culpable
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]FromMiddle Englishculpable,fromOld Frenchculpable,fromLatinculpabilis(“blameworthy”),fromculpare(“to blame, condemn”),fromculpa(“fault, crime, mistake”).Compare alsoculprit.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]culpable(comparativemoreculpable,superlativemostculpable)
- Meritingcondemnation,censureorblame,especially as somethingwrong,harmfulorinjurious;blameworthy,guilty.
- I amculpablefor stealing your money.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]blameworthy
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Further reading
[edit]- “culpable”,inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
- “culpable”,inThe Century Dictionary[…],New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,1911,→OCLC.
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]BorrowedfromLatinculpābilis,equivalent toculpar+-able.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]culpablemorf(masculine and feminine pluralculpables)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “culpable”inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “culpable”,inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2024
- “culpable”inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “culpable”inDiccionari català-valencià-balear,Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]FromLatinculpābilis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]culpablemorf(masculine and feminine pluralculpables)
- guilty,culpable
- hacerle sentirculpable―toguilttrip
- guilty(having a sense of guilt)
- una concienciaculpable―aguiltyconscience
Noun
[edit]culpablemorfby sense(pluralculpables)
- culpable person
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “culpable”,inDiccionario de la lengua española[Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7,Royal Spanish Academy[Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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