coulpe

From Middle French coulpe (with spelling-pronunciation of originally silent ⟨l⟩), from Old French coupe (⟨l⟩ added per the Latin etymon), inherited from Latin culpa, from Proto-Italic *kʷolpā (“wrong, mistake”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷolp-eh₂ (“bend, turn”), from *kʷelp-.

• IPA^(key): /kulp/

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coulpe f (plural coulpes)

1. (archaic, rare, in certain contexts only) guilt (sin)

• battre sa coulpe (“to beat one's breast”)

• culpabilité

• “coulpe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Old French coupe, with the -l- restored based on the Latin etymology, culpa.

coulpe f (plural coulpes)

1. fault; responsibility

• French: coulpe