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errata

  • /ɛˈɹɑːtə/ UK
  • /ɛˈɹɑtə/ US
  • [ɛˈɹɑɾə] US

Rhymes with -ɑːtə

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Borrowed from Latin errāta (“mistaken things, mistakes”), neuter plural of errātus (“mistaken”).

noun

  1. plural plural of erratum

noun

  1. plural, plural only An added page in a printed work where errors which are discovered after printing and their corrections (corrigenda) are listed.

    Similar: corrigenda, corrigendum

verb erratas · errataing · errataed

  1. rare, transitive To provide (a published work) with errata. Thus the present Volume has been printed line for line in correspondence with the celebrated Edition of Mr. Edwards, with its errors, as errataed by Mr. Perceval, and its original imprint.

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noun added page listing the errors which were discovered after printing

Españolfe de erratas, errata
日本語正誤表 seigohyō
中文勘誤表 /勘误表 kānwùbiǎo, 正誤表 /正误表 zhèngwùbiǎo
हिन्दीशुद्धिपत्र śuddhipatra, ग़लतनामा ġalatnāmā
Portuguêserrata, lista de erratas, corrigenda
Françaiserrata
DeutschErrata
Italianoerrata corrige
Ελληνικάσφαλματολόγιο sfalmatológio
Русскийспи́сок опеча́ток spísok opečátok
עבריתאֶרָאטָה eráta

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@misc{errata_2026,
  title = {errata},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/errata},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}