coupable

English

Etymology

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Adjective

coupable (comparative more coupable, superlative most coupable)

1. 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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French

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin culpābilis (“culpable”), from culpa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.pabl/

• Audio (France, Paris):

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• Homophone: coupables
• Hyphenation: cou‧pable

Adjective

coupable (plural coupables)

1. (law) guilty
2. culpable, responsible

Noun

coupable m or f (plural coupables)

1. culprit

Related terms

• coulpe
• culpabilité
• inculper

Further reading

• “coupable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.