typo

See also: typo- and typö

English

Etymology

Shortening of typographer (sense 1) and of typographical error (sense 2).

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aɪpəʊ

Noun

Wikipedia

typo (plural typos)

1. (colloquial, dated) A compositor; a typographer.
2. A spelling or typographical error.

Translations

compositor

• Czech: sazeč m
• Finnish: latoja
• French: typo (fr) m, typote f, typographe (fr) m, f

• Hungarian: betűszedő (hu), szedő (hu)
• Russian: печатник (ru) m (p'ečátnik), типограф (ru) m (tipógraf)

error

• Arabic: خطأ مطبعي m (khaTa' maTba`iy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 錯字, 错字 (zh) (cuòzì), 訛字 (zh), 讹字 (ézì), 手民之誤, 手民之误 (shǒumínzhīwù), 誤排, 误排 (zh) (wùpái), 印錯, 印错 (yìncuò), 別字, 别字 (zh) (biézì), 錯別字 (zh), 错别字 (zh) (cuòbiézì), 誤植 (zh), 误植 (wùzhí)

• Czech: (misspelling) překlep m, (typographical error) šotek m
• Dutch: typefout f
• Finnish: kirjoitusvirhe (fi), painovirhe, lyöntivirhe (fi)
• French: coquille (fr) f, faute de frappe (fr) f
• German: Tippfehler (de) m
• Hebrew: שגיאת דפוס f (shgiát dfús)

• Hungarian: elírás, nyomdahiba (hu)
• Irish: dearmad cló m, botún cló m, earráid chló f
• Italian: refuso (it) m
• Japanese: 誤植 (ごしょく, goshoku), タイプミス (taipumisu), 誤字 (ごじ, goji)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: trykkfeil (no) m, skrivefeil m

• Polish: błąd drukarski m, literówka (pl) f
• Portuguese: erro de digitação m
• Russian: опечатка (ru) f (opečátka)
• Spanish: gazapo (es) m
• Swedish: tryckfel c

Coordinate terms

• clicko, scanno, spello, thinko
• lapsus calami, lapsus plumæ

Verb

typo (third-person singular simple present typos, present participle typoing, simple past and past participle typoed or typo'd)

1. To make a typographical error.

Translations

make a typographical error

• Czech: ^{(please verify)} překlepnout se

• French: faire une coquille, faire une faute de frappe

See also

• malapropism

Anagrams

• pyot

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French

Etymology

From typographe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.po/

Noun

typo m (plural typos, feminine typote)

1. a typo (compositor)

External links

• “typo” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Latin

Noun

typō

1. dative singular of typus
2. ablative singular of typus

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Portuguese

Noun

typo m (plural typos)

1. obsolete spelling of tipo (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).