intj
Meaning 1
My fault, due to my error; I am to blame.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: my bad, peccavi
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
mea culpa
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/ˌmeɪ.əˈkʊl.pə/
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/ˌmeɪ.əˈkʌl.pə/
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/ˌmiː.əˈkʊl.pə/
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/ˌmiː.əˈkʌl.pə/
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noun
Meaning 2
An instance of mea culpa; an apology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: peccavi
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To apologize for something, especially excessively.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
an acknowledgment of your error or guilt
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: acknowledgment, acknowledgement
History
Etymology
From the Latin phrase meā culpā (“through my fault”), ablative case of mea culpa (“my fault, guilt”), taken from the Confiteor, a traditional penitential prayer in Western Christianity.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: մեղա (meġa) — my fault, due to my error
- Catalan: mea culpa — my fault, due to my error
- Chinese Mandarin: 是我的错 (shì wǒ de cuò) — my fault, due to my error
- Czech: moje chyba — my fault, due to my error
- Czech: moje vina — my fault, due to my error
- Dutch: mijn schuld — my fault, due to my error
- Esperanto: mia kulpo — my fault, due to my error
- Finnish: mea culpa — my fault, due to my error
- Finnish: minun vikani — my fault, due to my error
- French: mea culpa — my fault, due to my error
- West-Frisian: myn skuld — my fault, due to my error
- Georgian: ჩემი ბრალია (čemi bralia) — my fault, due to my error
- German: mea culpa — my fault, due to my error
- German: meine Schuld — my fault, due to my error
- German: Asche auf mein Haupt — my fault, due to my error
- Greek: ήμαρτον (ímarton) — my fault, due to my error
- Hebrew: טעות שלי — my fault, due to my error
- Hindi: मेरी ग़लती (merī ġaltī) — my fault, due to my error
- Hindi: मेरी ग़लती है (merī ġaltī hai) — my fault, due to my error
- Ido: mea kulpo — my fault, due to my error
- Italian: colpa mia — my fault, due to my error
- Korean: 내 탓 (nae tat) — my fault, due to my error
- Korean: 내 탓이오 (nae tasio) — my fault, due to my error
- Malayalam: എന്റെ പിഴ (enṟe piḻa) — my fault, due to my error
- Portuguese: minha culpa — my fault, due to my error
- Punjabi: ਮੇਰੀ ਗ਼ਲਤੀ (merī ġaltī) — my fault, due to my error
- Punjabi: ਮੇਰੀ ਗ਼ਲਤੀ ਹੈ (merī ġaltī hai) — my fault, due to my error
- Russian: моя́ вина (mojá vina) — my fault, due to my error
- Serbo-Croatian: moja greška — my fault, due to my error
- Spanish: culpa mía — my fault, due to my error
- Spanish: mi culpa — my fault, due to my error
- Turkish: benim hatam — my fault, due to my error
- Volapük: döbot obik — my fault, due to my error