different between terr vs err

English

Etymology

Abbreviated form of terrorist.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

terr (plural terrs)

1. (derogatory, Rhodesia) A black insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War.
   • 2008, Alexandre Binda, The Saints: The Rhodesian Light Infantry, 30° South Publishers, page 92:

     As he entered the trees, he called, "Terrs left about one minute ago – in a hurry. There is abandoned equipment – no time to collect – moving east on tracks."

   • c. 1970, John Edmond, Black Boots (song), in Troopiesongs (album):

     If a terr's on the run or if he goes to ground,

     It doesn't really matter 'cause they'll hunt him down.

     And if that terr's the first that shoots,

     He got no chance against the Black Boots.

   Synonyms: floppy, gook

Albanian

Etymology

A t- prefixed oblique case of err.

Noun

terr m (indefinite plural terra, definite singular terri, definite plural terrat)

1. dark

See also

• err

Derived terms

• terrtohem

Related terms

• err

Middle English

Noun

terr

1. Alternative form of ter

English

Etymology

From Middle English erren, from Old French errer (“to wander, err, mistake”), from Latin err? (“wander, stray, err, mistake”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ers- (“to be angry, lose one's temper”). Cognate with Old English eorre, ierre (“anger, wrath, ire”), Old English iersian (“to be angry with, rage, irritate, provoke”), Old English ierre (“wandering, gone astray, confused”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??(?)/, (rare) /??(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??/, /?/
• Rhymes: -??(?), -??(?)

Verb

err (third-person singular simple present errs, present participle erring, simple past and past participle erred)

1. (intransitive) To make a mistake.

   • Artificial tests, then, can hardly err on the side of supplying too many opportunities for one bird to see another perform the act which is the model.

2. (intransitive) To sin.
3. (archaic) to stray.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:make a mistake

Derived terms

Translations

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ausra (“twilight”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ews- (“dawn”) (compare English Easter, Latin aur?ra, Lithuanian aušrà).

Noun

err m

1. dark, darkness

Synonyms

• terr

Derived terms

• irë

Estonian

Noun

err (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. The name of the Latin-script letter R.

Faroese

Noun

err n (genitive singular ers, plural err)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter R.

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??r?]
• Hyphenation: err
• Rhymes: -?r?

Noun

err

1. The name of the Latin-script letter R.

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) bet?; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ?, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ?, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé. (See also: Latin script letters.)

Further reading

• r in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?/

  Rhymes: -?r?

Noun

err n (genitive singular errs, nominative plural err)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter R.

Declension

Võro

Noun

err (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. The name of the Latin-script letter R.

Inflection

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