culpable

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English culpable, from Old French culpable, from Latin culpābilis (“blameworthy”), from culpō (“to blame, condemn”), from culpa (“a fault, crime, mistake”). Compare also culprit. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈkʌlpəbəl/ (Northern England, Midlands) IPA(key): /ˈkʊlpəbəl/ (Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkɐlpəbəl/ === Adjective === culpable (comparative more culpable, superlative most culpable) Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty. Synonyms: at fault, to blame; see also Thesaurus:guilty ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “culpable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “culpable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin culpābilis, equivalent to culpar +‎ -able. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kulˈpab.blə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [kulˈpa.ble] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [kulˈpab.ble] === Adjective === culpable m or f (masculine and feminine plural culpables) guilty; culpable ==== Related terms ==== culpa culpar === 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. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “culpable”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin culpābilis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kulˈpable/ [kulˈpa.β̞le] Rhymes: -able Syllabification: cul‧pa‧ble === Adjective === culpable 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 === culpable m or f by sense (plural culpables) culpable person ==== Related terms ==== === 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