error

== English == === Alternative forms === errour (obsolete) === Etymology === 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). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĕrʹə(r), IPA(key): /ˈɛɹə/ (General American, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) enPR: ĕrʹər, IPA(key): /ˈɛɹəɹ/ IPA(key): (Mary–marry–merry merger) /ˈeɹəɹ/; (some accents) /ɛəɹ/ (non-rhotic) Homophone: era (in some US pronunciations) Homophones: air, e'er, ere, heir (in some US pronunciations) Homophone: err Rhymes: -ɛɹə(ɹ) Hyphenation: err‧or === Noun === error (countable and uncountable, plural errors) (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being wrong. Synonyms: wrength, wrong, wrongness, wrongfulness (countable) A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately. Synonyms: blunder, flub, gaffe, stumble; see also Thesaurus:error (countable, uncountable) Sin; transgression. Synonyms: delinquency, misdoing, wrong; see also Thesaurus:misdeed (computing, countable) A failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination. (statistics, countable) The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one. (baseball, countable) A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly. (appellate law, uncountable) One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement. Any alteration in the DNA chemical structure occurring during DNA replication, recombination or repairing. (linguistics) An unintentional deviation from the inherent rules of a language variety made by a second language learner. ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (failure in computing): does not compute ==== Further reading ==== error on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Verb === error (third-person singular simple present errors, present participle erroring, simple past and past participle errored) (computing) To function improperly due to an error, especially accompanied by error message. (telecommunications) To show or contain an error or fault. (nonstandard) To err. ==== Synonyms ==== err ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== == Asturian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin errōrem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eˈroɾ/ [eˈroɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: e‧rror === Noun === error m (plural errores) error Synonym: erru == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin errōrem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [əˈror] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əˈro] IPA(key): (Valencia) [eˈroɾ] === Noun === error m or (archaic, regional or poetic) f (plural errors) error Synonyms: equivoc, equivocació, incorrecció ==== Related terms ==== errar === Further reading === “error”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “error”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “error” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “error” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Galician == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin errōrem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eˈroɾ/ [eˈroɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Hyphenation: e‧rror === Noun === error m (plural errores) error Synonym: erro ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “error”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Latin == === Etymology 1 === From erro (“to err, stray”) +‎ -or. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛr.rɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛr.ror] ==== Noun ==== error m (genitive errōris); third declension wandering, straying, going astray wavering, uncertainty error, mistake, fault Synonyms: vitium, culpa, malum, iniūria, noxa, crīmen, peccātum, dēlinquentia, dēlīctum, maleficium Antonyms: bonum, virtūs, rēctum delusion (a departing from the truth), misunderstanding solecism ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. ===== Derived terms ===== error typographicus (“typographical error”) ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== error first-person singular present passive indicative of errō === References === “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. == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin error. First attested in 1595. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛrrɔr Syllabification: er‧ror === Noun === error m inan (obsolete) error, mistake Synonyms: błąd, pomyłka ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Old Ruthenian: ерро́ръ (errór), еро́ръ (erór) === References === === Further reading === error in Polish dictionaries at PWN 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 == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin errōrem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eˈroɾ/ [eˈroɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: e‧rror === Noun === error m (plural errores) error Synonyms: equivocación, yerro ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “error”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025