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erreur.

error (a faulty process of thought that leads to conclusions out of agreement with reality)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/e.ʁœʁ/
  1. error (a faulty process of thought that leads to conclusions out of agreement with reality)

    feminine
    faire une erreur, commettre une erreur
    être sujet à l'erreur
  2. error (the resulting thought, conception, assumption, belief, determination, etc., of a flawed thought process)

    feminine
  3. error (the condition of one who has made and maintains such incorrect conclusions)

    feminine
    être dans l'erreur
    tomber dans l'erreur
  4. mistake (an action taken in such condition of faulty belief)

    feminine
  5. error (a failure, misfunction)

    feminine
    Une erreur système s'est produite pendant l'enregistrement des données.
  6. error (the condition of something that is not representative of reality)

    feminine
    la marge d'erreur — une marge d'erreur importante
Where this word comes from

From Old French, borrowed from Latin errōrem.

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