erreur

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin error.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.ʁœʁ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -œʁ

Noun

erreur f (plural erreurs)

  1. error (a faulty process of thought that leads to conclusions out of agreement with reality)
    Near-synonyms: méprise (“misunderstanding”); mauvaise évaluation
    faire une erreur, commettre une erreur
    to make an error, to commit an error
    être sujet à l'erreur
    to be error-prone
  2. error (the resulting thought, conception, assumption, belief, determination, etc., of a flawed thought process)
  3. error (the condition of one who has made and maintains such incorrect conclusions)
    être dans l'erreur ― to be mistaken, to be in error
    tomber dans l'erreur ― to fall into error
  4. mistake (an action taken in such condition of faulty belief)
    Synonyms: faute, bévue, gaffe
  5. (computing) error (a failure, misfunction)
    Near-synonyms: défaillance, dysfonctionnement
    Une erreur système s'est produite pendant l'enregistrement des données. ― A system error occurred while the data was being saved (lit. during the saving of the data).
  6. error (the condition of something that is not representative of reality)
    Synonyms: faute, inexactitude
    la marge d'erreur — une marge d'erreur importante
    the margin of error — a wide/significant/considerable margin of error

Derived terms

  • eronné

References

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin error.

Noun

erreur f (plural erreurs)

  1. error; mistake
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