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English

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Etymology

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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).

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Noun

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error (countable and uncountable, plural errors)

  1. (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.
    Synonyms: wrength, wrong, wrongness, wrongfulness
    • 1913, The Inland Printer:
      "Am I in error in marking out the s in the word assistants used in the following manner? […]"
  2. (countable) A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.
    Synonyms: blunder, flub, gaffe, stumble; see also Thesaurus:error
    There was a large error in the accounts.
    • 2011 October 22, Sam Sheringham, “Aston Villa 1 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport‎[1], archived from the original on 22 December 2011:
      Chris Brunt sliced the spot-kick well wide but his error was soon forgotten as Olsson headed home from a corner.
    • 2022 December 14, “Network News: HGV driver banned after Coulsdon bridge crash”, in RAIL, number 972, page 7:
      "Well over 400 trains and thousands of passengers from across the South were disrupted by this single error of judgement," said Network Rail's Route Director for Sussex, Katie Frost.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Sin; transgression.
    Synonyms: delinquency, misdoing, wrong; see also Thesaurus:misdeed
    I've finally seen the error of my ways.
  5. (computing, countable) A failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination.
  7. (statistics, countable) The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one.
  8. (baseball, countable) A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly.
  9. (appellate law, uncountable) One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.
  10. Any alteration in the DNA chemical structure occurring during DNA replication, recombination or repairing.
  11. (linguistics) An unintentional deviation from the inherent rules of a language variety made by a second language learner.

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Verb

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error (third-person singular simple present errors, present participle erroring, simple past and past participle errored)

  1. (computing) To function improperly due to an error, especially accompanied by error message.
    The web-page took a long time to load and errored out.
    Remove that line of code and the script should stop erroring there.
    This directory errors with a "Permission denied" message.
  2. (telecommunications) To show or contain an error or fault.
    The block transmission errored near the start and could not be received.
  3. (nonstandard) To err.
    • 1993 December, Arie Kaufman, editor, Rendering, Visualization, and Rasterization Hardware, Springer-Verlag New York LLC:
      Pixels which are mathematically outside of a triangle, but which are included for anti-aliasing purposes can be generated with colour and depth information outside of the valid range. The ADE should identify these cases and clamp the output to the minimum or maximum value depending on the direction it has errored in.
    • 2000 December, Randy W. Kamphaus, Clinical Assessment of Child And Adolescent Intelligence, Allyn & Bacon:
      By doing so examiners are erroring in the direction of drawing hypotheses based on greater evidence of reliability and validity.
    • 2001 November, Daniel D. Dancer, Shards and Circles: Artistic Adventures in Spirit and Ecology, Trafford Publishing:
      Error is not just permitted by diversity; it is what permits diversity.... The beetle had “errored” beautifully
    • 2002 May, Sylvain Beauregard, Passion Celine Dion the Book: The Ultimate Guide for the Fan!, Trafford Publishing:
      Many other celebrities errored in the political comments area...

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– Sometimes misspelled errror.

Asturian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin errōrem.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eˈroɾ/ [eˈroɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: e‧rror

Noun

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error m (plural errores)

  1. error
    Synonym: erru

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin errōrem.

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error m or (archaic, regional or poetic) f (plural errors)

  1. error
    Synonyms: equivoc, equivocació, incorrecció
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Galician

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin errōrem.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eˈroɾ/ [eˈroɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Hyphenation: e‧rror

Noun

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error m (plural errores)

  1. error
    Synonym: erro
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Latin

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Etymology 1

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Etymology tree
Latin erro
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *-ōs
Proto-Italic *-ōs
Latin -or
Latin error

    From erro (“to err, stray”) + -or.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    error m (genitive errōris); third declension

    1. wandering, straying, going astray
    2. wavering, uncertainty
    3. error, mistake, fault
      Synonyms: vitium, culpa, malum, iniūria, noxa, crīmen, peccātum, dēlinquentia, dēlīctum, maleficium
      Antonyms: bonum, virtūs, rēctum
    4. delusion (a departing from the truth), misunderstanding
      • 8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 2.789:
        quantum animīs errōris inest!
        Literally:
        How much of error is there [is present, exists] in understanding [or judgment]!
        Or, interpreted broadly in more natural English:
        People make such mistakes! Or: Such misunderstanding!
        (In this section of the poem, an enemy is mistakenly admitted into a house at night.)
    5. solecism
    Declension
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    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative error errōrēs
    genitive errōris errōrum
    dative errōrī errōribus
    accusative errōrem errōrēs
    ablative errōre errōribus
    vocative error errōrēs
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    Descendants
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    Etymology 2

