“Error” is a term that signifies a mistake or miscalculation in various contexts, from computing to everyday life. The way this concept is conveyed across different languages can provide insight into how cultures address and interpret mistakes. Here’s how to say “error” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Gabim | Pronunciation: Ga-bim
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – خطأ (Khaṭā’) | Pronunciation: Kha-ta’
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Սխալ (Skhal) | Pronunciation: S-khal
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Səhv | Pronunciation: Sehv
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Errore | Pronunciation: Eh-ror-re
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Памылка (Pamylka) | Pronunciation: Pa-my-lka
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – ভুল (Bhul) | Pronunciation: Bhool
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Greška | Pronunciation: Greh-shka
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Грешка (Greshka) | Pronunciation: Gresh-ka
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Error | Pronunciation: Eh-ror
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Chyba | Pronunciation: Khi-ba
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Fejl | Pronunciation: Fi-yel
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Fout | Pronunciation: Fowt
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Error | Pronunciation: Er-ror
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Viga | Pronunciation: Vee-ga
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – خطا (Khatā) | Pronunciation: Kha-taa
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Virhe | Pronunciation: Veer-he
- French (🇫🇷) – Erreur | Pronunciation: Er-rur
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – შეცდომა (Shetsdoma) | Pronunciation: She-tsd-oma
- German (🇩🇪) – Fehler | Pronunciation: Feh-ler
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Λάθος (Láthos) | Pronunciation: La-thos
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – טעות (Ta’ut) | Pronunciation: Tah-oot
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – गलती (Galti) | Pronunciation: Gal-tee
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Hiba | Pronunciation: Hee-ba
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Villa | Pronunciation: Vil-la
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Kesalahan | Pronunciation: Ke-sa-la-han
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Earráid | Pronunciation: Err-raid
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Errore | Pronunciation: Eh-ror-re
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – エラー (Erā) | Pronunciation: E-raa
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Қате (Qate) | Pronunciation: Qa-te
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – កំហុស (Komhos) | Pronunciation: Kom-hos
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 오류 (Oryu) | Pronunciation: Oh-ryoo
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – هەڵە (Hêle) | Pronunciation: Heh-le
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Ката (Kata) | Pronunciation: Ka-ta
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຜິດພາດ (Phid Phad) | Pronunciation: Pid Paad
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Kļūda | Pronunciation: Kloo-da
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Klaida | Pronunciation: Kly-da
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Feeler | Pronunciation: Fay-ler
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Грешка (Greshka) | Pronunciation: Gresh-ka
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Kesilapan | Pronunciation: Ke-see-la-pan
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Żball | Pronunciation: Z-ball
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 错误 (Cuòwù) | Pronunciation: Tswuo-woo
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – चूक (Chook) | Pronunciation: Chook
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Алдаа (Aldaa) | Pronunciation: Al-daa
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – त्रुटि (Truti) | Pronunciation: Tru-ti
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Feil | Pronunciation: Fyle
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – تېروتنه (Terotna) | Pronunciation: Teh-rot-na
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – اشتباه (Eshtebah) | Pronunciation: Esh-te-bah
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Błąd | Pronunciation: Bwond
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Erro | Pronunciation: Eh-ho
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Eroare | Pronunciation: Eh-ro-ah-re
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Ошибка (Oshibka) | Pronunciation: Oh-shee-bka
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Грешка (Greška) | Pronunciation: Gresh-ka
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – දෝෂය (Doshaya) | Pronunciation: Do-sha-ya
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Chyba | Pronunciation: Khi-ba
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Napaka | Pronunciation: Na-pa-ka
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Qalad | Pronunciation: Qa-lad
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Error | Pronunciation: Eh-ror
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Kosa | Pronunciation: Ko-sa
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Fel | Pronunciation: Fell
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Хато (Khatо) | Pronunciation: Kha-to
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – பிழை (Pizhai) | Pronunciation: Pi-zhai
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – పొరపాటు (Porapaatu) | Pronunciation: Po-ra-paa-tu
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ข้อผิดพลาด (Kho Phid Phlad) | Pronunciation: Kho phid phlad
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Hata | Pronunciation: Ha-ta
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Помилка (Pomyłka) | Pronunciation: Po-mil-ka
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – غلطی (Ghalti) | Pronunciation: Ghul-tee
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Xato | Pronunciation: Kha-to
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Lỗi | Pronunciation: Loy
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Gwall | Pronunciation: Gw-all