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typo en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

Clipping of typographical error.

Meanings

  1. A typographical error.
    • His 14 singles titles still look like a typo even for those like me who have watched him build that probably unbreakable record, red brick by red brick. 2023 May 18, Christopher Clarey, “Even as He’s Out, Rafael Nadal Will Always Be a Part of the French Open”, in The New York Times:
    • Sorry, I meant to say “buy a SODA”—“sofa” was a typo.
    • Near-synonyms: misprint; slip of the pen, lapsus calami, lapsus plumæ

Forms

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typoes Number=Plur lexicographic
typos Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

copy-pasto · mouso · hearo · thinko · scanno · speako · clicko · writo · spello

Deriveds

typosquatting · tpyo · typoglycemia · typoese · tyop · typonese

Synonyms

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

Translations (92)

mk печатарска грешка (error) · es gazapo (error) · de Tippfehler (error) · af vingerfout (error) · cmn 錯字 /错字 (error) · sv stavfel (error) · da trykfejl (error) · uk одруківка (error) · vi của thợ in (error) · uk друка́рська по́милка (error) · nn skrivefeil (error) · nb trykkfeil (error) · id saltik (error) · uk опи́ска (error) · pt erro tipográfico (error) · sv tryckfel (error) · ko 오자 (error) · nn trykkfeil (error) · sk preklep (error) · hy վրիպակ (error) · es errata (error) · fi kirjoitusvirhe (error) · ar خَطَأ مَطْبَعِيّ (error) · ko 오타 (error) · cmn 錯別字 /错别字 (error) · bn ছাপার ভুল (error) · es error de tecleo (error) · cmn 印錯 /印错 (error) · be друка́рская памы́лка (error) · ru опеча́тка (error) · hu elírás (error) · af tikfout (error) · fr coquille (error) · sl tipkarska napaka (error) · id kesalahan pengetikkan (error) · az çap səhvi (error) · ko 타이프 미스 (error) · pt erro de digitação (error) · cmn 誤排 /误排 (error) · ja ミスタイプ (error) · pl błąd drukarski (error) · es taipo (error) · fr faute de frappe (error) · cmn 別字 /别字 (error) · hu nyomdahiba (error) · cmn 筆誤 /笔误 (error) · ko 미스타이프 (error) · pl literówka (error) · he שגיאת דפוס (error) · hu elgépelés (error) · ga botún cló (error) · de Druckfehler (error) · lv iespiedkļūda (error) · ja 誤植 (error) · it refuso (error) · es error dactilográfico (error) · nl tikfout (error) · nl typo (error) · tr yazım hatası (error) · sh тѝпфелер (error) · es error tipográfico (error) · th คำผิด (error) · cs šotek (error) · el τυπογραφικό λάθος (error) · ko 오식 (error) · nl typefout (error) · ja 誤字 (error) · nb skrivefeil (error) · eo tajperaro (error) · cmn 誤植 /误植 (error) · es dedazo (error) · th พิมพ์ผิด (error) · ja タイプミス (error) · cs překlep (error) · mk грешка во пишување (error) · uk о́друк (error) · da tastefejl (error) · ga earráid chló (error) · ga dearmad cló (error) · cmn 手民之誤 /手民之误 (error) · eo mistajpaĵo (error) · fi painovirhe (error) · sh tìpfeler (error) · vi lỗi in ấn (error) · is prentvilla (error) · cmn 訛字 /讹字 (error) · pt gralha (error) · hu sajtóhiba (error) · it errore di battitura (error) · bg печа́тна гре́шка (error) · fi lyöntivirhe (error) · es error de dedo (error)

typo en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

Clipping of typographical error.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To make a typographical error.
    • Tell your mother that that essay I wrote for THE WRITER, that mentions you, is now in print in the Aw-Ghost issue. But they typoed Elfquest, so now it reads Elquist. I see I had typoed it myself, leaving out the “f” but they worsened it. 1993, Piers Anthony, edited by Alan Riggs, Letters to Jenny, Tor Books, →ISBN, page 108:

Forms

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typoed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
typoed Tense=Past lexicographic
typos Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
typo'd Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
typo'd Tense=Past lexicographic
typoing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Translations (14)

hu elgépel (make a typographical error) · pl zrobić literówkę (make a typographical error) · id salah ketik (make a typographical error) · ru опеча́тываться (make a typographical error) · id saltik (make a typographical error) · de sich verschreiben (make a typographical error) · cmn 打錯 /打错 (make a typographical error) · cmn 誤植 /误植 (make a typographical error) · fr faire une coquille (make a typographical error) · ru опеча́таться (make a typographical error) · pl robić literówkę (make a typographical error) · cs překlepnout se (make a typographical error) · cmn 打錯字 /打错字 (make a typographical error) · fr faire une faute de frappe (make a typographical error)

typo en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

Clipping of typographer.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, countable, dated) A compositor; a typographer.
    • “Ever since I was twelve,” she said, “I have worked in a printing office where a celebrated London morning journal is put in type and goes to press. […] I am attached to a man in our office, to whom I shall be married some day. […] I am nineteen now, and have carried on with my ‘typo’ for nearly three years now. 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:
    • On the highest, rear seat was James Williams, of Cloverdale, Missouri, and his Bride. Capitalise it, friend typo—that last word—word of words in the epiphany of life and love. 1906 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Sisters of the Golden Circle”, in The Four Million, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co, →OCLC:

Forms

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typos Number=Plur lexicographic

typo en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of taipo.
    alt of taipo