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lapsus auris

lapsus auris noun: an instance of mishearing, an error in hearing something correctly.

Noun

lapsus auris (plural lapsus auris)

  1. (formal, rare) An instance of mishearing, an error in hearing something correctly.
    • Baudouin deems it necessary to exclude from that domain such phenomena as established alternations, sound correspondences in different languages, lapsus linguae and lapsus auris, as well as sound substitutions due to dialect mixture and analogy (including hypercorrection).1997, Arleta Adamska-Sałaciak, “Baudouin de Courtenay on Lautgesetze”, in Raymond Hickey, Stanisław Puppel, editors, Language History and Linguistic Modelling: A Festschrift for Jacek Fisiak on his...

Forms of lapsus auris

plurallapsus auris

Origin of lapsus auris

From Latin lāpsus auris (“lapse of the ear”). Compare lapsus linguae, lapsus oculi.

Questions about lapsus auris

What does lapsus auris mean?
Lapsus auris means an instance of mishearing, an error in hearing something correctly.
What part of speech is lapsus auris?
Lapsus auris is a noun.
What is the plural of lapsus auris?
The plural of lapsus auris is lapsus auris.

Words near lapsus auris in the dictionary

  1. lapstrakes
  2. lapstreak
  3. lapstreaked
  4. lapstreaks
  5. lapsus
  6. lapsus auris
  7. lapsus calami
  8. lapsus digiti
  9. lapsus digitorum
  10. lapsus linguae
  11. lapsus linguæ

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