criminel

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French criminal, borrowed from Late Latin or Juridical Latin criminālis, from Latin crīmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁi.mi.nɛl/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

criminel (feminine criminelle, masculine plural criminels, feminine plural criminelles)

1. criminal (against the law)
2. (relational) crime; criminal
3. criminal (similar to a criminal)

Derived terms

• criminalisation
• criminaliser
• criminalistique
• criminalité
• criminellement
• criminogène
• lieutenant criminel

 

Descendants

• → Danish: kriminel
• → Swedish: kriminell
• → Turkish: kriminel

Noun

criminel m (plural criminels, feminine criminelle)

1. criminal (someone who commits a crime)

Derived terms

• criminel de guerre

Related terms

• crime

Further reading

• “criminel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.