FromMiddle Englisherren, fromOld Frencherrer(“to wander, err, mistake”), fromLatinerrō(“wander, stray, err, mistake”,verb), fromProto-Indo-European*h₁ers-(“to be angry, lose one's temper”). Cognate withOld Englisheorre,ierre(“anger, wrath, ire”),Old Englishiersian(“to be angry with, rage, irritate, provoke”),Old Englishierre(“wandering, gone astray, confused”).
- (Received Pronunciation)IPA(key): /ɜː/
- (US)IPA(key): /ɛɚ/,/ɝ/
- (Scotland)IPA(key): /ɛr/
- (New Zealand)IPA(key): /øː/
- (Liverpool, fair–fur merger)IPA(key): /eː/
- (Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger)IPA(key): /ɛː/
- (Lancashire, fair–fur merger)IPA(key): /ɜː(ɹ)/
- Rhymes:-ɜː(ɹ),-ɛə(ɹ)
- Homophone:(all non-US pronunciations, /ɝ/ US pronunciation:)er
- Homophones:(/ɛɚ/ US pronunciation, allfair–fur merger pronunciations:)air,are(“unit of measurement”),ayr,Ayr,e'er,ere,eyre,heir
err (third-person singular simple presenterrs,present participleerring,simple past and past participleerred)
- (intransitive, formal) To make amistake.
Heerred in his calculations, and made many mistakes.
1910, James P. Porter, chapter 2, inIntelligence and Imitation in Birds; A Criterion of Imitation[1], page 7:Artificial tests, then, can hardlyerr on the side of supplying too many opportunities for one bird to see another perform the act which is the model.
- (intransitive) Tosin.
- (archaic) tostray.
- Arabic:غَلِطَ(ḡaliṭa),أَخْطَأَ(ʔaḵṭaʔa)
- Egyptian Arabic:غلط(ġeleṭ)
- Armenian:սխալվել (hy)(sxalvel)
- Bashkir:яңылышыу(yañılışıw),хата ебәреү(xata yebərew)
- Belarusian:памыля́цца impf(pamyljácca),памылі́цца (be) pf(pamylícca),хі́біць impf(xíbicʹ),схі́біць pf(sxíbicʹ)
- Bulgarian:греша́ (bg) impf(grešá),заблужда́вам се (bg) impf(zabluždávam se),допу́скамгре́шка impf(dopúskam gréška),допу́снагре́шка pf(dopúsna gréška)
- Burmese:မှား (my)(hma:),ချော်ချွတ် (my)(hkyauhkywat)
- Catalan:equivocar (ca),errar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:犯錯 /犯错 (zh)(fàncuò),做錯 /做错 (zh)(zuòcuò),(colloquial)走眼 (zh)(zǒuyǎn)
- Czech:chybovat impf,chybit (cs) pf,mýlit se (cs) impf
- Danish:fejle
- Dutch:eenfoutmaken,eenvergissing maken,zich vergissen (nl),dwalen (nl)
- Esperanto:erari (eo)
- Finnish:erehtyä (fi),tehdävirhe,mokata (fi)(colloquial),tyriä (fi)(colloquial),haksahtaa (fi),kämmätä (fi)(colloquial),munata (fi)(colloquial),möhlätä (fi)(colloquial),töpätä (fi)
- French:se tromper (fr),errer (fr)
- German:irren (de),sich irren (de),Fehlermachen
- Hindi:ग़लती करना(ġaltī karnā)
- Hungarian:téved (hu)
- Ido:erorar (io)
- Italian:errare (it),sbagliare (it)
- Japanese:間違える (ja)(まちがえる, machigaeru)
- Kazakh:қателесу(qatelesu),жаңылу(jañylu),жаңылысу(jañylysu)
- Khmer:ភាន់ (km)(phŏən)
- Korean:잘못하다 (ko)(jalmothada),틀리다 (ko)(teullida)
- Kyrgyz:жаңылуу (ky)(jaŋıluu),жаңылышуу(jaŋılışuu)
- Ladino:yerrar
- Latin:errō (la)
