erratum
UK /ɛˈɹɑːtəm/ · US /ɛˈɹɑtəm/ noun
Forms errata
- noun A published notice reporting an error belatedly discovered in a previous publication. “When the journal's editors found out about the misreported details, they issued an erratum.”
- noun An error, especially one in a printed work.
Synonyms
corrigendum misprint typographical error typo literal error literal
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin errātum, neuter of errātus (“mistaken”).
Webster’s 1913
Etymology [L., fr. errare, erratum, to wander, err. See Err.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “erratum”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details