Dictionary

slip of the tongue en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Calque of Latin lapsus linguae.

Meanings

1. (idiomatic) A mistake in speech.
   • It was an unfortunate slip of the tongue, and he did not intend it that way.

Forms

Coordinates

slip of the pen · misprint · typo · lapsus plumæ · lapsus calami · writo

Relateds

parapraxis · Freudian slip

Synonyms

misspeech · lapsus linguae · speako · misspeaking

Translations (45)

cmn 口誤 /口误 (mistake in speech) · pl przejęzyczenie (mistake in speech) · be абмо́ўка (mistake in speech) · ru обмо́лвка (mistake in speech) · ja 失言 (mistake in speech) · et keelevääratus (mistake in speech) · cmn 漏嘴 (mistake in speech) · fi lipsahdus (mistake in speech) · fi lapsus (mistake in speech) · hu elszólás (mistake in speech) · tr sürçülisan (mistake in speech) · vi (phép) nói nhịu (mistake in speech) · ja 言い違い (mistake in speech) · is mismæli (mistake in speech) · es lapsus (mistake in speech) · be агаво́рка (mistake in speech) · uk обмо́вка (mistake in speech) · vi (phép) nói lịu (mistake in speech) · tr dil sürçmesi (mistake in speech) · ru огово́рка (mistake in speech) · ja 言い損ない (mistake in speech) · de Versprecher (mistake in speech) · ko 말실수 (mistake in speech) · io eroreto (mistake in speech) · hu nyelvbotlás (mistake in speech) · cs přeřeknutí (mistake in speech) · el παραδρομή της γλώσσας (mistake in speech) · el παραπραξία (mistake in speech) · mn хэл хальтирах (mistake in speech) · it papera (mistake in speech) · pt lapso (mistake in speech) · sk prerieknutie (mistake in speech) · eo langeraro (mistake in speech) · vo pök linega (mistake in speech) · la lāpsus linguae (mistake in speech) · sv felsägning (mistake in speech) · it strafalcione (mistake in speech) · cmn 失言 (mistake in speech) · it lapsus (mistake in speech) · ja 舌禍 (mistake in speech) · te నోరుజారు (mistake in speech) · nl verspreking (mistake in speech) · fr lapsus (mistake in speech) · bg грешка на езика (mistake in speech) · es lapsus linguae (mistake in speech)