mistake

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• British, Southern, Standard: /mɪˈstɵk/
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• New-Zealand: /məˈstʊk/
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• Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /mɪˈstʉk/
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From Middle English mistaken, from Old Norse mistaka (“to take in error, to miscarry”); equivalent to mis- + take. Cognate with Icelandic mistaka (“to mistake”), Swedish missta (“to mistake”) (before apocope misstaga). The noun, which replaced earlier mistaking, is derived from the verb. Compare Swedish misstag (“mistake”, noun), Faroese mistak (“mitake”, noun), Icelandic mistak (“mistake”, noun).

343 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: fout — error — see also error
• Albanian: gabim — error — see also error
• Southern Altai: јастыра (ǰastïra) — error — see also error
• Arabic: خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ) — error — see also error
• Arabic: غَلْطَة (ḡalṭa) — error — see also error
• Arabic: غَلَط (ḡalaṭ) — error — see also error
• Arabic: غلطة (ḡalṭa) — error — see also error
• Armenian: սխալ (sxal) — error — see also error
• Assamese: ভুল (bhul) — error — see also error
• Azerbaijani: səhv — error — see also error
• Azerbaijani: xəta — error — see also error
• Azerbaijani: yanlış — error — see also error
• Azerbaijani: qələt — error — see also error
• Bashkir: хата (xata) — error — see also error
• Belarusian: памы́лка (pamýlka) — error — see also error
• Belarusian: хі́ба (xíba) — error — see also error
• Bengali: ভুল (bhul) — error — see also error
• Bulgarian: гре́шка (gréška) — error — see also error
• Bulgarian: заблужде́ние (zabluždénie) — error — see also error
• Burmese: အမှား (a.hma:) — error — see also error
• Catalan: error — error — see also error
• Chechen: гӏалат (ğalat) — error — see also error
• Chinese Cantonese: 錯誤 /错误 (co3 ng6) — error — see also error
• Hakka Chinese: 錯誤 /错误 (chho-ngu) — error — see also error
• Chinese: 錯誤 /错误 (zh-min-nan) — error — see also error
• Chinese Mandarin: 錯誤 /错误 (cuòwù) — error — see also error
• Chinese Mandarin: 錯 /错 (cuò) — error — see also error
• Chinese Mandarin: 誤 /误 (wù) — error — see also error
• Wu Chinese: 錯誤 /错误 (1tshu-ngu) — error — see also error
• Czech: chyba — error — see also error
• Czech: omyl — error — see also error
• Danish: fejl — error — see also error
• Dutch: fout — error — see also error
• Dutch: misverstand — error — see also error
• Dutch: blunder — error — see also error
• Dutch: vergissing — error — see also error
• Dutch: onjuistheid — error — see also error
• Esperanto: eraro — error — see also error
• Esperanto: miso — error — see also error
• Estonian: viga — error — see also error
• Faroese: mistak — error — see also error
• Faroese: villa — error — see also error
• Finnish: virhe — error — see also error
• Finnish: erehdys — error — see also error
• Finnish: moka — error — see also error
• Finnish: kämmi — error — see also error
• Finnish: fiba — error — see also error
• Finnish: erhe — error — see also error
• Finnish: hairahdus — error — see also error
• Finnish: haksahdus — error — see also error
• Finnish: lapsus — error — see also error
• Finnish: lipsahdus — error — see also error
• Finnish: munaus — error — see also error
• Finnish: kömmähdys — error — see also error
• Finnish: möhläys — error — see also error
• Finnish: töppäys — error — see also error
• French: faute — error — see also error
• French: erreur — error — see also error
• French: bêtise — error — see also error
• French: échappe — error — see also error
• French: mistake — error — see also error
• French: trompe — error — see also error
• Fula: 𞤦𞤮𞥅𞤨𞤢𞤤 — error — see also error
• Fula: boopal — error — see also error
• Georgian: შეცდომა (šecdoma) — error — see also error
• German: Fehler — error — see also error
• Greek: λάθος (láthos) — error — see also error
• Greek: σφάλμα (sfálma) — error — see also error
• Gujarati: ભૂલ (bhūl) — error — see also error
• Haitian Creole: fòt — error — see also error
• Hebrew: טָעוּת (ta'út) — error — see also error
• Hebrew: שְׁגִיאָה (shgi'á) — error — see also error
• Hebrew: שגגה — error — see also error
• Hindi: ग़लती (ġaltī) — error — see also error
• Hindi: भूल (bhūl) — error — see also error
• Hindi: ग़लत फ़हमी (ġalat fahmī) — error — see also error
• Hindi: चूक (cūk) — error — see also error
• Hindi: ख़ता (xatā) — error — see also error
• Hindi: खता (khatā) — error — see also error
• Hindi: गलती (galtī) — error — see also error
• Hungarian: hiba — error — see also error
• Icelandic: villa — error — see also error
• Icelandic: skyssa — error — see also error
• Ido: eroro — error — see also error
• Ilocano: balibad — error — see also error
• Indonesian: kesalahan — error — see also error
• Indonesian: kekeliruan — error — see also error
