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• Received-Pronunciation: ĕrʹə r
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛɹə/
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• General-American: ĕrʹər without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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• General-American: /ˈɛɹəɹ/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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• /ˈeɹəɹ/ Mary–marry–merry merger
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• /ɛəɹ/ some accents
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• California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• homophone: era
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• homophone: air
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• homophone: e'er
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• homophone: ere
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• homophone: heir
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• homophone: err
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• rhymes with -ɛɹə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: EH1 R ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English errour, from Anglo-Norman errour, borrowed from Old French error, from Latin error (“wandering about”, noun), derived from the verb errō (“to wander, to err”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌴𐌹 (airzei, “error”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (airzjan, “to lead astray”). More at err. By surface analysis, err + -or (suffix forming nouns of quality, state, or condition). Displaced native Old English dwild (“error”).

293 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: fout — mistake — see also mistake
• Albanian: gabim — mistake — see also mistake
• Arabic: خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ) — mistake — see also mistake
• Arabic: غَلْطَة (ḡalṭa) — mistake — see also mistake
• Arabic: غَلَط (ḡalaṭ) — mistake — see also mistake
• Arabic: غلطة (ḡalṭa) — mistake — see also mistake
• Archi: хатӏа (xatʼa) — mistake — see also mistake
• Armenian: սխալ (sxal) — mistake — see also mistake
• Asturian: error — mistake — see also mistake
• Avar: гъалатӏ (ğalatʼ) — mistake — see also mistake
• Azerbaijani: xəta — mistake — see also mistake
• Azerbaijani: səhv — mistake — see also mistake
• Bashkir: хата (xata) — mistake — see also mistake
• Basque: akats — mistake — see also mistake
• Basque: errore — mistake — see also mistake
• Belarusian: памы́лка (pamýlka) — mistake — see also mistake
• Belarusian: хі́ба (xíba) — mistake — see also mistake
• Bengali: ভুল (bhul) — mistake — see also mistake
• Bhojpuri: त्रुटि (truṭi) — mistake — see also mistake
• Bulgarian: гре́шка (gréška) — mistake — see also mistake
• Burmese: အမှား (a.hma:) — mistake — see also mistake
• Catalan: error — mistake — see also mistake
• Catalan: errada — mistake — see also mistake
• Chinese Cantonese: 錯誤 /错误 (co3 ng6) — mistake — see also mistake
• Hakka Chinese: 錯誤 /错误 (chho-ngu) — mistake — see also mistake
• Chinese: 錯誤 /错误 (zh-min-nan) — mistake — see also mistake
• Chinese Mandarin: 錯誤 /错误 (cuòwù) — mistake — see also mistake
• Chinese Mandarin: 失誤 /失误 (shīwù) — mistake — see also mistake
• Wu Chinese: 錯誤 /错误 (1tshu-ngu) — mistake — see also mistake
• Chukchi: ԓыганэн (ḷyganėn) — mistake — see also mistake
• Czech: chyba — mistake — see also mistake
• Czech: omyl — mistake — see also mistake
• Old Czech: chyba — mistake — see also mistake
• Danish: fejl — mistake — see also mistake
• Danish: fejltagelse — mistake — see also mistake
• Danish: forseelse — mistake — see also mistake
• Dhivehi: ކުށް (kuṣ̊) — mistake — see also mistake
• Dutch: fout — mistake — see also mistake
• Dutch: vergissing — mistake — see also mistake
• Dutch: onjuistheid — mistake — see also mistake
• Erzya: ильведькс (iľveďks) — mistake — see also mistake
• Erzya: ильведевкс (iľvedevks) — mistake — see also mistake
• Erzya: ильведема (iľvedema) — mistake — see also mistake
• Esperanto: eraro — mistake — see also mistake
• Esperanto: miso — mistake — see also mistake
• Estonian: viga — mistake — see also mistake
• Farefare: tuure — mistake — see also mistake
• Finnish: erehdys — mistake — see also mistake
• Finnish: virhe — mistake — see also mistake
• French: erreur — mistake — see also mistake
• Gagauz: yanlış — mistake — see also mistake
• Galician: erro — mistake — see also mistake
• Georgian: შეცდომა (šecdoma) — mistake — see also mistake
• German: Fehler — mistake — see also mistake
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌴𐌹 (airzei) — mistake — see also mistake
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌹𐌸𐌰 (airziþa) — mistake — see also mistake
• Greek: λάθος (láthos) — mistake — see also mistake
• Greek: σφάλμα (sfálma) — mistake — see also mistake
• Haitian Creole: erè — mistake — see also mistake
• Hebrew: טָעוּת (ta'út) — mistake — see also mistake
• Hebrew: שְׁגִיאָה (shgi'á) — mistake — see also mistake
• Hindi: त्रुटि (truṭi) — mistake — see also mistake
• Hindi: ग़लती (ġaltī) — mistake — see also mistake
• Hindi: भूल (bhūl) — mistake — see also mistake
• Hungarian: hiba — mistake — see also mistake
• Icelandic: villa — mistake — see also mistake
• Icelandic: skyssa — mistake — see also mistake
• Ido: eroro — mistake — see also mistake
• Indonesian: kesalahan — mistake — see also mistake
• Irish: botún — mistake — see also mistake
• Irish: dearmad — mistake — see also mistake
• Irish: earráid — mistake — see also mistake
• Irish: iomrall — mistake — see also mistake
• Italian: errore — mistake — see also mistake
• Italian: sbaglio — mistake — see also mistake
• Japanese: 誤り (ayamari) — mistake — see also mistake
• Japanese: 間違い (machigai) — mistake — see also mistake
• Japanese: エラー (erā) — mistake — see also mistake
• Kabuverdianu: asnera — mistake — see also mistake
• Kashubian: zmiłka — mistake — see also mistake
• Kashubian: fela — mistake — see also mistake
• Kashubian: błąd — mistake — see also mistake
• Kashubian: fel — mistake — see also mistake
• Kashubian: feler — mistake — see also mistake
• Kashubian: ochëba — mistake — see also mistake
• Kashubian: pomilenié — mistake — see also mistake
• Kashubian: przelisk — mistake — see also mistake
• Kashubian: przerzeczenié — mistake — see also mistake
• Kashubian: zarzek — mistake — see also mistake
• Kashubian: zarznięcé — mistake — see also mistake
• Kashubian: zbrida — mistake — see also mistake
• Kashubian: zmilenié — mistake — see also mistake
• Kazakh: қателік (qatelık) — mistake — see also mistake
• Kazakh: қате (qate) — mistake — see also mistake
• Khmer: កំហុស (kɑmhoh) — mistake — see also mistake
• Korean: 실수 (silsu) — mistake — see also mistake
• Korean: 에러 (ereo) — mistake — see also mistake
• Korean: 오류 (oryu) — mistake — see also mistake
• Central Kurdish: ھەڵە (helle) — mistake — see also mistake
• Northern Kurdish: xete — mistake — see also mistake
• Northern Kurdish: şaşî — mistake — see also mistake
• Kyrgyz: жаңылыш (jaŋılış) — mistake — see also mistake
• Kyrgyz: ката (kata) — mistake — see also mistake
• Ladino: yero — mistake — see also mistake
• Lao: ຂໍ້ຜິດພາດ (khǭ phit phāt) — mistake — see also mistake
• Latin: error — mistake — see also mistake
• Latvian: kļūda — mistake — see also mistake
• Lithuanian: klaida — mistake — see also mistake
• Luhya: ekasoro — mistake — see also mistake
• Macedonian: гре́шка (gréška) — mistake — see also mistake
• Malay: ralat — mistake — see also mistake
• Malay: kesalahan — mistake — see also mistake
• Malayalam: പിശക് (piśakŭ) — mistake — see also mistake
• Malayalam: തെറ്റ് (teṟṟŭ) — mistake — see also mistake
• Marathi: चूक (cūk) — mistake — see also mistake
• Moksha: эльбятькс (eľbäťks) — mistake — see also mistake
• Mongolian: алдаа (aldaa) — mistake — see also mistake
• Norwegian Bokmål: feil — mistake — see also mistake
• Norwegian Nynorsk: feil — mistake — see also mistake
• Occitan: error — mistake — see also mistake
• Old English: ġedwola — mistake — see also mistake
• Oromo: dogoggora — mistake — see also mistake
• Pannonian Rusyn: гришка (hriška) — mistake — see also mistake
• Pannonian Rusyn: хиба (xiba) — mistake — see also mistake
• Papiamentu: kibukashon — mistake — see also mistake
• Iranian Persian: خَطا (xatâ) — mistake — see also mistake
• Iranian Persian: اِشْتِباه (eštebâh) — mistake — see also mistake
• Iranian Persian: غَلَط (ġalat) — mistake — see also mistake
• Plautdietsch: Fäla — mistake — see also mistake
• Polish: błąd — mistake — see also mistake
• Polish: pomyłka — mistake — see also mistake
• Polish: omyłka — mistake — see also mistake
• Portuguese: erro — mistake — see also mistake
• Romanian: eroare — mistake — see also mistake
• Russian: оши́бка (ošíbka) — mistake — see also mistake
• Scottish Gaelic: mearachd — mistake — see also mistake
• Scottish Gaelic: iomrall — mistake — see also mistake
• Serbo-Croatian: гре̏шка — mistake — see also mistake
• Serbo-Croatian: грје̏шка — mistake — see also mistake
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀грешка — mistake — see also mistake
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀грјешка — mistake — see also mistake
• Serbo-Croatian: grȅška — mistake — see also mistake
• Serbo-Croatian: grjȅška — mistake — see also mistake
