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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /kəˈɹɛkt/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /kəˈɹekt/
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• Scotland, Wales: /kəˈɾɛkt/
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Borrowed from French correct, from Latin correctus (“improved, amended, correct”), past participle of corrigere, conrigere (“to make straight, make right, make better, improve, correct”), from con- (“together”) + combining form of regō, regere (“I rule, make straight”).

From Middle English correcten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman correcter, from Latin correctus.

265 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: reg — free from error
• Ainu: ピㇼカ (pirka) — free from error
• Arabic: صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ) — free from error
• Arabic: صَوَاب (ṣawāb) — free from error
• Arabic: صَح (ṣaḥ) — free from error
• Aramaic: ܬܪܨ (traṣ) — free from error
• Armenian: ճիշտ (čišt) — free from error
• Assamese: শুধ (xudho) — free from error
• Assamese: শুদ্ধ (xuddho) — free from error
• Asturian: correutu — free from error
• Azerbaijani: doğru — free from error
• Bashkir: дөрөҫ (döröś) — free from error
• Belarusian: праві́льны (pravílʹny) — free from error
• Breton: reizh — free from error
• Bulgarian: ве́рен (véren) — free from error
• Bulgarian: пра́вилен (právilen) — free from error
• Burmese: မှန် (hman) — free from error
• Catalan: correcte — free from error
• Catalan: condret — free from error
• Chamicuro: nanatolo — free from error
• Cherokee: ᏚᏳᎪᏛᎢ (duyugodvi) — free from error
• Chinese Cantonese: 啱 (ngaam1) — free from error
• Eastern Min Chinese: 正確 /正确 (ciáng-káuk) — free from error
• Chinese Mandarin: 正確 /正确 (zhèngquè) — free from error
• Chinese Mandarin: 對 /对 (duì) — free from error
• Czech: správný — free from error
• Danish: korrekt — free from error
• Danish: rigtig — free from error
• Dutch: correct — free from error
• Dutch: juist — free from error
• Erzya: виде (vide) — free from error
• Esperanto: ĝusta — free from error
• Esperanto: prava — free from error
• Esperanto: korekta — free from error
• Estonian: õige — free from error
• Faroese: rættur — free from error
• Finnish: oikea — free from error
• Finnish: oikeellinen — free from error
• French: correct — free from error
• Galician: correcto — free from error
• Georgian: სწორი (sc̣ori) — free from error
• Georgian: უშეცდომო (ušecdomo) — free from error
• Georgian: ზუსტი (zusṭi) — free from error
• German: korrekt — free from error
• German: richtig — free from error
• German: einwandfrei — free from error
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌹𐍃 (sunjis) — free from error
• Gothic: 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (raihts) — free from error
• Greek: σωστός (sostós) — free from error
• Ancient Greek: ὀρθός (orthós) — free from error
• Hawaiian: pololei — free from error
• Hebrew: נָכוֹן (nakhon) — free from error
• Hebrew: נְכוֹנָה (nekhona) — free from error
• Hindi: सही (sahī) — free from error
• Hindi: ठीक (ṭhīk) — free from error
• Hungarian: hibátlan — free from error
• Hungarian: helyes — free from error
• Icelandic: rétt — free from error
• Indonesian: tepat — free from error
• Ingrian: vernoi — free from error
• Irish: beacht — free from error
• Italian: corretto — free from error
• Italian: esatto — free from error
• Japanese: 正しい (tadashii) — free from error
• Japanese: 正解 (seikai) — free from error
• Kaitag: дуж (duž) — free from error
• Kazakh: дұрыс (dūrys) — free from error
• Khmer: ត្រឹមត្រូវ (trəm trəv) — free from error
• Korean: 옳다 (olta) — free from error
• Korean: 맞다 (matda) — free from error
• Korean: 바르다 (bareuda) — free from error
• Korean: 정확하다 (jeonghwakhada) — free from error
• Kyrgyz: туура (tuura) — free from error
• Kyrgyz: түз (tüz) — free from error
• Kyrgyz: дурус (durus) — free from error
• Lao: ແກ້ (kǣ) — free from error
• Lao: ຖືກ (thư̄k) — free from error
• Latin: correctus — free from error
• Latvian: pareizs — free from error
• Lithuanian: teisingas — free from error
• Macedonian: правилен (pravilen) — free from error
• Macedonian: верен (veren) — free from error
• Malay: benar — free from error
• Malay: betul — free from error
• Māori: tika — free from error
• Miyako: マツム (matumu) — free from error
• Moksha: виде (vide) — free from error
• Norwegian: riktig — free from error
• Nǀuu: ǂhuu — free from error
• Nǀuu: ǂhu — free from error
• Occitan: corrècte — free from error
• Occitan: condrech — free from error
• Old English: riht — free from error
• Pashto: ټيک — free from error
• Persian: درست (dorost) — free from error
• Plautdietsch: rajcht — free from error
• Polish: prawidłowy — free from error
• Polish: właściwy — free from error
• Polish: poprawny — free from error
• Portuguese: correto — free from error
• Portuguese: certo — free from error
• Quechua: chanin — free from error
• Rapa Nui: titika — free from error
