trial and error

English

Noun

trial and error (usually uncountable, plural trials and errors)

The process of finding a solution to a problem by trying many possible solutions and learning from mistakes until a way is found.
Navigating by trial and error may get you there eventually, but using a map is faster.

Translations

solution by learning from mistakes

Catalan: prova i error, assaig i error, tempteig (ca) m, tanteig (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 嘗試錯誤, 尝试错误 (chángshì cuòwù)
Finnish: yrityksen ja erehdyksen kautta (by trial and error)
French: tâtonnement (fr)
German: trial and error (de), Versuch und Irrtum
Hebrew: נִסּוּי וּטְעִיָּה‎‎ (he) (nisúy ute'iyá)
Italian: prove ed errori, tentativi ed errori
Japanese: 試行錯誤 (ja) (しこうさくご, shikō sakugo)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: prøving og feiling

Nynorsk: prøving og feiling
Persian: آزمون و خطا‎‎ (âzmun-o-xatâ), سعی و خطا‎‎ (sa'y-o-xatâ)
Polish: metoda prób i błędów f
Portuguese: tentativa e erro
Russian: ме́тод проб и оши́бок m (métod prob i ošíbok), ме́тод ты́ка (ru) (métod týka) (coll.)
Spanish: ensayo y error, tanteo (es) m
Tagalog: babaso

See also

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