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errata

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɛˈɹɑːtə/
  • US: /ɛˈɹɑtə/
  • US: [ɛˈɹɑɾə]
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  • rhymes with -ɑːtə

1

noun

Meaning 1

plural of erratum

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An added page in a printed work where errors which are discovered after printing and their corrections (corrigenda) are listed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

Topics: media, printing, publishing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: corrigenda, corrigendum

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To provide (a published work) with errata.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin errāta (“mistaken things, mistakes”), neuter plural of errātus (“mistaken”).

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: fe d'errates — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 勘誤表 /勘误表 (kānwùbiǎo) — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 正誤表 /正误表 (zhèngwùbiǎo) — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Czech: errata — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Dutch: errata — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Esperanto: preseraroj — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Estonian: veaparandus — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Finnish: korjaukset — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • French: errata — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Georgian: ბეჭდვითი შეცდომების სია (beč̣dviti šecdomebis sia) — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • German: Errata — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Greek: σφαλματολόγιο (sfalmatológio) — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Hebrew: אֶרָאטָה (eráta) — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Hindi: शुद्धिपत्र (śuddhipatra) — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Hindi: ग़लतनामा (ġalatnāmā) — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Hungarian: hibajegyzék — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Hungarian: sajtóhibák jegyzéke — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Indonesian: ralat — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Italian: errata corrige — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Japanese: 正誤表 (seigohyō) — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Polish: errata — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Portuguese: errata — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Portuguese: lista de erratas — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Portuguese: corrigenda — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Russian: спи́сок опеча́ток (spísok opečátok) — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Sindhi: چُڪَنامو (cukanāmo) — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Sindhi: ڀُلَنامو (bhulanāmo) — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Slovak: erráta — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Spanish: fe de erratas — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Spanish: errata — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Swedish: errata — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Swedish: erratalista — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Swedish: corrigenda — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Swedish: rättelser — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Tagalog: talamalian — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Tamil: பிழை திருத்தம் (piḻai tiruttam) — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing
  • Ukrainian: ерра́та (erráta) — added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing