err
See also: Err.
English
Etymology 1
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”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɜː(ɹ)/, (rare) /ɛə(ɹ)/
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- (US) IPA(key): /ɛɚ/, /ɝ/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ), -ɛə(ɹ)
Verb
err (third-person singular simple present errs, present participle erring, simple past and past participle erred)
- (intransitive, formal) To make a mistake.
- 1910, James P. Porter, chapter 2, in Intelligence and Imitation in Birds; A Criterion of Imitation, page 7:
- 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.
- He erred in his calculations, and made many mistakes.
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- (intransitive) To sin.
- (archaic) to stray.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:make a mistake
Derived terms
Terms derived from "err"
- err on the side of
- err on the side of caution
- erroneous
- error
- to err is human
Translations
make a mistake — See also translations at be wrong
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sin — see sin
Interjection
err
- Alternative form of er (“sound of hesitation”)
- Err... what did you just say?
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *ausra (“twilight”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn”) (compare English Easter, Latin aurōra, Lithuanian aušrà).
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁régʷos. Cognate with Old Armenian երեկ (erek, “evening”), Sanskrit रजस् (rájas, “dimness, darkness, mist”) and Old Norse røkkr (“twilight”).
Noun
err m
- dark, darkness
Synonyms
- terr
Derived terms
- errem
- irë
Estonian
Noun
err (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter R.
Faroese
Noun
err n (genitive singular ers, plural err)
- The name of the Latin-script letter R.
Declension
| n9 | Singular | Plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | err | errið | err | errini |
| Accusative | err | errið | err | errini |
| Dative | erri | errinum | errum | errunum |
| Genitive | ers | ersins | erra | erranna |
See also
- (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
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛrː]
- Hyphenation: err
- Rhymes: -ɛrː
Noun
err
- The name of the Latin-script letter R.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | err | errek |
| accusative | erret | erreket |
| dative | errnek | erreknek |
| instrumental | errel | errekkel |
| causal-final | errért | errekért |
| translative | erré | errekké |
| terminative | errig | errekig |
| essive-formal | errként | errekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | errben | errekben |
| superessive | erren | erreken |
| adessive | errnél | erreknél |
| illative | errbe | errekbe |
| sublative | erre | errekre |
| allative | errhez | errekhez |
| elative | errből | errekből |
| delative | erről | errekről |
| ablative | errtől | errektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | erré | erreké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | erréi | errekéi |
| Possessive forms of err | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | errem | errjeim |
| 2nd person sing. | erred | errjeid |
| 3rd person sing. | errje | errjei |
| 1st person plural | errünk | errjeink |
| 2nd person plural | erretek | errjeitek |
| 3rd person plural | errjük | errjeik |
See also
- (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 / 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.)
Further reading
- r in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛrː/
- Rhymes: -ɛrː
Noun
err n (genitive singular errs, nominative plural err)
- The name of the Latin-script letter R.
Declension
declension of err
| n-s | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | err | errið | err | errin |
| accusative | err | errið | err | errin |
| dative | erri | errinu | errum | errunum |
| genitive | errs | errsins | erra | erranna |
Võro
Noun
err (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter R.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.