• Interlingua: error — error — see also error
• Irish: botún — error — see also error
• Italian: errore — error — see also error
• Italian: sbaglio — error — see also error
• Japanese: 間違い (machigai) — error — see also error
• Japanese: 過ち (ayamachi) — error — see also error
• Japanese: 誤り (ayamari) — error — see also error
• Japanese: 錯誤 (sakugo) — error — see also error
• Japanese: ミス (misu) — error — see also error
• Japanese: エラー (erā) — error — see also error
• Kabuverdianu: asnera — error — see also error
• Kalmyk: эндү (endü) — error — see also error
• Kannada: ತಪ್ಪು (tappu) — error — see also error
• Kazakh: қателік (qatelık) — error — see also error
• Kazakh: қате (qate) — error — see also error
• Khmer: កំហុស (kɑmhoh) — error — see also error
• Korean: 실수 (silsu) — error — see also error
• Korean: 잘못 (jalmot) — error — see also error
• Korean: 착각 (chakgak) — error — see also error
• Korean: 착오 (chago) — error — see also error
• Korean: 미스 (miseu) — error — see also error
• Korean: 에러 (ereo) — error — see also error
• Central Kurdish: غەلەت (ẍelet) — error — see also error
• Northern Kurdish: xeletî — error — see also error
• Northern Kurdish: çewtî — error — see also error
• Northern Kurdish: şaşî — error — see also error
• Kyrgyz: жаңылыш (jaŋılış) — error — see also error
• Kyrgyz: жаңылыштык (jaŋılıştık) — error — see also error
• Kyrgyz: ката (kata) — error — see also error
• Kyrgyz: каталык (katalık) — error — see also error
• Ladino: yerro — error — see also error
• Ladino: yierro — error — see also error
• Lakota: wóglušna — error — see also error
• Lao: ຂໍ້ຜິດພາດ (khǭ phit phāt) — error — see also error
• Latin: error — error — see also error
• Latvian: kļūda — error — see also error
• Lithuanian: klaida — error — see also error
• Macedonian: гре́шка (gréška) — error — see also error
• Malay: kesilapan — error — see also error
• Malayalam: തെറ്റ് (teṟṟŭ) — error — see also error
• Malayalam: പിശക് (piśakŭ) — error — see also error
• Maltese: żball — error — see also error
• Marathi: चूक (cūk) — error — see also error
• Mongolian: алдаа (aldaa) — error — see also error
• Norwegian Bokmål: feil — error — see also error
• Norwegian Bokmål: tabbe — error — see also error
• Norwegian Bokmål: feilgrep — error — see also error
• Norwegian Nynorsk: feil — error — see also error
• Occitan: error — error — see also error
• Odia: ଭୁଲ (bhula) — error — see also error
• Church Slavic: блазна (blazna) — error — see also error
• Old English: ġedwola — error — see also error
• Ossetian: рӕдыд (rædyd) — error — see also error
• Pannonian Rusyn: гришка (hriška) — error — see also error
• Pannonian Rusyn: хиба (xiba) — error — see also error
• Pashto: تېروتنه (terwatə́na) — error — see also error
• Pashto: غلط (ǧalát) — error — see also error
• Iranian Persian: اِشْتِباه (eštebâh) — error — see also error
• Iranian Persian: خَطا (xatâ) — error — see also error
• Iranian Persian: غَلَط (ġalat) — error — see also error
• Plautdietsch: Fäla — error — see also error
• Polish: pomyłka — error — see also error
• Polish: błąd — error — see also error
• Portuguese: erro — error — see also error
• Portuguese: engano — error — see also error
• Portuguese: equívoco — error — see also error
• Romanian: greșeală — error — see also error
• Romanian: eroare — error — see also error
• Russian: оши́бка (ošíbka) — error — see also error
• Russian: заблужде́ние (zabluždénije) — error — see also error
• Sanskrit: अशुद्धि (aśuddhi) — error — see also error
• Sanskrit: त्रुटि (truṭi) — error — see also error
• Serbo-Croatian: гре̏шка — error — see also error
• Serbo-Croatian: грје̏шка — error — see also error
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀грешка — error — see also error
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀грјешка — error — see also error
• Serbo-Croatian: grȅška — error — see also error
• Serbo-Croatian: grjȅška — error — see also error
• Serbo-Croatian: pògreška — error — see also error
• Serbo-Croatian: pògrješka — error — see also error
• Sinhalese: වරදක් (waradak) — error — see also error
• Sinhalese: වැරදීම (wæradīma) — error — see also error
• Slovak: chyba — error — see also error
• Slovak: omyl — error — see also error
• Slovene: napaka — error — see also error
• Slovene: zmota — error — see also error
• Spanish: error — error — see also error
• Spanish: equivocación — error — see also error
• Spanish: desatino — error — see also error
• Spanish: fallo — error — see also error
• Spanish: desacierto — error — see also error
• Spanish: trabacuenta — error — see also error
• Swahili: kosa — error — see also error
• Swedish: fel — error — see also error
• Swedish: miss — error — see also error
• Swedish: misstag — error — see also error
• Tagalog: mali — error — see also error
• Tagalog: kamalian — error — see also error
• Tajik: иштибоҳ (ištiboh) — error — see also error
