scanno

See also: scannò and Scanno

English

WOTD – 21 January 2016

Alternative forms

• scano

Etymology

scan +‎ -o, modelled on typo.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈskænəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈskænoʊ/
• Hyphenation: scan‧no

Noun

scanno (plural scannos)

1. 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

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin scamnum.

Noun

scanno m (plural scanni)

1. seat, bench, stool, trestle

Related terms

• sgabello

Verb

scanno

1. first-person singular present indicative of scannare