Phrase guide

Freudian slip

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˌfɹɔɪdɪ.ən ˈslɪp/
  • US: /ˌfɹɔɪdi.ən ˈslɪp/
  • rhymes with -ɪp
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A mistake in speech or action in which a person supposedly shows their true subconscious desires.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: parapraxis

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxis

History

Etymology

Named after Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud (1856–1939).

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُنْزَلَق فْرُويْد (munzalaq frūyd) — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Arabic: زَلّة فْرُويْد — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Arabic: هَفْوَة (hafwa) — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Bulgarian: неволна грешка (nevolna greška) — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Catalan: acte fallit — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Chinese Cantonese: 鬼拍後尾枕 /鬼拍后尾枕 (gwai2 paak3 hau6 mei5 zam2) — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無意中說出心裡話 /无意中说出心里话 (wúyìzhōng shuōchū xīnlǐhuà) — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Chinese Mandarin: 漏嘴 (lòuzuǐ) — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Chinese Mandarin: 口誤 /口误 (kǒuwù) — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Chinese Mandarin: 失言 (shīyán) — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弗洛伊德式錯誤 /弗洛伊德式错误 (Fúluòyīdé shì cuòwù) — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Chinese Mandarin: 動作倒錯 /动作倒错 (dòngzuò dàocuò) — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Czech: freudovské přeřeknutí — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Dutch: freudiaanse verspreking — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Estonian: alateadlik eksitus — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Finnish: freudilainen lipsahdus — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • French: lapsus révélateur — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • French: acte manqué — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • German: Freudscher Fehler — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • German: Freudsche Fehlleistung — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • German: Freudscher Versprecher — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Greek: παραπραξία (parapraxía) — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Hebrew: טָעוּת פְרוֹיְדְּיָאנִית (ta'út froydyánit) — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Hebrew: פְּשִׁיטַת פֶּה פְרוֹיְדְּיָאנִית (pshitát pe froydyánit) — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Hebrew: מַעֲשֶׂה כֶּשֶׁל (ma'asé késhel) — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Hungarian: freudi elszólás — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Irish: sciorradh Freudach — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Irish: giorradh Freudach — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Italian: lapsus — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Italian: lapsus freudiano — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Italian: atto mancato — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Japanese: フロイト的失言 (Furoido-teki shitsugen) — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Persian: لغزش زبان (loġazeš zabân) — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Polish: freudowska pomyłka — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Portuguese: ato falho — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Portuguese: ato falhado — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Portuguese: lapso freudiano — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Punjabi: ਜੀਭ ਦੀ ਤਿਲਕਣ (jībh dī tilkaṇ) — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Romanian: act ratat — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Russian: огово́рка по Фре́йду (ogovórka po Fréjdu) — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Serbo-Croatian: Фројдова о̀машка — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Serbo-Croatian: Freudova òmaška — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Spanish: acto fallido — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Spanish: desliz freudiano — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Spanish: lapsus revelador — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Spanish: parapraxis — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Swedish: freudiansk felsägning — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Turkish: Freudyen sürçme — subconscious mistake in speech or action
  • Ukrainian: обмо́вка за Фро́йдом (obmóvka za Frójdom) — subconscious mistake in speech or action