• Romanian: corect — free from error
• Russian: пра́вильный (právilʹnyj) — free from error
• Russian: ве́рный (vérnyj) — free from error
• Russian: корре́ктный (korréktnyj) — free from error
• Serbo-Croatian: исправан — free from error
• Serbo-Croatian: ispravan — free from error
• Slovak: správny — free from error
• Slovene: pravilen — free from error
• Spanish: correcto — free from error
• Sundanese: leres — free from error
• Swedish: korrekt — free from error
• Swedish: riktig — free from error
• Swedish: rätt — free from error
• Swedish: felfri — free from error
• Tagalog: tama — free from error
• Tajik: дуруст (durust) — free from error
• Tetum: loos — free from error
• Thai: ถูก (tùuk) — free from error
• Turkish: doğru — free from error
• Ottoman Turkish: طوغری (doğrı) — free from error
• Ottoman Turkish: راست (râst) — free from error
• Turkmen: dogry — free from error
• Turkmen: dürs — free from error
• Ukrainian: пра́вильний (právylʹnyj) — free from error
• Ukrainian: коре́ктний (koréktnyj) — free from error
• Urdu: صحیح (sahīh) — free from error
• Urdu: ٹھیک (ṭhīk) — free from error
• Uzbek: toʻgʻri — free from error
• Vietnamese: đúng — free from error
• Volapük: verätik — free from error
• Welsh: cywir — free from error
• Yiddish: ריכטיק (rikhtik) — free from error
• Zealandic: juust — free from error
• Zealandic: sjuust — free from error
• Zealandic: goed — free from error
• Armenian: կոռեկտ (koṙekt) — with good manners
• Bulgarian: възпи́тан (vǎzpítan) — with good manners
• Bulgarian: коре́ктен (korékten) — with good manners
• Czech: slušný — with good manners
• Czech: korektní — with good manners
• Dutch: correct — with good manners
• Dutch: welgemanierd — with good manners
• Dutch: welopgevoed — with good manners
• Dutch: goedgemanierd — with good manners
• Finnish: korrekti — with good manners
• Finnish: asiallinen — with good manners
• Galician: correcto — with good manners
• German: einwandfrei — with good manners
• German: ordnungsgemäß — with good manners
• German: zutreffend — with good manners
• Greek: σωστός (sostós) — with good manners
• Hungarian: illő — with good manners
• Hungarian: korrekt — with good manners
• Italian: corretto — with good manners
• Italian: ineccepibile — with good manners
• Māori: tika — with good manners
• Portuguese: comportado — with good manners
• Portuguese: educado — with good manners
• Romanian: corect — with good manners
• Russian: воспи́танный (vospítannyj) — with good manners
• Russian: корре́ктный (korréktnyj) — with good manners
• Swedish: korrekt — with good manners
• Tagalog: wasto — with good manners
• Ukrainian: ви́хований (výxovanyj) — with good manners
• Ukrainian: ґре́чний (gréčnyj) — with good manners
• Ukrainian: коре́ктний (koréktnyj) — with good manners
• Southern Altai: тӱзедер (tüzeder) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Arabic: صَحَّحَ (ṣaḥḥaḥa) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Armenian: ուղղել (uġġel) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Azerbaijani: düzəltmək — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Azerbaijani: islah etmək — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Basque: zuzendu — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Bulgarian: поправям (popravjam) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Bulgarian: кориги́рам (korigíram) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Catalan: corregir — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Chinese Mandarin: 修正 (xiūzhèng) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Chinese Mandarin: 改正 (gǎizhèng) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Chinese Mandarin: 糾正 /纠正 (jiūzhèng) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Czech: opravit — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Dutch: corrigeren — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Dutch: verbeteren — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Esperanto: korekti — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Faroese: rætta — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Finnish: korjata — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Finnish: oikaista — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• French: corriger — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Galician: correxir — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• German: ausbessern — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• German: korrigieren — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• German: richtigstellen — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• German: berichtigen — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• German: nachregeln Tech. — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (garaihtjan) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Greek: διορθώνω (diorthóno) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Hebrew: תיקן (tikén) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Hindi: सही करना (sahī karnā) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Hungarian: kijavít — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Hungarian: helyesbít — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Hungarian: korrigál — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Icelandic: leiðrétta — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Irish: beachtaigh — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Irish: ceartaigh — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Italian: correggere — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Italian: emendare — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Italian: rettificare — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Japanese: 正す (tadasu) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Japanese: 直す (naosu) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Japanese: 修正する (shūsei-suru) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Japanese: 是正する (zesei-suru) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Japanese: 訂正する (teisei-suru) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Khmer: កែ (kae) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Korean: 교정하다 (gyojeonghada) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Ladino: korijar — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Latin: corrigō — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Latin: ēmendō — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Malay: benarkan — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Malay: betulkan — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Māori: tītere — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Māori: whakatika — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Mongolian: засах (zasax) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Old English: ġerihtan — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Oromo: sirreessuu — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Polish: poprawiać — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Polish: poprawić — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Portuguese: corrigir — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Quechua: allichiy — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Romanian: corecta — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Russian: исправля́ть (ispravljátʹ) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Russian: испра́вить (isprávitʹ) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Russian: корректи́ровать (korrektírovatʹ) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir ceart — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Scottish Gaelic: comharraich — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Serbo-Croatian: поправити — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Serbo-Croatian: popraviti — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Slovak: opraviť — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Slovene: popraviti — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Spanish: corregir — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Swedish: rätta — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Swedish: korrigera — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Tamil: திருத்து (tiruttu) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Thai: แก้ไข (gɛ̂ɛ-kǎi) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Tibetan: ནོར་བཅོས་བྱེད (nor bcos byed) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Tibetan: དག་བཅོས་བྱེད (dag bcos byed) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Turkish: düzeltmek — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Ottoman Turkish: طوغریلامق (doğrulamak) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Ukrainian: виправля́ти (vypravljáty) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Ukrainian: ви́правити (výpravyty) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Ukrainian: коригува́ти (koryhuváty) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Ukrainian: скоригува́ти (skoryhuváty) — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Vietnamese: sửa — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Vietnamese: chữa — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Vietnamese: sửa chữa — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Walloon: coridjî — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Walloon: ricoridjî — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Welsh: cywiro — to make something become right that was previously wrong
• Italian: correggere — to inform someone of their error
• Italian: precisare — to inform someone of their error
• Italian: puntualizzare — to inform someone of their error
• Māori: tītere — to inform someone of their error
• Old English: þrafian — to inform someone of their error
• Tibetan: སྐྱོན་སེལ་ཞུ (skyon sel zhu) — to inform someone of their error
• Ottoman Turkish: طوغریلامق (doğrulamak) — to inform someone of their error