• Tajik: хато (xato) — error — see also error
• Tajik: ғалат (ġalat) — error — see also error
• Tamil: பிழை (piḻai) — error — see also error
• Tatar: хата (xata) — error — see also error
• Telugu: పొరపాటు (porapāṭu) — error — see also error
• Thai: ข้อผิดพลาด (kɔ̂ɔ-pìt-plâat) — error — see also error
• Thai: ความผิดพลาด (kwaam-pìt-plâat) — error — see also error
• Tibetan: ནོར་འཁྲུལ (nor 'khrul) — error — see also error
• Tocharian B: nāki — error — see also error
• Tocharian B: triśalñe — error — see also error
• Turkish: hata — error — see also error
• Turkish: yanlış — error — see also error
• Turkish: galat — error — see also error
• Ottoman Turkish: خطا (ḫatā) — error — see also error
• Ottoman Turkish: یاڭلیش (yañlış) — error — see also error
• Ottoman Turkish: غلط (ġalaṭ) — error — see also error
• Turkmen: ýalňyş — error — see also error
• Turkmen: ýal–yş — error — see also error
• Ukrainian: поми́лка (pomýlka) — error — see also error
• Ukrainian: по́милка (pómylka) — error — see also error
• Ukrainian: хи́ба (xýba) — error — see also error
• Urdu: غَلَط (ġalat) — error — see also error
• Urdu: غَلَطی (ġalatī) — error — see also error
• Urdu: غَلَط فَہْمی (ġalat fahmī) — error — see also error
• Urdu: بُھول (bhūl) — error — see also error
• Urdu: خَطا (xatā) — error — see also error
• Uyghur: خاتا (xata) — error — see also error
• Uzbek: xato — error — see also error
• Uzbek: gʻalat — error — see also error
• Venetan: eror — error — see also error
• Vietnamese: lỗi — error — see also error
• Yiddish: טעות (toes) — error — see also error
• Yiddish: גרײַז (grayz) — error — see also error
• Arabic: أَسَاء اَلْفَهْم (ʔasāʔ al-fahm) — to take one thing for another
• Arabic: أَخْطَأَ (ʔaḵṭaʔa) — to take one thing for another
• Armenian: խառնել (xaṙnel) — to take one thing for another
• Armenian: շփոթել (špʻotʻel) — to take one thing for another
• Asturian: trabucar — to take one thing for another
• Asturian: tracamundiar — to take one thing for another
• Asturian: trafulcar — to take one thing for another
• Asturian: confundir — to take one thing for another
• Bashkir: яңылышыу (yañılışıw) — to take one thing for another
• Bashkir: бутау (butaw) — to take one thing for another
• Bulgarian: бъркам (bǎrkam) — to take one thing for another
• Bulgarian: заблуждавам се (zabluždavam se) — to take one thing for another
• Catalan: confondre — to take one thing for another
• Chinese Mandarin: 誤會 /误会 (wùhuì) — to take one thing for another
• Chinese Mandarin: 弄錯 /弄错 (nòngcuò) — to take one thing for another
• Chinese Mandarin: 錯認 /错认 (cuòrèn) — to take one thing for another
• Czech: zaměnit — to take one thing for another
• Danish: misforstå — to take one thing for another
• Dutch: misverstaan — to take one thing for another
• Dutch: verwisselen — to take one thing for another
• Esperanto: malinterpreti — to take one thing for another
• Finnish: ymmärtää väärin — to take one thing for another
• Finnish: erehtyä — to take one thing for another
• Finnish: käsittää väärin — to take one thing for another
• Finnish: tehdä virhe — to take one thing for another
• French: méprendre — to take one thing for another
• French: confondre (avec) — to take one thing for another
• French: faire erreur — to take one thing for another
• German: verwechseln — to take one thing for another
• Hindi: ग़लत समझना (ġalat samajhnā) — to take one thing for another
• Hungarian: félreért — to take one thing for another
• Hungarian: összetéveszt — to take one thing for another
• Hungarian: eltéveszt — to take one thing for another
• Ido: miskonocar — to take one thing for another
• Indonesian: salah paham — to take one thing for another
• Irish: déan dearmad — to take one thing for another
• Irish: déan earráid — to take one thing for another
• Italian: fraintendere — to take one thing for another
• Italian: confondere — to take one thing for another
• Italian: prendere un granchio — to take one thing for another
• Italian: prendere una cantonata — to take one thing for another
• Italian: prendere un abbaglio — to take one thing for another
• Japanese: 勘違いする (kanchigai suru) — to take one thing for another
• Japanese: 誤解する (gokai suru) — to take one thing for another
• Khmer: ច្រឡំ (crɑlɑm) — to take one thing for another
• Korean: 오해하다 (ohaehada) — to take one thing for another
• Central Kurdish: بەغەلەت (beẍelet) — to take one thing for another
• Latin: fallor — to take one thing for another
• Latin: fallo — to take one thing for another
• Latin: oberro — to take one thing for another
• Malay: salah faham — to take one thing for another
• Malayalam: തെറ്റുക (teṟṟuka) — to take one thing for another
• Norwegian: misforstå — to take one thing for another
• Occitan: confondre — to take one thing for another
• Polish: pomylić — to take one thing for another
• Portuguese: confundir — to take one thing for another
• Romanian: confunda — to take one thing for another
