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coupable

/ku.pabl/

adjective/ku.pabl/

guilty; culpable, responsible

Inherited from Old French coupable, from Ecclesiastical Latin culpābilis (“culpable”), derived from culpa.

noun, masculine/feminine/ku.pabl/plural: coupables

coupable is masculine or feminine depending on context in French.

culprit

Inherited from Old French coupable, from Ecclesiastical Latin culpābilis (“culpable”), derived from culpa.