"slip of the tongue" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-slip of the tongue.ogg [Australia] Forms: slips of the tongue [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Latin lapsus linguae. Etymology templates: {{cal|en|la|lapsus linguae}} Calque of Latin lapsus linguae Head templates: {{en-noun|slips of the tongue}} slip of the tongue (plural slips of the tongue)
  1. (idiomatic) A mistake in speech. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: lapsus linguae Related terms: Freudian slip, parapraxis, slip of the pen, speako Translations (mistake in speech): абмо́ўка (abmóŭka) [feminine] (Belarusian), агаво́рка (ahavórka) [feminine] (Belarusian), грешка на езика (greška na ezika) (Bulgarian), 口誤 (Chinese Mandarin), 口误 (kǒuwù) (Chinese Mandarin), 失言 (shīyán) (Chinese Mandarin), 漏嘴 (lòuzuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), přeřeknutí [neuter] (Czech), verspreking [feminine] (Dutch), langeraro (Esperanto), lipsahdus (Finnish), lapsus (Finnish), lapsus [masculine] (French), Versprecher [masculine] (German), παραδρομή της γλώσσας (paradromí tis glóssas) [feminine] (Greek), παραπραξία (parapraxía) [feminine] (Greek), elszólás (Hungarian), nyelvbotlás (Hungarian), mismæli [neuter] (Icelandic), eroreto (Ido), lapsus [masculine] (Italian), papera [feminine] (Italian), strafalcione [masculine] (Italian), 舌禍 (zekka) (alt: ぜっか) (Japanese), 言い損ない (iisokonai) (alt: いいそこない) (Japanese), 失言 (shitsugen) (alt: しつげん) (Japanese), 言い違い (iichigai) (alt: いいちがい) (Japanese), 말실수 (malsilsu) (Korean), lāpsus linguae (Latin), хэл хальтирах (xel xalʹtirax) (Mongolian), przejęzyczenie [neuter] (Polish), lapso [masculine] (Portuguese), огово́рка (ogovórka) [feminine] (Russian), обмо́лвка (obmólvka) [feminine] (Russian), prerieknutie [neuter] (Slovak), lapsus linguae [masculine] (Spanish), lapsus [masculine] (Spanish), felsägning [common-gender] (Swedish), నోరుజారు (nōrujāru) (Telugu), dil sürçmesi (Turkish), sürçülisan (Turkish), обмо́вка (obmóvka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), (phép) nói nhịu (Vietnamese), (phép) nói lịu (Vietnamese), pök linega (Volapük)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "mistake in speech",
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      "sense": "mistake in speech",
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      "sense": "mistake in speech",
      "word": "eroreto"
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      "sense": "mistake in speech",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mistake in speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "mistake in speech",
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      "alt": "ぜっか",
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      "sense": "mistake in speech",
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      "sense": "mistake in speech",
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      "sense": "mistake in speech",
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      "sense": "mistake in speech",
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mistake in speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lapso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ogovórka",
      "sense": "mistake in speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "огово́рка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obmólvka",
      "sense": "mistake in speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "обмо́лвка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "mistake in speech",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "prerieknutie"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mistake in speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lapsus linguae"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mistake in speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lapsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mistake in speech",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "felsägning"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "nōrujāru",
      "sense": "mistake in speech",
      "word": "నోరుజారు"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mistake in speech",
      "word": "dil sürçmesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mistake in speech",
      "word": "sürçülisan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obmóvka",
      "sense": "mistake in speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "обмо́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "mistake in speech",
      "word": "(phép) nói nhịu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "mistake in speech",
      "word": "(phép) nói lịu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "mistake in speech",
      "word": "pök linega"
    }
  ],
  "word": "slip of the tongue"
}

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