)
- (relational) crime; criminal
- criminal (similar to a criminal)
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Noun edit
criminel m (plural criminels, feminine criminelle)
- criminal (someone who commits a crime)
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Further reading edit
- “criminel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.