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Definition: CULPA |
CULPANoun1. Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart. |
Date "CULPA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Innocence | Verb: be innocent; adj; nil conscire sibi nulla pallescere culpa. |
Penitence | Adverb: mea culpa. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: CULPA |
| English words defined with "CULPA": Dolus ♦ Periculum. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "CULPA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Catalan (blame, fault, guilt), Latin (blame, crime, defect, error, fault, guilt, injury, negligence, offense, responsibility, sickness), Portuguese (blame, fault, frailty, guilt, malpractice, offence, offense), Spanish (blame, fault, guilt, onus). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | La Culpa es tuya (1973) A Culpa (1971) La Culpa (1969) Un Ángel tuvo la culpa (1960) Échame la culpa (1958) | |
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| "CULPA" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CULPA" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "CULPA": ad mea culpa ♦ mea culpa ♦ nil conscire sibi nulla pallescere culpa. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "CULPA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Hungarian | az én vétkem (mea culpa). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ulpacay | ||||
| Language | Date | Source | Numbers Chapter 5, Verse 31 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai aqwoV estai o anqrwpoV apo amartiaV kai h gunh ekeinh lhmyetai thn amartian authV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Maritus absque culpa erit et illa recipiet iniquitatem suam |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The housboond shal be with outen blame, and she shal resseyue hir wickidnes. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And the man shalbe giltlesse and the wyfe shall bere hir synne. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Then the man will be free from all wrong, and the woman's sin will be on her. |
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| Language | Numbers Chapter 5, Verse 31 |
| Bulgarian | Така мъжът ще бъде чист от беззаконие, а жената ще носи беззаконието си. |
| Cebuano | Ug ang lalake mahigawas sa pagkadautan, ug kadtong babayehana magadala sa pagkadautan. |
| Chinese | " 人 就 為 無 罪 、 婦 人 必 "" 當 自 己 的 罪 孽 。 |
| Croatian | Neka je muž slobodan od krivnje, a žena neka snosi svoju krivnju." |
| Danish | Manden skal være sagesløs, men sådan en Hustru skal undgælde for sin Brøde. |
| Dutch | En de man zal van de ongerechtigheid onschuldig zijn; maar diezelve vrouw zal haar ongerechtigheid dragen. |
| Finnish | Niin mies olkoon syyllisyydestä vapaa, mutta vaimo kantakoon syyllisyytensä." |
| French | Le mari sera exempt de faute, mais la femme portera la peine de son iniquité. |
| German | Und der Mann soll unschuldig sein an der Missetat; aber das Weib soll ihre Missetat tragen. |
| Hungarian | És ártatlan lesz a férfi a bûntõl, az asszony pedig viseli az õ bûnének terhét. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Laki-laki itu bebas dari kesalahan, tetapi istrinya, kalau ternyata bersalah, harus menanggung akibatnya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka dalam itupun yang laki itu suci dari pada salah, tetapi yang bini itu akan menanggung salahnya. |
| Italian | Il marito sar immune da colpa, ma la donna porter la pena della sua iniquit ». |
| Maori | Na ka kore he he mo te tangata, a ka waha e taua wahine tona kino. |
| Norwegian | Og mannen skal være fri for skyld, men kvinnen skal lide for sin misgjerning. |
| Portuguese | Esse homem será livre da iniqüidade; a mulher, porém, levará sobre si a sua iniqüidade. |
| Rumanian | Bqrbatul va fi scutit de vinq, dar femeia aceea kwi va lua pedeapsa nelegiuirii ei.`` |
| Russian | Й 'Х"ЕФ НХЦ ЮЙУФ ПФ ЗТЕИБ, Б ЦЕОБ ПОЕУЕФ ОБ УЕ'Е ЗТЕИ УЧПК. |
| Spanish | Así aquel hombre será libre de culpa, y la mujer cargará con su propia culpa." |
| Swedish | Så skall mannen vara fri ifrån missgärning, men hustrun kommer att bära på missgärning. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "CULPA": culpabilities, culpability, culpable, culpableness, culpablenesses, culpably, culpae. (additional references) | |
Words containing "CULPA": exculpate, exculpated, exculpates, exculpating, exculpation, exculpations, exculpatory, inculpable, inculpate, inculpated, inculpates, inculpating, inculpation, inculpations, inculpatory. (additional references) | |
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"CULPA" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Calpe, Ceplac, Colap, colpa, Colpan, Cula, culp, culpae, culpat, Culpin, Culra, culza, cupa, cuple, cuppam, cuspal, Huallpa, pulpa, uclap. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "CULPA" (pronounced 'Cul"pa'): Atrypa, Catalpa, Nepa, Pseudopupa, tapa. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-l-p-u" | |
-1 letter: caul, clap, pula. | |
-2 letters: alp, cap, cup, lac, lap, pac, pal, pul. | |
-3 letters: al, la, pa, up. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-l-p-u" | |
+1 letter: capful, copula, culpae, cupola, cupula. | |
+2 letters: apiculi, bluecap, capfuls, capsule, cleanup, copulae, copular, copulas, cupolas, cupulae, cupular, peculia, scaleup, scapula, scopula, specula, spicula, unclamp, unclasp, upscale. | |
+3 letters: apiculus, bluecaps, capitula, capsular, capsuled, capsules, catapult, cleanups, copulate, culpable, culpably, cupolaed, cupulate, cuspidal, eucalypt, opercula, opuscula, pachouli, peaceful, peculate, peculiar, piacular, populace, procural, publican, pullback, punctual, scaleups, scapulae, scapular, scapulas, scopulae, scopulas, skullcap, specular, spiculae, spicular, unclamps, unclasps, unplaced, upscaled, upscales. | |
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