See misstep on Wiktionary
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"sense": "step that is wrong",
"word": "harha-askel"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "step that is wrong",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "faux pas"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "step that is wrong",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Fehltritt"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ptaîsma",
"sense": "step that is wrong",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "πταῖσμα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "sphálma",
"sense": "step that is wrong",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σφάλμα"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "step that is wrong",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "passo em falso"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "step that is wrong",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pas greșit"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "step that is wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poticnire"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "a verb, to stumble, to trip, no noun exists",
"roman": "ostupítʹsja",
"sense": "step that is wrong",
"word": "оступи́ться"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "step that is wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chyba"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "step that is wrong",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paso en falso"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "error or mistake",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "misstap"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "error or mistake",
"word": "faux pas"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "error or mistake",
"word": "harha-askel"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "error or mistake",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "faux pas"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "error or mistake",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bourde"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "error or mistake",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Fehltritt"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "error or mistake",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "passo em falso"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "error or mistake",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pas greșit"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "equivalent of the French \"faux pas\" but only used idiomatically",
"roman": "lóžnyj šag",
"sense": "error or mistake",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ло́жный шаг"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oplóšnostʹ",
"sense": "error or mistake",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "опло́шность"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "error or mistake",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paso en falso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "error or mistake",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desliz"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "error or mistake",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tropiezo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "error or mistake",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "marfilada"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "error or mistake",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "felsteg"
}
],
"word": "misstep"
}
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"Rhymes:English/ɛp/2 syllables",
"Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Slovak translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations"
],
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"1": "en",
"2": "mis",
"3": "step"
},
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"name": "prefix"
}
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{
"form": "missteps",
"tags": [
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"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "misstepping",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "overstep"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
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"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"text": "My dance partner misstepped and landed on my toe.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Philip K Dick, Jonathan Lethem, Pamela Jackson, The Exegesis of Philip K Dick:",
"text": "Eckhart also speaks of this happening to a man who has misstepped (vertreten, as I recall); God, then, corrects the mis-swing of the man and brings him back to the Tao or Logos.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To step badly or incorrectly."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To step badly or incorrectly."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I don't want to misstep by offending them.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make an error or mistake."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To make an error or mistake."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈmɪs.stɛp/"
},
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},
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},
{
"rhymes": "(verb) -ɛp"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "mis-step"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to step badly or incorrectly",
"word": "verstappen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to step badly or incorrectly",
"word": "misstappen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to step badly or incorrectly",
"word": "astua harhaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to step badly or incorrectly",
"word": "faire un faux pas"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to step badly or incorrectly",
"word": "trébucher"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to step badly or incorrectly",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "s’emmêler les pinceaux"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to step badly or incorrectly",
"word": "einen Fehltritt machen"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to step badly or incorrectly",
"word": "pisar em falso"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make an error or mistake",
"word": "blunderen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make an error or mistake",
"word": "een misstap begaan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make an error or mistake",
"word": "erehtyä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make an error or mistake",
"word": "hairahtua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make an error or mistake",
"word": "faire un faux pas"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make an error or mistake",
"word": "faire une bourde"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make an error or mistake",
"word": "gaffer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make an error or mistake",
"word": "einen Fehltritt machen"
}
],
"word": "misstep"
}
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