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mistake

/mɪsˈteɪk/mih-STAYK
/mɪsˈteɪk/mih-STAYK

Meaningto take amiss

Common meaning: an error

Journey through time

  1. Old Norse (Icelandic)mistakasource
  2. Middle Englishmistakensource
  3. Englishmistake‘an error’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old Norse (Icelandic) mistaka ‘to take amiss’.

Roots

  • mistaka Old Norse (Icelandic) “to take amiss”

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