coulpe

From Middle French coulpe, from Old French coupe, inherited from Latin culpa, from Proto-Italic *kʷolpā (“wrong, mistake”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷolp-eh₂ (“bend, turn”), from *kʷelp-. The l has been restored on the basis of etymology, and is now pronounced again.

• IPA^(key): /kulp/

coulpe f (plural coulpes)

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

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

• culpabilité

• “coulpe” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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

coulpe f (plural coulpes)

1. fault; responsibility

• French: coulpe