typo

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See also: typö

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaɪpəʊ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪpəʊ

Etymology 1[edit]

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Clipping of typographical error.

Noun[edit]

typo (plural typos or typoes)

  1. 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.
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typo (third-person singular simple present typos, present participle typoing, simple past and past participle typoed or typo'd)

  1. 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.
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Etymology 2[edit]

Clipping of typographer.

Noun[edit]

typo (plural typos)

  1. (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.
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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From typographe.

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typo m (plural typos, feminine typote)

  1. a typo (compositor)

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Interlingua[edit]

Noun[edit]

typo (plural typos)

  1. type

Latin[edit]

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typō

  1. dative/ablative singular of typus

Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

typo m (plural typos)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of tipo.