coupable
English
Etymology
French
Adjective
coupable (comparative more coupable, superlative most coupable)
- Obsolete form of culpable.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for coupable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
French
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin culpābilis (“culpable”), from culpa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku.pabl/
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- Hyphenation: cou‧pable
Adjective
coupable (plural coupables)
- (law) guilty
- culpable, responsible
Noun
coupable m or f by sense (plural coupables)
- culprit
Related terms
- coulpe
- culpabilité
- inculper
Further reading
- “coupable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.