Mea culpa.
The Latin word for fault is "culpa."
Fault. Mea culpa--my fault. Culprit--the person at fault.
Mea culpa.
Mea culpa ("my fault").
Fault/blame
The Latin root culp- means 'fault'. One derivative is the noun 'culpa', which means 'blame, fault'. Another derivative is the infinitive 'culpare', which means 'to accuse, blame, disapprove, find fault with'. Yet another derivative is the infinitive 'culpitare', which means 'to blame severely'.
The Latin root culp- finds its English equivalent in 'guilt'. A Latin derivative is the feminine gender noun 'culpa', which means 'blame, fault'. An English derivative is the noun 'culpability', which likewise means 'blame, fault'.The Latin root re- literally means 'thing'. An early Latin derivative is 'res', which is a feminine gender noun that means 'thing'. Another Latin derivative is the masculine gender noun 'reus', whose original meaning was 'party in a lawsuit'. Over time, that meaning changed to 'defendant, accused' and then 'guilty person'.
The prefix "culp-" means fault or blame. It is derived from the Latin word "culpa" meaning fault or guilt.
Culp
It's latin for "my fault" It is used to tell someone you were responsible for what ever happen. Most English dictionaries should have the complete definition.I'm not sure you have is spelled right, it's pronounced 'maya copa', but it means "through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault."
Could that possibly "meilleur coupeur"? In which case it works out as best cutter (as in a person who cuts (grass, cloth) Possibly the Latin, not French, "Mea culpa". A Latin phrase usually translated into English as "my fault", or "my own fault".
Colpa is an Italian equivalent of the Latin word culpa. The feminine singular noun translates into English as "fault." The respective pronunciation will be "KOL-pa" in Italian and "KUHL-pa" in Latin.