err

Etymology

From Middle English erren, from Old French errer (“to wander, err, mistake”), from Latin errō (“wander, stray, err, mistake”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *ares- (“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)/
• (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)

1. (intransitive) 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.

2. (intransitive) To sin.
3. (archaic) to stray.

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ausra (“twilight”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn”) (compare English Easter, Latin aurōra, Lithuanian aušrà).

Noun

err m

1. dark, darkness

Noun

err (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.

Noun

err n (genitive singular ers, plural err)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛrː/

  Rhymes: -ɛrː

Noun

err n (genitive singular errs, nominative plural err)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.

Noun

err (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.