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    Verb

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    error

    1. first-person singular present passive indicative of errō

    References

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    • “error”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “error”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "error", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “error”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • the wanderings of Ulysses: errores Ulixis
      • to be mistaken: in errore versari
      • to be in gross error, seriously misled: magno errore teneri
      • to be in gross error, seriously misled: in magno errore versari
      • to fall into error: erroribus implicari (Tusc. 4. 27. 58)
      • to take a false step: per errorem labi, or simply labi
      • to lead a person into error: aliquem in errorem inducere, rapere
      • to get a mistaken notion into the mind: errorem animo imbibere
      • to imbibe error from one's mother's breasts: errorem cum lacte nutricis sugere (Tusc. 3. 1. 2)
      • to banish an error, do away with a false impression: errorem tollere
      • to banish an error, do away with a false impression: errorem amputare et circumcīdere
      • to totally eradicate false principles: errorem stirpitus extrahere
      • to amend, correct one's mistake: errorem deponere, corrigere
      • to undeceive a person: alicui errorem demere, eripere, extorquere
      • (ambiguous) erroneous opinion: opinionis error
      • (ambiguous) a wide-spread error: error longe lateque diffusus

    Polish

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    Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Latin erro
    Proto-Indo-European *-os
    Proto-Indo-European *-s
    Proto-Indo-European *-ōs
    Proto-Italic *-ōs
    Latin -or
    Latin errorlbor.
    Polish error

      Learned borrowing from Latin error.[1] First attested in 1595.[2]

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      • Rhymes: -ɛrrɔr
      • Syllabification: er‧ror

      Noun

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      error m inan

      1. (obsolete) error, mistake
        Synonyms: błąd, pomyłka

      Declension

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      Declension of error
      singular plural
      nominative error errory
      genitive erroru errorów
      dative errorowi errorom
      accusative error errory
      instrumental errorem errorami
      locative errorze errorach
      vocative errorze errory

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      1. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “error”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
      2. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “error”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

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      • “error”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish)
      • Magdalena Majdak (08.06.2022), “ERROR”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

      Spanish

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Latin errōrem.

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      error m (plural errores)

      1. error
        Synonyms: equivocación, yerro

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      Turkish

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      Etymology

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      Orthographic borrowing from English error.

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      Noun

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      error (definite accusative erroru, plural errorlar)

      1. (computing) error message
        error vermek ― to give an error message

      Declension

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      Declension of error
      singular plural
      nominative error errorlar
      definite accusative erroru errorları
      dative errora errorlara
      locative errorda errorlarda
      ablative errordan errorlardan
      genitive errorun errorların
      Possessive forms
      nominative
      singular plural
      1st singular errorum errorlarım
      2nd singular errorun errorların
      3rd singular erroru errorları
      1st plural errorumuz errorlarımız
      2nd plural errorunuz errorlarınız
      3rd plural errorları errorları
      definite accusative
      singular plural
      1st singular errorumu errorlarımı
      2nd singular errorunu errorlarını
      3rd singular errorunu errorlarını
      1st plural errorumuzu errorlarımızı
      2nd plural errorunuzu errorlarınızı
      3rd plural errorlarını errorlarını
      dative
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      1st singular erroruma errorlarıma
      2nd singular erroruna errorlarına
      3rd singular erroruna errorlarına
      1st plural errorumuza errorlarımıza
      2nd plural errorunuza errorlarınıza
      3rd plural errorlarına errorlarına
      locative
      singular plural
      1st singular errorumda errorlarımda
      2nd singular errorunda errorlarında
      3rd singular errorunda errorlarında
      1st plural errorumuzda errorlarımızda
      2nd plural errorunuzda errorlarınızda
      3rd plural errorlarında errorlarında
      ablative
      singular plural
      1st singular errorumdan errorlarımdan
      2nd singular errorundan errorlarından
      3rd singular errorundan errorlarından
      1st plural errorumuzdan errorlarımızdan
      2nd plural errorunuzdan errorlarınızdan
      3rd plural errorlarından errorlarından
      genitive
      singular plural
      1st singular errorumun errorlarımın
      2nd singular errorunun errorlarının
      3rd singular errorunun errorlarının
      1st plural errorumuzun errorlarımızın
      2nd plural errorunuzun errorlarınızın
      3rd plural errorlarının errorlarının
      Predicative forms
      singular plural
      1st singular errorum errorlarım
      2nd singular errorsun errorlarsın
      3rd singular error
      errordur       		errorlar
      errorlardır
      1st plural erroruz errorlarız
      2nd plural errorsunuz errorlarsınız
      3rd plural errorlar errorlardır

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