criminel
French
Etymology
From Old French criminal, borrowed from Late Latin or Juridical Latin criminālis, from Latin crīmen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁi.mi.nɛl/
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Adjective
criminel (feminine criminelle, masculine plural criminels, feminine plural criminelles)
- criminal (against the law)
- (relational) crime; criminal
- criminal (similar to a criminal)
Derived terms
- criminellement
Descendants
- → Danish: kriminel
- → Swedish: kriminell
- → Turkish: kriminel
Noun
criminel m (plural criminels, feminine criminelle)
- criminal (someone who commits a crime)
Derived terms
- criminel de guerre
Related terms
- crime
Further reading
- “criminel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.