coupable
French, noun/ku.pabl/
coupable is spelled C-O-U-P-A-B-L-E (8 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written French, the 2,767th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coupable is a French feminine noun meaning “culprit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui a commis quelque faute, quelque crime”.
What does coupable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
guilty
- 2
culpable, responsible
noun
- 1
femininemasculineculprit
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a commis une faute, un crime, en parlant d’une personne. 2. Condamnable, en parlant d’une chose abstraite comme un sentiment, une pensée, une action, etc.
noun: 1. Personne qui a commis quelque faute, quelque crime.
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 coupable
- coupables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coupable?
- /ku.pabl/
- \ku.pabl\
- [lə ku.pabl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to coupable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is coupable in French?
coupable appears 29 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).