scanno

See also: scannò

English

WOTD – 21 January 2016

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

Finnish: skannausvirhe

Anagrams

Canons, ancons, canons, cañons

Italian

Etymology

From Latin scamnum.

Noun

scanno m (plural scanni)

seat, bench

Related terms

sgabello

Verb

scanno

first-person singular present indicative of scannare

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