slip of the tongue

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Calque of Latin lapsus linguae.

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: абмо́ўка (abmówka) — mistake in speech
• Belarusian: агаво́рка (ahavórka) — mistake in speech
• Bulgarian: грешка на езика (greška na ezika) — mistake in speech
• Chinese Mandarin: 口誤 /口误 (kǒuwù) — mistake in speech
• Chinese Mandarin: 失言 (shīyán) — mistake in speech
• Chinese Mandarin: 漏嘴 (lòuzuǐ) — mistake in speech
• Czech: přeřeknutí — mistake in speech
• Dutch: verspreking — mistake in speech
• Esperanto: langeraro — mistake in speech
• Estonian: keelevääratus — mistake in speech
• Finnish: lipsahdus — mistake in speech
• Finnish: lapsus — mistake in speech
• French: lapsus — mistake in speech
• German: Versprecher — mistake in speech
• Greek: παραδρομή της γλώσσας (paradromí tis glóssas) — mistake in speech
• Greek: παραπραξία (parapraxía) — mistake in speech
• Hungarian: elszólás — mistake in speech
• Hungarian: nyelvbotlás — mistake in speech
• Icelandic: mismæli — mistake in speech
• Ido: eroreto — mistake in speech
• Italian: lapsus — mistake in speech
• Italian: papera — mistake in speech
• Italian: strafalcione — mistake in speech
• Japanese: 舌禍 (zekka) — mistake in speech
• Japanese: 言い損ない (iisokonai) — mistake in speech
• Japanese: 失言 (shitsugen) — mistake in speech
• Japanese: 言い違い (iichigai) — mistake in speech
• Korean: 말실수 (malsilsu) — mistake in speech
• Latin: lāpsus linguae — mistake in speech
• Mongolian: хэл хальтирах (xel xalʹtirax) — mistake in speech
• Polish: przejęzyczenie — mistake in speech
• Portuguese: lapso — mistake in speech
• Russian: огово́рка (ogovórka) — mistake in speech
• Russian: обмо́лвка (obmólvka) — mistake in speech
• Slovak: prerieknutie — mistake in speech
• Spanish: lapsus linguae — mistake in speech
• Spanish: lapsus — mistake in speech
• Swedish: felsägning — mistake in speech
• Telugu: నోరుజారు (nōrujāru) — mistake in speech
• Turkish: dil sürçmesi — mistake in speech
• Turkish: sürçülisan — mistake in speech
• Ukrainian: обмо́вка (obmóvka) — mistake in speech
• Vietnamese: (phép) nói nhịu — mistake in speech
• Vietnamese: (phép) nói lịu — mistake in speech
• Volapük: pök linega — mistake in speech