culpable
English
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#CULPABLE culpable, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#CULPABLE culpable, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#CULPABLE culpābilis (“blameworthy”), from culpō (“to blame, condemn”), from culpa (“a fault, crime, mistake”). Compare also culpritCategory:English links with manual fragments#CULPABLE.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈkʌlpəbəl/Category:English 3-syllable words#CULPABLECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CULPABLE
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkɐlpəbəl/Category:English 3-syllable words#CULPABLECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CULPABLE
Adjective
culpable (comparative more culpable, superlative most culpable)Category:English lemmas#CULPABLECategory:English adjectives#CULPABLECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CULPABLECategory:Pages with entries#CULPABLECategory:Pages with 3 entries#CULPABLE
- Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty.
- Synonyms: at fault, to blame; see also Thesaurus:guilty
- I am culpable for stealing your money.Category:English terms with usage examples#CULPABLE
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Translations
Further reading
- “culpable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “culpable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from Latin#CULPABLECategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#CULPABLE culpābilis, equivalent to culpar + -ableCategory:Catalan terms suffixed with -able#CULPABLE.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [kulˈpab.blə]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#CULPABLE
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [kulˈpa.ble]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#CULPABLE
Category:Catalan terms with audio pronunciation#CULPABLEAudio (Barcelona): (file)
Adjective
culpable m or f (masculine and feminine plural culpables)Category:Catalan lemmas#CULPABLECategory:Catalan adjectives#CULPABLECategory:Catalan epicene adjectives#CULPABLECategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#CULPABLECategory:Pages with entries#CULPABLECategory:Pages with 3 entries#CULPABLE
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Further reading
- “culpable”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “culpable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “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
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#CULPABLE culpābilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kulˈpable/ [kulˈpa.β̞le]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#CULPABLECategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CULPABLE
Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#CULPABLEAudio (Bolivia): (file) - Rhymes: -ableCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/able#CULPABLECategory:Rhymes:Spanish/able/3 syllables#CULPABLE
- Syllabification: cul‧pa‧ble
Adjective
culpable m or f (masculine and feminine plural culpables)Category:Spanish lemmas#CULPABLECategory:Spanish adjectives#CULPABLECategory:Spanish epicene adjectives#CULPABLECategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CULPABLECategory:Pages with entries#CULPABLECategory:Pages with 3 entries#CULPABLE
- guilty, culpable
- hacerle sentir culpable ― to guilt tripCategory:Spanish terms with usage examples#CULPABLE
- guilty (having a sense of guilt)
- una conciencia culpable ― a guilty conscienceCategory:Spanish terms with usage examples#CULPABLE
Noun
culpable m or f by sense (plural culpables)Category:Spanish lemmas#CULPABLECategory:Spanish nouns#CULPABLECategory:Spanish countable nouns#CULPABLECategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CULPABLECategory:Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense#CULPABLECategory:Spanish masculine nouns#CULPABLECategory:Spanish feminine nouns#CULPABLECategory:Spanish nouns with multiple genders#CULPABLECategory:Pages with entries#CULPABLECategory:Pages with 3 entries#CULPABLE
- culpable person
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Further reading
- “culpable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025