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