English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Middle English, from Old Norse mistaka (“to take in error, to miscarry”)
Pronunciation[edit]
mistake (plural mistakes)
- An error; a blunder.
- 1877, Henry Heth, quoting Robert E. Lee, in "Causes of the Defeat of Gen. Lee's Army at the Battle of GettysburgOpinions of Leading Confederate Soldiers.", Southern Historical Society Papers (1877), editor Rev. J. WM. Jones [1]
- After it is all over, as stupid a fellow as I am can see that mistakes were made. I notice, however, that my mistakes are never told me until it is too late.
- (baseball) A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard to hit location, but instead ends up in an easy to hit place
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Usage notes[edit]
Translations[edit]
an error (1)
- Albanian: please add this translation if you can
- Arabic: خطأ (ar) (xaṭaʾ) f, غلطة (ar) (ġálṭa) f
- Armenian: սխալ (hy) (sxal)
- Assamese: please add this translation if you can
- Azeri: səhv (az), xəta (az), yanlış (az)
- Bashkir: хата (xata)
- Belarusian: памылка (be) (pamýlka) f
- Bulgarian: грешка (bg) (gréška) f
- Burmese: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 錯誤 (cmn), 错误 (cmn) (cuòwù), 錯 (cmn), 错 (cmn) (cuò), 誤 (cmn), 误 (cmn) (wù)
- Czech: chyba (cs) f
- Danish: fejl (da) c
- Dutch: fout (nl) f, misverstand (nl) n, blunder (nl) m, vergissing (nl) f, onjuistheid (nl) f
- Esperanto: eraro (eo)
- Estonian: viga (et)
- Faroese: mistak (fo) n, villa (fo) f
- Finnish: virhe (fi), moka (fi) (colloquial), kämmi (fi) (colloquial), fiba (fi) (slang)
- French: faute (fr) f, erreur (fr) f
- Georgian: შეცდომა (ka) (šec'doma)
- German: Fehler (de) m
- Greek: λάθος (el) (láthos) n, σφάλμα (el) (sphálma) n
- Hebrew: טעות (he) (ta'út) f, שגיאה (he) f, שגגה (he) f
- Hindi: ग़लती (hi) (ġalatī) f, भूल (hi) (bhūl) f, ग़लत फ़हमी (hi) (ġalat fahmī) f, चूक (hi) (chūk)
- Hungarian: hiba (hu)
- Indonesian: kesalahan, kekeliruan
- Interlingua: error
- Irish: botún (ga) m
- Italian: errore (it) m, sbaglio (it) m
- Japanese: 間違い (ja) (まちがい, machigai), 過ち (ja) (あやまち, ayamachi), 誤り (ja) (あやまり, ayamari), 錯誤 (ja) (さくご, sakugo), ミス (ja) (misu), エラー (ja) (erā)
- Khmer: កំហុស (km) (kɑmhoh)
- Korean: 잘못 (ko) (jalmot), 착각 (ko) (chakgak) (錯覺 (ko))
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- Kurdish:
- Sorani: غهلهت
- Lao: please add this translation if you can
- Latin: error (la) m
- Latvian: kļūda (lv) f
- Lithuanian: klaida (lt) f
- Macedonian: грешка (mk) (gréška) f
- Maltese: please add this translation if you can
- Marathi: चूक (čūk)
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian: feil (no) m, tabbe (no) m
- Persian: اشتباه (fa) (eštebâh)
- Polish: pomyłka (pl) f, błąd (pl) m
- Portuguese: erro (pt) m, engano (pt) m, equívoco (pt) m
- Romanian: greșeală (ro) f, eroare (ro) f
- Russian: ошибка (ru) (ošíbka) f
- Sanskrit: अशुद्धि (sa) (ashuddhi) f, त्रुटि (sa) (truṭi)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: грешка (sh) f, грјешка (sh) f, грешка (sh) f, погрјешка (sh) f
- Roman: greška (sh) f, grješka (sh) f, pogreška (sh) f, pogrješka (sh) f
- Slovak: chyba (sk) f
- Slovene: napaka (sl) f, zmota (sl) f
- Spanish: error (es) m, equivocación (es) f
- Swedish: fel (sv) n, miss (sv) c, misstag (sv) n
- Tajik: иштибоҳ (tg) (ištiboh)
- Tamil: பிழை (ta) (piḻai)
- Telugu: పొరపాటు (porapaaTu)
- Thai: ข้อผิดพลาด (th) (kôr-pìt-plâat), ความผิดพลาด (th) (kwaam-pìt-plâat)
- Tibetan: ནོར་འཁྲུལ (bo) (nor 'khrul)
- Turkish: hata (tr), yanlış (tr)
- Ukrainian: помилка (uk) (pomýlka)
- Urdu: غلط (ur) (ġalat) m, غلطی (ur) (ġalatī) f, غلط فہمی (ur) (ġalat fahmī) f, بھول (ur) (bhūl) f
- Vietnamese: lỗi (vi)
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mistake (third-person singular simple present mistakes, present participle mistaking, simple past mistook, past participle mistaken)
- (transitive) To understand wrongly, taking one thing for another, or someone for someone else.
- Sorry, I mistook you for my brother. You look very similar.
- (intransitive) To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.
- Jonathan Swift
- Servants mistake, and sometimes occasion misunderstanding among friends.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
To take one thing for another
- Arabic: اساء الفهم (’asá’ al-fáhem), أخطأ (ar) ('akhTa'a)
- Armenian: խառնել (hy) (xaṙnel), շփոթել (hy) (šp'ot'el)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 誤會 (cmn), 误会 (cmn) (wùhuì), 弄錯 (cmn), 弄错 (cmn) (nòngcuò), 錯認 (cmn), 错认 (cmn) (cuòrèn)
- Czech: zaměnit (cs)
- Danish: misforstå (da)
- Dutch: misverstaan, verwisselen (nl)
- Esperanto: malinterpreti
- Finnish: ymmärtää väärin; (to mistake sb for sth) luulla
- French: méprendre (fr), confondre (fr) (avec), faire erreur (fr)
- German: verwechseln (de)
- Hindi: ग़लत समझना (ġalat samajhnā)
- Hungarian: félreért (hu)
- Indonesian: salah paham
- Irish: déan dearmad (ga), déan earráid (ga)
- Italian: fraintendere (it), confondere (it)
- Japanese: 勘違いする (かんちがいする, kanchigai suru), 誤解する (ごかいする, gokai suru)
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