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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin errātum, neuter of errātus (“mistaken”).
Pronunciation
Noun
erratum (plural errata)
- An error, especially one in a printed work.
- Synonym: corrigendum
Translations
Anagrams
French
Noun
erratum m (plural erratums)
- erratum
Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
errātum
- accusative supine of errō
Participle
errātum
- inflection of errātus:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
Noun
errātum n (genitive errātī); second declension
- error, mistake, fault
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Descendants
References
- “erratum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “erratum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- erratum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.