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er·ra·tum

[i-rah-tuh

m, i-rey-, i-rat-uh

m] Pronunciation Key

–noun, plural -ta

[-tuh] Pronunciation Key.

1.	an error in writing or printing.

2.	a statement of an error and its correction inserted, usually on a separate page or slip of paper, in a book or other publication; corrigendum.

[Origin: 1580–90; < L, n. use of errātum wandered, erred, strayed (neut. ptp. of errāre). See err, -ate¹

]

—Usage note See errata.

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er·ra·tum (ĭ-rä'təm, ĭ-rā'-) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. er·ra·ta (-tə)
An error in printing or writing, especially such an error noted in a list of corrections and bound into a book.

[Latin errātum, from neuter past participle of errāre, to stray; see ers- in Indo-European roots.]

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erratum

"list of corrections attached to a printed book," 1589, from L. erratum (pl. errata), neut. pp. of errare (see err).

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