• Russian: непра́вильно понима́ть (neprávilʹno ponimátʹ) — to take one thing for another
• Russian: принима́ть (prinimátʹ) — to take one thing for another
• Russian: приня́ть (prinjátʹ) — to take one thing for another
• Russian: обозна́ться (oboznátʹsja) — to take one thing for another
• Serbo-Croatian: pogrijéšiti — to take one thing for another
• Spanish: confundir con — to take one thing for another
• Spanish: equivocar por — to take one thing for another
• Swedish: missförstå — to take one thing for another
• Swedish: missta — to take one thing for another
• Swedish: förväxla — to take one thing for another
• Telugu: పొరపడు (porapaḍu) — to take one thing for another
• Telugu: పొరబడు (porabaḍu) — to take one thing for another
• Turkish: yanlış anlamak — to take one thing for another
• Ukrainian: помилятися (pomyljatysja) — to take one thing for another
• Urdu: غلط سمجھنا (ġalat samajhnā) — to take one thing for another
• Vietnamese: nhầm lẫn — to take one thing for another
• Welsh: camgymryd — to take one thing for another
• Armenian: սխալվել (sxalvel) — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Asturian: enquivocase — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Bulgarian: греша (greša) — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Chinese Mandarin: 誤會 /误会 (wùhuì) — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Chinese Mandarin: 誤解 /误解 (wùjiě) — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Dutch: een fout maken — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Dutch: in de fout gaan — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Finnish: tehdä virhe — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Finnish: erehtyä — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• French: se tromper — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• German: fehlen — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• German: sich versehen — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Greek: κάνω λάθος (káno láthos) — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Greek: σφάλλω (sfállo) — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Hindi: ग़लत करना (ġalat karnā) — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Hungarian: téved — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Irish: déan dearmad — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Irish: déan earráid — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Italian: sbagliare — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Italian: toppare — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Italian: errare — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Khmer: ច្រឡំ (crɑlɑm) — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Korean: 실수하다 (silsuhada) — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Central Kurdish: غەلەت کردن (ẍelet kirdin) — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Ladino: yerrar — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Latin: fallor — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Latin: erro — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Malayalam: തെറ്റുക (teṟṟuka) — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Norwegian: ta feil — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Old English: dwolian — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Polish: pomylić się — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Portuguese: errar — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Portuguese: equivocar-se — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Portuguese: enganar-se — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Romanian: greși — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Russian: ошиба́ться (ošibátʹsja) — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Russian: ошиби́ться (ošibítʹsja) — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Serbo-Croatian: pogrijéšiti — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Spanish: equivocarse — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Swahili: kosa — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Swedish: missta — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Swedish: begå ett misstag — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Telugu: పొరపడు (porapaḍu) — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Telugu: పొరబడు (porabaḍu) — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Turkish: yanlış yapmak — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Turkish: hata yapmak — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Turkish: hata etmek — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Ukrainian: помиля́тися (pomyljátysja) — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Ukrainian: помили́тися (pomylýtysja) — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong
• Urdu: غلط کرنا (ġalat karnā) — ''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong