different between culpable vs culprit

English

Etymology

From Middle English culpable, from Old French culpable, from Latin culpabilis (“blameworthy”), from culpare (“to blame, condemn”), from culpa (“fault, crime, mistake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?lp?b?l/

Adjective

culpable (comparative more culpable, superlative most culpable)

1. Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty.

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Translations

Further reading

• culpable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• culpable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin culpabilis, equivalent to culpar +? -able.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kul?pa.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kul?pa.ble/

Adjective

culpable (masculine and feminine plural culpables)

1. guilty; culpable

Related terms

• culpa
• culpar

Further reading

• “culpable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “culpable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “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 Latin culpabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kul?pable/, [kul?pa.??le]

Adjective

culpable (plural culpables)

1. guilty, culpable

2. guilty (having a sense of guilt)

Noun

culpable m or f (plural culpables)

1. culpable person

Related terms

• culpa
• culpar

Further reading

• “culpable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman cul. prit, contraction of culpable: prest (d'averrer nostre bille) 'guilty: ready (to prove our case)', words used by prosecutor in opening a trial, mistaken in English for an address to the defendant. See culpable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k???p??t]

Noun

culprit (plural culprits)

1. The person or thing at fault for a problem or crime.

   I have tightened the loose bolt that was the culprit; it should work now.
2. (Britain, law) A prisoner accused but not yet tried.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:criminal

Related terms

• culpable
• mea culpa

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