scanno
See also: scannò and Scanno
English
WOTD – 21 January 2016
Alternative forms
- scano
Etymology
scan + -o, modelled on typo.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskænəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈskænoʊ/
- Hyphenation: scan‧no
Noun
scanno (plural scannos)
- A typographical error introduced by optical character recognition (OCR) software, which may mistake a letter or set of letters for a letter or set of letters of similar shape, as *tum for turn, or *Dosition for Position.
Coordinate terms
- clicko, speako, spello, thinko, typo, writo
Translations
error in scanning
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Anagrams
- Ancons, Canons, ancons, canons, cañons
Italian
Etymology
From Latin scamnum.
Noun
scanno m (plural scanni)
- seat, bench, stool, trestle
Related terms
- sgabello
Verb
scanno
- first-person singular present indicative of scannare