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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). Displaced native Old English dwild (“error”).

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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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Cornish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English error.

Noun

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error m (plural errors)

  1. error
    Synonyms: kamm, kammdybyans, kammweyth, kammwrians

References

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  • “error” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Galician

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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 errōremlbor.
Galician error

    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.

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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
      Derived terms
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      Descendants
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      Etymology 2

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        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

        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]

          Pronunciation

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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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          References

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

            Borrowed from Latin errōrem.

            Pronunciation

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            Noun

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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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            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
            singular plural
            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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