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6-letter words (2 found)

LAPSUS,SPAULS,

5-letter words (7 found)

LASSU,PAULS,PULAS,SALPS,SAULS,SLAPS,SPAUL,

4-letter words (20 found)

ALPS,ALUS,ASPS,LAPS,LASS,PALS,PASS,PAUL,PLUS,PULA,PULS,PUSS,SALP,SALS,SAPS,SAUL,SLAP,SPAS,SUPS,UPAS,

3-letter words (19 found)

ALP,ALS,ALU,ASP,ASS,LAP,LAS,PAL,PAS,PLU,PUL,PUS,SAL,SAP,SAU,SPA,SUP,SUS,UPS,

2-letter words (6 found)

AL,AS,LA,PA,UP,US,

You can make 54 words from lapsus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lapsus

lapsus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lāpsus. Doublet of lapse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlæpsəs/

Noun

lapsus (plural lapsus)

  1. A slip, lapse, or error.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:error

Related terms

Further reading

  • “lapsus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Alsups

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lapsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈlap.sus]

Noun

lapsus m (invariable)

  1. lapse
    Synonym: errada

Further reading

  • “lapsus” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “lapsus”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “lapsus” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “lapsus” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lapsus (“slip”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlapsus]

Noun

lapsus m inan

  1. (informal) lapse

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • lapsus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • lapsus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • lapsus in Internetová jazyková příručka

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lāpsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑpsus/, [ˈlɑ̝ps̠us̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑpsus
  • Syllabification(key): lap‧sus

Noun

lapsus

  1. lapsus, slip, lapse, error

Declension

Further reading

  • “lapsus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

  • plussa

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin lapsus. Doublet of laps, another borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lap.sys/

Noun

lapsus m (plural lapsus)

  1. lapsus

Derived terms

  • lapsus révélateur

Further reading

  • “lapsus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Latin lapsus.

Noun

lapsus m

  1. (informal) flaw, fault

Synonyms

  • galli

Ingrian

Etymology

From lapse- (“child”) +‎ -us. Akin to Finnish lapsuus.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈlɑpsus/, [ˈɫɑps̠ŭz̠]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈlɑpsus/, [ˈɫɑpʃuʒ̥]
  • Rhymes: -ɑpsus
  • Hyphenation: lap‧sus

Noun

lapsus (uncountable)

  1. childhood

Declension

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 57
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 249

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lāpsus.

Noun

lapsus m (invariable)

  1. slip of the tongue

Derived terms

  • lapsus freudiano

Further reading

  • lapsus in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlaːp.sus/, [ˈɫ̪äːps̠ʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlap.sus/, [ˈläpsus]

Etymology 1

lābor (“to slip”) +‎ -sus (action noun)

Noun

lāpsus m (genitive lāpsūs); fourth declension

  1. gliding, sliding, slipping, falling
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Descendants

Etymology 2

Past participle of lābor (“slip, glide”).

Participle

lāpsus (feminine lāpsa, neuter lāpsum); first/second-declension participle

  1. slipped, glided, fallen
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants
  • French: laps

References

  • “lapsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lapsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lapsus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • lapsus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[4], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Etymology 3

lābor (“to slip”) +‎ -sus (action noun)

Noun

lapsus m (genitive lapsī); second declension

  1. angel, heavenly being
    Lapsi cælo super nos ― Angels above us in the heavens
Declension

Second-declension noun.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lāpsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlap.sus/
  • Rhymes: -apsus
  • Syllabification: lap‧sus

Noun

lapsus m inan

  1. lapse, error, slip of the tongue

Declension

Further reading

  • lapsus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lapsus in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lapsus or Latin lapsus.

Noun

lapsus n (plural lapsusuri)

  1. on the tip of one's tongue
  2. slip of the tongue

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin lapsus.

Noun

làpsus m (Cyrillic spelling ла̀псус)

  1. lapse

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lāpsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlabsus/ [ˈlaβ̞.sus]
  • Rhymes: -absus
  • Syllabification: lap‧sus

Noun

lapsus m (plural lapsus)

  1. lapsus

Further reading

  • “lapsus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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