typo
See also: typö
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Clipping of typographical error.
Noun edit
- A typographical error. [from late 19th c.]
- Synonym: misprint
- Sorry, I meant to say “buy a SODA”—“sofa” was a typo.
- 2023 May 18, Christopher Clarey, “Even as He’s Out, Rafael Nadal Will Always Be a Part of the French Open”, in The New York Times[1]:
- His 14 singles titles still look like a typo even for those like me who have watched him build that probably unbreakable record, red brick by red brick.
Hyponyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
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Translations edit
error
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Verb edit
typo (third-person singular simple present typos, present participle typoing, simple past and past participle typoed or typo'd)
- To make a typographical error.
- 1993, Piers Anthony, edited by Alan Riggs, Letters to Jenny, Tor Books, →ISBN, page 108:
- Tell your mother that that essay I wrote for THE WRITER, that mentions you, is now in print in the Aw-Ghost issue. But they typoed Elfquest, so now it reads Elquist. I see I had typoed it myself, leaving out the “f” but they worsened it.
Translations edit
make a typographical error
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Etymology 2 edit
Clipping of typographer.
Noun edit
typo (plural typos)
- (colloquial, dated) A compositor; a typographer. [from early 19th c.]
- 1906 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Sisters of the Golden Circle”, in The Four Million, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co, →OCLC:
- On the highest, rear seat was James Williams, of Cloverdale, Missouri, and his Bride.
Capitalise it, friend typo—that last word—word of words in the epiphany of life and love.
Translations edit
compositor — see typesetter
Further reading edit
- “typo”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “typo”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From typographe.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
typo m (plural typos, feminine typote)
- a typo (compositor)
Further reading edit
- “typo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
typo (plural typos)
Latin edit
Noun edit
typō
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
typo m (plural typos)
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of tipo.
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