culpable
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English culpable, from Old French culpable, from Latin culpabilis (“blameworthy”), from culpare (“to blame, condemn”), from culpa (“fault, crime, mistake”). Compare also culprit.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editculpable (comparative more culpable, superlative most culpable)
- Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty.
- I am culpable for stealing your money.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editblameworthy
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Further reading
edit- “culpable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “culpable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Catalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin culpābilis, equivalent to culpar + -able.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editculpable m or f (masculine and feminine plural culpables)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “culpable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “culpable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “culpable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “culpable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Latin culpābilis.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /kulˈpable/ [kulˈpa.β̞le]
Audio (Bolivia): (file) - Rhymes: -able
- Syllabification: cul‧pa‧ble
Adjective
editculpable m or f (masculine and feminine plural culpables)
- guilty, culpable
- hacerle sentir culpable ― to guilt trip
- guilty (having a sense of guilt)
- una conciencia culpable ― a guilty conscience
Noun
editculpable m or f by sense (plural culpables)
- culpable person
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “culpable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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