coulpe
French, noun/kulp/
coulpe is spelled C-O-U-L-P-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 113,280th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coulpe is a French feminine noun meaning “guilt, sin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tache spirituelle faite par une faute, conséquence personnelle d'un péché commis; se distingue de la peine…”.
What does coulpe mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicfemininerareguilt, sin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tache spirituelle faite par une faute, conséquence personnelle d'un péché commis; se distingue de la peine comme punition mérité, conséquence sociale. 2. Péché volontaire qui prive le pécheur de la grâce de Dieu. 3. Aveu de péché. 4. Signe par lequel on se reconnaît pécheur.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of coulpe
- coulpes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coulpe?
- /kulp/
- \kulp\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is coulpe in French?
coulpe appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).