English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin correctus (“improved, amended, correct”), past participle of corrigere, conrigere (“to make straight, make right, make better, improve, correct”), from com- (“together”) + regere (“to make straight, rule”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
correct (comparative more correct, superlative most correct)
- Free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.
- With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
free from error
- Ainu: ピㇼカ (pirka)
- American Sign Language: 1@RadialHand-FingerForwardAcross-1@CenterChesthigh-FingerForwardAcross
- Arabic: صحيح (ar) (ṣaḥīḥ) m
- Egyptian Arabic: صح (ar) (ṣaḥ) m
- Aramaic:
- Classical Syriac: ܬܪܨ (traṣ)
- Armenian: ճիշտ (hy) (č̣išt)
- Asturian: correutu (ast)
- Azeri: doğru (az)
- Belarusian: правільны (be) (pravílʹny)
- Bulgarian: верен (bg) (véren), правилен (bg) (právilen)
- Burmese: မှန် (my) (hman)
- Catalan: correcte (ca)
- Chamicuro: nanatolo
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 正確 (cmn), 正确 (cmn) (zhèngquè), 對 (cmn), 对 (cmn) (duì)
- Czech: správný (cs) m
- Danish: korrekt (da)
- Dutch: correct (nl), juist (nl)
- Esperanto: korekta (eo)
- Estonian: õige (et)
- Finnish: oikea (fi)
- French: correct (fr)
- Galician: correcto (gl)
- Georgian: სწორი (ka) (scori), უშეცდომო (ka) (ušec’domo), ზუსტი (ka) (zusti)
- German: korrekt (de), richtig (de), einwandfrei (de)
- Greek: σωστός (el) (sostós)
- Hawaiian: pololei
- Hebrew: נכון (he) (nakhon) m, נכונה (he) (nekhona) f
- Hindi: सही (hi) (sahī), ठीक (hi) (ṭhīk)
- Hungarian: hibátlan (hu), helyes (hu)
- Icelandic: rétt (is)
- Italian: corretto (it) m
- Japanese: 正しい (ja) (ただしい, tadashíi), 正解 (ja) (せいかい, seikai)
- Kazakh: дұрыс (kk) (durıs)
|
|
- Khmer: ត្រឹមត្រូវ (km) (trəm trəv)
- Korean: 옳다 (ko) (olta), 맞다 (ko) (matta), 바르다 (ko) (bareuda), 정확하다 (ko) (jeonghwak-hada)
- Kyrgyz: туура (ky) (tuura), түз (ky) (tüz), дурус (ky) (durus)
- Lao: ແກ້ (lo) (keeh)
- Latvian: pareizs (lv)
- Lithuanian: teisingas (lt)
- Lojban: drani (jbo)
- Macedonian: правилен (mk) (právilen), верен (mk) (véren)
- Malay: benar (ms), betul (ms)
- Miyako: マツム (matumu)
- Occitan: corrècte (oc)
- Persian: درست (fa) (dorost)
- Polish: prawidłowy (pl) m, właściwy (pl) m, poprawny (pl) m
- Portuguese: correto (pt)
- Rapa Nui: titika
- Romanian: corect (ro)
- Russian: правильный (ru) (právilʹnyj) m, верный (ru) (vérnyj), корректный (ru) (korréktnyj)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: исправан (sh)
- Roman: ispravan (sh)
- Slovak: správny (sk)
- Slovene: pravilen (sl)
- Spanish: correcto (es)
- Swahili: timamu (sw)
- Swedish: korrekt (sv), riktig (sv), rätt (sv), felfri (sv)
- Tajik: дуруст (tg) (durust)
- Thai: ถูก (th) (thùùk)
- Turkish: doğru (tr)
- Turkmen: dogry (tk), dürs (tk)
- Ukrainian: правильний (uk) (právylʹnyj)
- Urdu: صحیح (ur) (sahīh), ٹھیک (ur) (ṭhīk)
- Uzbek: toʻgʻri (uz)
- Vietnamese: đúng (vi)
- Volapük: verätik (vo)
- Welsh: cywir (cy)
|
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked
correct (third-person singular simple present corrects, present participle correcting, simple past and past participle corrected)
- (transitive) To make something that was not valid become right. To remove error.
- He corrected the position of the book on the mantle.
- (by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers).
- (transitive) To inform (someone) of the latter's error.
- It's rude to correct your parents.
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
To make something that was not valid become right
- Arabic: صحح (ar) (ṣaḥḥaḥa)
- Bulgarian: поправям (bg) (popravjam), коригирам (bg) (korigíram)
- Catalan: corregir (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 修正 (cmn) (xiūzhèng), 改正 (cmn) (gǎizhèng), 糾正 (cmn), 纠正 (cmn) (jiūzhèng)
- Czech: opravit (cs)
- Dutch: corrigeren (nl), verbeteren (nl)
- Esperanto: korekti (eo)
- Finnish: korjata (fi), oikaista (fi)
- French: corriger (fr)
- German: ausbessern (de), korrigieren (de), richtigstellen (de), berichtigen (de), nachregeln (de) Tech.
- Greek: διορθώνω (el) (diorthono)
- Hebrew: תיקן (he) (tikén)
- Hungarian: kijavít (hu), helyesbít (hu), korrigál (hu)
- Irish: beachtaigh (ga)
- Italian: correggere (it)
- Japanese: 正す (ja) (ただす, tadasu), 直す (ja) (なおす, naosu), 修正する (ja) (しゅうせいする, shūsei-suru), 改正する (ja) (かいせいする, kaisei-suru), 訂正する (ja) (ていせいする, teisei-suru)
|
|
|
External links[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
correct (comparative correcter, superlative correctst)
- correct
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin correctus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
correct m (feminine correcte, masculine plural corrects, feminine plural correctes)
- correct
Related terms[edit]
