err en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /øː/ (New-Zealand)
- /ɛɚ/ (US)
- /ɝ/ (US)
- /ɜː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
- /eː/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
- /ɛr/ (Scotland)
- /ɛː/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
Etymology
From Middle English erren, from Old French errer (“to wander, err, mistake”), from Latin errō (“wander, stray, err, mistake”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- (“to be angry, lose one's temper”). Cognate with Old English eorre, ierre (“anger, wrath, ire”), Old English iersian (“to be angry with, rage, irritate, provoke”), Old English ierre (“wandering, gone astray, confused”).
Meanings
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(formal, intransitive) To make a mistake.
He erred in his calculations, and made many mistakes.
Artificial tests, then, can hardly err on the side of supplying too many opportunities for one bird to see another perform the act which is the model.
1910, James P. Porter, chapter 2, in Intelligence and Imitation in Birds; A Criterion of Imitation, page 7:Gorbachev’s phrase, “fear to err,” is strikingly reminiscent of President Roosevelt’s phrase, “nothing to fear but fear itself.”
1989, L[eften] S[tavros] Stavrianos, Lifelines from Our Past: A New World History, New York: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, page 211:
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(intransitive) To sin.
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
- (archaic) to stray.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| erring | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| errs | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| erred | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| erred | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
inerrable · errable · to err is human · err on the side of · err on the side of caution · error · erroneous
Translations (121)
fi munata (make a mistake) · be памыля́цца (make a mistake) · nl een fout maken (make a mistake) · sh грије́шити (make a mistake) · be памылі́цца (make a mistake) · trk-oat یازمق (make a mistake) · hy սխալվել (make a mistake) · de sich irren (make a mistake) · fi haksahtaa (make a mistake) · pl popełniać błąd (make a mistake) · de irren (make a mistake) · bg допу́скам гре́шка (make a mistake) · hi ग़लती करना (make a mistake) · tr yanlış yapmak (make a mistake) · mk погреши (make a mistake) · bg греша́ (make a mistake) · cs mýlit se (make a mistake) · fi mokata (make a mistake) · ar غَلِطَ (make a mistake) · fi kämmätä (make a mistake) · uz adashmoq (make a mistake) · my ချော်ချွတ် (make a mistake) · be хі́біць (make a mistake) · nl zich vergissen (make a mistake) · fi tyriä (make a mistake) · fr se tromper (make a mistake) · ur غلطی کرنا (make a mistake) · be схі́біць (make a mistake) · sl zmotiti se (make a mistake) · fa اشتباه کردن (make a mistake) · es equivocarse (make a mistake) · fi erehtyä (make a mistake) · ko 잘못하다 (make a mistake) · sk mýliť sa (make a mistake) · kk жаңылысу (make a mistake) · oc errar (make a mistake) · hu téved (make a mistake) · ba хата ебәреү (make a mistake) · ja 間違える (make a mistake) · cs chybit (make a mistake) · it sbagliare (make a mistake) · gag pişik yapmaa (make a mistake) · pl popełnić błąd (make a mistake) · ar أَخْطَأَ (make a mistake) · ca errar (make a mistake) · fi möhlätä (make a mistake) · uk помиля́тися (make a mistake) · qu pantay (make a mistake) · sv fela (make a mistake) · ro greși (make a mistake) · sl motiti se (make a mistake) · scn sbagghiari (make a mistake) · ca equivocar (make a mistake) · pt errar (make a mistake) · bg заблужда́вам се (make a mistake) · cs chybovat (make a mistake) · fa خطا کردن (make a mistake) · es marrar (make a mistake) · sa स्रेधति (make a mistake) · kk жаңылу (make a mistake) · mlv higap (make a mistake) · fr errer (make a mistake) · ba яңылышыу (make a mistake) · ky жаңылуу (make a mistake) · cmn 走眼 (make a mistake) · trk-oat آزمق (make a mistake) · pl błądzić (make a mistake) · sh grijéšiti (make a mistake) · io erorar (make a mistake) · pl pomylić się (make a mistake) · oc s'enganar (make a mistake) · sh gréšiti (make a mistake) · pl mylić się (make a mistake) · cmn 犯錯 /犯错 (make a mistake) · es errar (make a mistake) · vi phạm lỗi (make a mistake) · ru допуска́ть оши́бку (make a mistake) · ru ошиба́ться (make a mistake) · cmn 做錯 /做错 (make a mistake) · he שגה (make a mistake) · kk қателесу (make a mistake) · gag pişiklemää (make a mistake) · tg хато кардан (make a mistake) · sh гре́шити (make a mistake) · pl zbłądzić (make a mistake) · sv göra misstag (make a mistake) · nl dwalen (make a mistake) · ru ошиби́ться (make a mistake) · sh pogréšiti (make a mistake) · mnc ᡝᠨᡩᡝᠮᠪᡳ (make a mistake) · uk помили́тися (make a mistake) · sh погрије́шити (make a mistake) · arz غلط (make a mistake) · mk греши (make a mistake) · ky жаңылышуу (make a mistake) · da fejle (make a mistake) · gag yanılmaa (make a mistake) · th ทำผิด (make a mistake) · vo pölön (make a mistake) · uz xato qilmoq (make a mistake) · my မှား (make a mistake) · fi töpätä (make a mistake) · tr hata yapmak (make a mistake) · it errare (make a mistake) · nl een vergissing maken (make a mistake) · tg иштибоҳ кардан (make a mistake) · la errō (make a mistake) · ro se înșela (make a mistake) · lad yerrar (make a mistake) · de Fehler machen (make a mistake) · ru допусти́ть оши́бку (make a mistake) · km ភាន់ (make a mistake) · eo erari (make a mistake) · sh погре́шити (make a mistake) · uz yanglishmoq (make a mistake) · ko 틀리다 (make a mistake) · ru заблужда́ться (make a mistake) · sh pogrijéšiti (make a mistake) · fi tehdä virhe (make a mistake) · tr yanılmak (make a mistake) · bg допу́сна гре́шка (make a mistake)