• Serbo-Croatian: pògreška — mistake — see also mistake
• Serbo-Croatian: pògrješka — mistake — see also mistake
• Slovak: chyba — mistake — see also mistake
• Slovene: napaka — mistake — see also mistake
• Somali: gaf — mistake — see also mistake
• Sotho: phoso — mistake — see also mistake
• Spanish: error — mistake — see also mistake
• Spanish: yerro — mistake — see also mistake
• Spanish: trabacuenta — mistake — see also mistake
• Swahili: kasoro — mistake — see also mistake
• Swedish: fel — mistake — see also mistake
• Tabasaran: гъалатӏ (ġalaṭ) — mistake — see also mistake
• Tagalog: mali — mistake — see also mistake
• Tajik: иштибоҳ (ištiboh) — mistake — see also mistake
• Tajik: хато (xato) — mistake — see also mistake
• Tajik: ғалат (ġalat) — mistake — see also mistake
• Tamil: தப்பு (tappu) — mistake — see also mistake
• Tamil: தவறு (tavaṟu) — mistake — see also mistake
• Tamil: பிழை (piḻai) — mistake — see also mistake
• Thai: ข้อผิดพลาด (kɔ̂ɔ-pìt-plâat) — mistake — see also mistake
• Thai: ความผิดพลาด (kwaam-pìt-plâat) — mistake — see also mistake
• Tocharian B: nāki — mistake — see also mistake
• Tocharian B: triśalñe — mistake — see also mistake
• Turkish: yanlış — mistake — see also mistake
• Turkish: hata — mistake — see also mistake
• Turkish: yanılgı — mistake — see also mistake
• Ottoman Turkish: یاڭلیش (yañlış) — mistake — see also mistake
• Ottoman Turkish: خطا (hatâ) — mistake — see also mistake
• Ottoman Turkish: غلط (galat) — mistake — see also mistake
• Ottoman Turkish: اشتباه (iştibâh) — mistake — see also mistake
• Turkmen: ýalňyş — mistake — see also mistake
• Ukrainian: поми́лка (pomýlka) — mistake — see also mistake
• Ukrainian: хи́ба (xýba) — mistake — see also mistake
• Urdu: غَلَطی (ġalatī) — mistake — see also mistake
• Urdu: خَطا (xatā) — mistake — see also mistake
• Urdu: بُھول (bhūl) — mistake — see also mistake
• Uyghur: خاتا (xata) — mistake — see also mistake
• Uzbek: xato — mistake — see also mistake
• Uzbek: gʻalat — mistake — see also mistake
• Vietnamese: lỗi — mistake — see also mistake
• Vilamovian: faołer — mistake — see also mistake
• Volapük: pöl — mistake — see also mistake
• Võro: essütüs — mistake — see also mistake
• Welsh: gwall — mistake — see also mistake
• Welsh: camgymeriad — mistake — see also mistake
• Yiddish: טעות (toes) — mistake — see also mistake
• Yiddish: גרײַז (grayz) — mistake — see also mistake
• Yiddish: פֿעלער (feler) — mistake — see also mistake
• Afrikaans: fout — computing: failure to complete task
• Esperanto: eraro — computing: failure to complete task
• Finnish: virhe — computing: failure to complete task
• Greek: σφάλμα (sfálma) — computing: failure to complete task
• Marathi: त्रुटी (truṭī) — computing: failure to complete task
• Portuguese: erro — computing: failure to complete task
• Afrikaans: fout — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Afrikaans: afwyking — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Armenian: սխալ (sxal) — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Asturian: error — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Belarusian: хі́бнасць (xíbnascʹ) — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Belarusian: хі́ба (xíba) — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Bulgarian: гре́шка (gréška) — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Bulgarian: отклоне́ние (otklonénie) — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Chinese Mandarin: 誤差 /误差 (wùchā) — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Czech: chyba — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Danish: afvigelse — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Dutch: fout — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Dutch: afwijking — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Finnish: virhe — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• French: erreur — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Galician: erro — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Georgian: ცდომილება (cdomileba) — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• German: Fehler — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Greek: σφάλμα (sfálma) — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Hebrew: שְׁגִיאָה (shgi'á) — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Icelandic: skekkja — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Italian: errore — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Japanese: 誤差 (gosa) — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Korean: 오차 (ocha) — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Central Kurdish: ھەڵە (helle) — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Latvian: