corrigendum

English

WOTD – 14 October 2010    

Etymology

From Latin corrigendum, nominative neuter singular of corrigendus, the future passive participle (gerundive) of corrigō (“I correct”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌkɒɹ.ɪˈdʒɛn.dəm/, /ˌkɒɹ.ɪˈgɛn.dəm/
• (US) IPA: /ˌkɔɹ.ɨˈdʒɛn.dəm/, /ˌkɔɹ.ɨˈgɛn.dəm/

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Noun

corrigendum (plural corrigenda)

1. An error that is to be corrected in a printed work after publication.
2. (usually plural) A list of errors in a printed work as a separate page of corrections, known as an errata page.

Translations

error that is to be corrected in a printed work

• Bulgarian: печатна грешка
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勘誤 (cmn), 勘误 (cmn) (kānwù), (alternative form:) 刊誤 (cmn), 刊误 (cmn)

• Finnish: painovirhe (fi)
• French: erratum (fr), coquille (fr)

• Italian: refuso (it)
• Polish: corrigenda (pl) f, errata (pl) f, korekta (pl) f
• Russian: исправленная опечатка (ru) (ispravlennaja opečatka), поправка (ru) (popravka) f
• Spanish: errata (es), gazapo (es)
• Tamil: pathippil thavaru (ta)
• Telugu: తప్పొప్పుల పట్టిక (tappoppula paTTika)

list of errors in a printed work

• Finnish: korjaukset (fi) pl
• French: erratum (fr) m

• Russian: список опечаток (ru) (spisok opečatok)

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Latin

Etymology

From corrigō (“I correct”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /kor.riˈgen.dum/

Gerund

corrigendum accusative n sg (gerundive corrigendus)

1. correcting

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	-- 1	--
genitive	corrigendī	--
dative	corrigendō	--
accusative	corrigendum 2	--
ablative	corrigendō	--
vocative	--	--

¹ There is no nominative form. The present active infinitive of the parent verb is used in situations that require a nominative form.

² The present active infinitive of the parent verb may instead be used.

Participle

corrigendum

1. nominative neuter singular of corrigendus
2. accusative masculine singular of corrigendus
3. accusative neuter singular of corrigendus
4. vocative neuter singular of corrigendus