See also: Errore

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin errōrem.[1][2] Sense 2 is built from the original Latin sense of errō (to wander). By surface analysis, errare-ore.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /erˈro.re/
  • Rhymes: -ore
  • Hyphenation: er‧ró‧re
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Noun

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errore m (plural errori)

  1. mistake, error, slip, howler, blunder, goof
    Synonyms: sbaglio, (colloquial) cantonata, (vulgar) cazzata, distrazione, imprecisione, refuso, svista
  2. (poetic) wandering; (by extension) moral deviation
    Synonyms: vagabondaggio; traviamento
    • 13361374, Francesco Petrarca, “I — Voi ch’ascoltate in rime sparse il suono”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 1–4; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:
      Voi ch’ascoltate in rime sparse il suono ¶ di quei sospiri ond’io nudriva ’l core ¶ in suo mio primo giovenile errore ¶ quand’era in parte altr’uom da quel ch’i’ sono,
      Ye who in rhymes dispersed the echoes hear of those sad sighs with which my heart I fed when early youth my mazy wanderings led, fondly diverse from what I now appear,

Derived terms

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References

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Further reading

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  • errore in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

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Noun

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errōre

  1. ablative singular of error