mistake

== English == === Etymology === 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). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Australia) IPA(key): /mɪˈstʊk/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /mɪˈstɵk/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /məˈstʊk/ (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /mɪˈstʉk/ Rhymes: -ʊk === Verb === mistake (third-person singular simple present mistakes, present participle mistaking, simple past mistook, past participle mistaken) (transitive) To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another. (transitive, obsolete) To misunderstand (someone). (intransitive, obsolete) To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong. 1720, Jonathan Swift, “Letter to a Young Clergyman” in The Works of Jonathan Swift, London: Charles Elliot, 1784, Volume 10, pp. 6-7,[2] No gentleman thinks it is safe or prudent to send a servant with a message, without repeating it more than once, and endeavouring to put it into terms brought down to the capacity of the bearer; yet, after all this care, it is frequent for servants to mistake, and sometimes occasion misunderstandings among friends […] (obsolete, rare) To take or choose wrongly. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== mistaken ==== Descendants ==== → French: mistake ==== Translations ==== === Noun === mistake (plural mistakes) An error. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:error 1877, Henry Heth, quoting Robert E. Lee, in "Causes of the Defeat of Gen. Lee's Army at the Battle of GettysburgOpinions of Leading Confederate Soldiers.", Southern Historical Society Papers (1877), editor Rev. J. WM. Jones [4] After it is all over, as stupid a fellow as I am can see that mistakes were made. I notice, however, that my mistakes are never told me until it is too late. (baseball) A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard-to-hit location, but instead ends up in an easy-to-hit place. ==== Usage notes ==== Usually make a mistake. See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === ketmias, makes it == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English mistake. === Pronunciation === (Louisiana) IPA(key): [mi.stɛk], [mɪ.steɪk] Homophone: mistakes === Noun === mistake m (plural mistakes) (Louisiana) error, mistake Synonyms: bêtise f, échappe f, erreur f, faute f, trompe f — Louisiana === See also === faire une coche mal taillée === References === Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)