novirze — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Lithuanian: paklaida — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Macedonian: гре́шка (gréška) — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Macedonian: отстапу́вање (otstapúvanje) — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Malay: ralat — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Polish: błąd pomiaru — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Portuguese: erro — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Russian: погре́шность (pogréšnostʹ) — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Russian: отклоне́ние (otklonénije) — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Slovak: chyba — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Slovene: napaka — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Spanish: error — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Tagalog: kamalian — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Tagalog: mali — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Thai: ค่าผิดพลาด — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Ukrainian: погрі́шність (pohríšnistʹ) — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Ukrainian: о́гріх (óhrix) — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Ukrainian: відхи́лення (vidxýlennja) — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Ukrainian: по́хибка (póxybka) — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Ukrainian: хи́ба (xýba) — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Vietnamese: sai số — statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
• Finnish: virhe — baseball: play which is scored as having been made incorrectly
• Icelandic: villa — baseball: play which is scored as having been made incorrectly
• Italian: errore — baseball: play which is scored as having been made incorrectly
• Japanese: エラー (erā) — baseball: play which is scored as having been made incorrectly
• Japanese: 失策 (shissaku) — baseball: play which is scored as having been made incorrectly
• Korean: 실책 (silchaek) — baseball: play which is scored as having been made incorrectly
• Chinese Mandarin: 誤審 /误审 (wù-shěn) — appellate law: one or more mistakes in a trial
• Czech: pochybení — appellate law: one or more mistakes in a trial
• Danish: fejl — appellate law: one or more mistakes in a trial
• Dutch: procedurefout — appellate law: one or more mistakes in a trial
• Finnish: erehdys — appellate law: one or more mistakes in a trial
• French: vice — appellate law: one or more mistakes in a trial
• German: Irrtum — appellate law: one or more mistakes in a trial
• Italian: vizio — appellate law: one or more mistakes in a trial
• Slovak: pochybenie — appellate law: one or more mistakes in a trial
• Slovene: sodna napaka — appellate law: one or more mistakes in a trial
• Finnish: geenivirhe — any alteration in the DNA chemical structure
• Finnish: virhe — any alteration in the DNA chemical structure
• French: erreur — any alteration in the DNA chemical structure
• Italian: errore — any alteration in the DNA chemical structure
• Portuguese: erro — any alteration in the DNA chemical structure
• Spanish: error — any alteration in the DNA chemical structure
• Bulgarian: пока́звам гре́шка (pokázvam gréška) — To show an error
• Finnish: näyttää virhe — To show an error
• French: être en erreur — To show an error
• German: aussteigen — To show an error
• German: abbrechen — To show an error
• Irish: déan earráid — To show an error
• Italian: mostrare un errore — To show an error
• Italian: mostrare errori — To show an error
• Polish: pokazywać błąd — To show an error
• Polish: pokazać błąd — To show an error
• Portuguese: dar erro — To show an error
• Slovak: vyhadzovať chybu — To show an error
• Swedish: upptäcka fel — To show an error
• Bulgarian: съдържам грешка (sǎdǎržam greška) — to cause or contain an error
• Finnish: sisältää virhe — to cause or contain an error
• Finnish: aiheuttaa virhe — to cause or contain an error
• Finnish: vikaantua — to cause or contain an error
• French: planter — to cause or contain an error
• French: foirer — to cause or contain an error
• German: fehlschlagen — to cause or contain an error
• German: misslingen — to cause or contain an error
• Italian: causare un errore — to cause or contain an error
• Italian: contenere un errore — to cause or contain an error
• Italian: causare errori — to cause or contain an error
• Italian: contenere errori — to cause or contain an error
• Polish: sprawiać błąd — to cause or contain an error
• Polish: sprawić błąd — to cause or contain an error
• Swedish: orsaka fel — to cause or contain an error