culprit

English

Etymology

From Latin culpa, fault via French cul prit

Pronunciation

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Noun

culprit (plural culprits)

1. The person or thing at fault for a problem or crime.

   I tightened the loose bolt that was the culprit; it should work now.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:criminal

Related terms

• culpable
• mea culpa

Translations

culprit

Bulgarian: обвиняем (bg) m., подсъдим (bg) m. Dutch: schuldige (nl), dader (nl) c. French: coupable (fr) m. and f. German: Schuldiger (de) m. Indonesian: pembuat ulah (id) Italian: colpevole (it), reo (it) m.

Portuguese: causa (pt) f. Russian: виновник (ru) m. Serbo-Croatian: krivac (sh), vinovnik (sh) Spanish: culpable (es) m. Swedish: gärningsman (sv) c., brottsling (sv) c., förövare (sv) c.