- Macedonian:греши impf(greši),погреши pf(pogreši)
- Manchu:ᡝᠨᡩᡝᠮᠪᡳ(endembi)
- Mwotlap:higap
- Occitan:s'enganar,errar (oc)
- Persian:اشتباه کردن (fa)(eštebâh kardan),خطا کردن(xatâ kardan)
- Polish:mylić się (pl) impf,pomylić się (pl) pf,popełniaćbłąd impf,popełnićbłąd pf,błądzić (pl) impf,zbłądzić pf
- Portuguese:errar (pt)
- Quechua:pantay
- Romanian:greși (ro),se înșela (ro)
- Russian:ошиба́ться (ru) impf(ošibátʹsja),ошиби́ться (ru) pf(ošibítʹsja),допуска́тьоши́бку impf(dopuskátʹ ošíbku),допусти́тьоши́бку pf(dopustítʹ ošíbku),заблужда́ться (ru) impf(zabluždátʹsja)
- Sanskrit:स्रेधति(sredhati)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic:гре́шити impf,погре́шити pf,грије́шити impf,погрије́шити pf
- Roman:gréšiti (sh) impf,pogréšiti (sh) pf,grijéšiti (sh) impf,pogrijéšiti (sh) pf
- Slovak:mýliť sa impf
- Slovene:motiti se impf,zmotiti se pf
- Spanish:errar (es),equivocar (es)
- Swedish:fela (sv),göramisstag
- Tajik:иштибоҳ кардан(ištiboh kardan),хато кардан(xato kardan)
- Thai:ทำผิด(tam-pìt)
- Turkish:yanılmak (tr),hata yapmak,yanlış yapmak
- Ukrainian:помиля́тися impf(pomyljátysja),помили́тися pf(pomylýtysja)
- Urdu:غلطی کرنا(ġaltī karnā)
- Uzbek:yanglishmoq (uz),adashmoq (uz),xato qilmoq
- Vietnamese:phạm lỗi
- Volapük:pölön (vo)
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err
- Elongated form ofer(“sound of hesitation”).
Err... what did you just say?
According toOrel,Proto-Albanian*ausra(“twilight”), fromProto-Indo-European*h₂ews-(“dawn”) (compareEnglishEaster,Latinaurōra,Lithuanianaušrà).
Another theory links it toProto-Indo-European*h₁régʷos. Cognate withOld Armenianերեկ(erek,“evening”),Sanskritरजस्(rájas,“dimness, darkness, mist”) andOld Norserøkkr(“twilight”).
err m
- dark,darkness
This entry needs aninflection-table template.
err (genitive[please provide],partitive[please provide])
- The name of theLatin-script letterR/r.
err n (genitive singularers, pluralerr)
- The name of theLatin-script letterR/r.
- (Latin-script letter names)bókstavur;a /fyrra a,á,be,de,edd,e,eff,ge,há,i /fyrra i,í /fyrra í,jodd,ká,ell,emm,enn,o,ó,pe,err,ess,te,u,ú,ve,seinna i,seinna í,seinna a,ø
err
- The name of theLatin-script letterR/r.
- (Latin-script letter names)betű;a,á,bé,cé,csé,dé,dzé,dzsé,e,é,eff,gé,gyé,há,i,í,jé,ká,ell,ellipszilon /elly /ejj,emm,enn,enny,o,ó,ö,ő,pé,kú,err,ess,essz,té,tyé,u,ú,ü,ű,vé,dupla vé /vevé,iksz,ipszilon,zé,zsé. (See also:Latin script letters.)
- r inBárczi, Géza andLászló Országh.A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.:ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN
err n (genitive singularerrs,nominative pluralerr)
- The name of theLatin-script letterR/r.
Declension oferr (neuter)
err (genitive[please provide],partitive[please provide])
- The name of theLatin-script letterR/r.
This noun needs aninflection-table template.
