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Meaning of "lapsus" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LAPSUS

From Latin: lapse.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LAPSUS

lapsus  [ˈlæpsəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LAPSUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lapsus is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LAPSUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lapsus

A lapsus is an involuntary mistake made while writing or speaking, something long studied in philology. According to Freud's early psychoanalytic theory, a lapsus represents a bungled act that hides an unconscious desire: “the phenomena can be traced back to incompletely suppressed psychical material...pushed away by consciousness”.

Definition of lapsus in the English dictionary

The definition of lapsus in the dictionary is a lapse or error.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LAPSUS


abraxas
əˈbræksəs
Caucasus
ˈkɔːkəsəs
census
ˈsɛnsəs
colossus
kəˈlɒsəs
consensus
kənˈsɛnsəs
cursus
ˈkɜːsəs
Ipsus
ˈɪpsəs
Issus
ˈɪsəs
Manassas
məˈnæsəs
nexus
ˈnɛksəs
Oxus
ˈɒksəs
Pegasus
ˈpɛɡəsəs
plexus
ˈplɛksəs
prolapsus
prəʊˈlæpsəs
risus
ˈraɪsəs
scindapsus
sɪnˈdæpsəs
tarsus
ˈtɑːsəs
Texas
ˈtɛksəs
Thapsus
ˈθæpsəs
versus
ˈvɜːsəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAPSUS

lapping
Lappish
lapsable
Lapsang
Lapsang Souchong
lapse
lapse rate
lapsed
lapser
lapsible
lapstone
lapstrake
lapstreak
lapsus linguae
Laptev Sea
laptop
laptop computer
laptray
lapwing
lapwork

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAPSUS

baby Jesus
bejesus
casus
cissus
Croesus
cupressus
cytisus
Dionysus
Ephesus
Jesus
lupus erythematosus
lusus
missus
molossus
Parnassus
resus
Rhesus
Society of Jesus
sus
the Caucasus

Synonyms and antonyms of lapsus in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lapsus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LAPSUS

Find out the translation of lapsus to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lapsus from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lapsus» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

lapsus
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lapsus
570 millions of speakers

English

lapsus
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

lapsus
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Lapsus
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lapsus
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ত্রুটিবিচু্যতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lapsus
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lapsus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lapsus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

lapsus
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

lapsus
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lapsus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điều lầm lở
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஸ்லைடர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लोपस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lapsus
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Lapsus
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lapsus
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Lapsus
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lapsus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Lapsus
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verspreking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Lapsus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lapsus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lapsus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAPSUS»

The term «lapsus» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.801 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LAPSUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lapsus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAPSUS»

Discover the use of lapsus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lapsus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Latin Everywhere, Everyday: A Latin Phrase Workbook
Literal translation: slip of the pen In an English sentence: The scribe had to re- write an entire page of his manuscript because of one lapsus pennae in the last line. If you leave out a word or write the same word twice, you have made a lapsus ...
Elizabeth Heimbach, 2004
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Récréations Littéraires: Curiosités Et Singularités, Bévues ...
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Albert Cim, 2010
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Early Latin Hymns: With Introduction and Notes
si. respicis. lapsus. cadunt,. fletuque. culpa. soluitur. tu. lux. refulge. sensibus,. mentisque. somnum. discute. ;. 30. te. nostra. uox. primum. sonet,. et. uota. soluamus. tibi. 27 lapsos E/i0 Fs Habcdegi Icim Va1p, lapsi Ex Fh Hf Ibo (h lapsis ), lapsu ...
A. S. Walpole, 1966
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The Stanford Dictionary of Anglicised Words and Phrases
LAPSUS Vol. i. p. 1 19 (1871). 1654 the Azured Lazul stone : S. LENNARD, Parthenop., PL I. p. 50. 1704 a pulpit. ..very finely inlaid with lapis-latuli : ADDISON, Wks., Vol. I. p. 37o(Bohn, 1854). 1760 There is a glass case full of enamels,... lapis ...
Charles Augustus Maude Fennell, 1891
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Wikipedia
Archeopteryx macrurus Owen, 1863 [unjustified emendation] • Archaeopteryx macroura Vogt, 1879 [lapsus] • Archaeopteryx siemensii Dames, 1897 • Archaeopteryx siemensi Dames, 1897 [lapsus] • Archaeornis siemensii (Dames, 1897) ...
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The Routledge Spanish Bilingual Dictionary of Psychology and ...
... languidecer Ianguishing adj - lánguido Ianugo п - lanugo (m) laparoscopy п - laparoscopia (Ё) lapse п - lapso (m), equivocación (Ё), caducidad (Ё) lapsus n - lapsus (ш) lapsus calami - lapsus (m) calami lapsus linguae - lapsus (m) linguae  ...
Steven Kaplan, 2011
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The Casus Codicis of Wilhelmus de Cabriano
Set cum non nisi illud 130 tempus quo quis lapsus est ei indulgendum sit, queritur quantum temporis ei debeat indulgeri qui triennio abfuit. Si dicatur quod totum triennium, stare non potest, quia toto triennio lapsus non est. Nam si incipias ab ...
Wilhelmus de Cabriano, Tammo Wallinga, 2005
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Soma's Dictionary of Latin Quotations, Maxims and Phrases: A ...
Presumably a modern coinage in Latin. lapsus-a slip; a fall; an error; a fault. [e/ apse] lapsus calami-lit. a slip of the pen. [lapses] lapsus linguae-lit. a slip of the tongue lapsus memoriae-lit. a slip of the memory. Thus, memory lapse; error of the ...
S.O.M.A., 2010
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Principles of Akkadian Textual Criticism
3.2.1.2 Lapsus styli and errors of tactile memory It seems possible, even likely, that sometimes a writer intended to write one sign, but inadvertently wrote another instead. We propose to call this lapsus styli,322 lapse of the stylus .323 From the ...
Martin Worthington, 2012
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Lacan - The Unconscious Reinvented: The Unconscious Reinvented
On the other hand, no one could imagine that there would be a key to the lapsus, with its own vocabulary and interpretations. A second remark: deciphering, from which we deduce the linguistic nature of the dream, is always risky. To decipher ...
Colette Soler, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAPSUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lapsus is used in the context of the following news items.
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Beobachten, lernen, angreifen
Zumal sich Lenovos Produktmanager aus Peking vor wenigen Monaten einen Lapsus geleistet haben, der nicht gerade für Vertrauen sorgte: Alle Laptops für ... «brand eins, Jul 15»
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Tiébilé Dramé à propos du dossier de l'engrais frélaté ou hors …
Il n'a pas fait un communiqué pour dire que c'était une erreur ou un lapsus. Aussi de rappeler que cette affaire ne date pas d'aujourd'hui. «Journal L'Indépendant, Jul 15»
3
Rätselraten um mysteriöse Kreatur in Sibirien
... abgehoben und deswegen nur von einem Lapsus gesprochen, weil ich ... Den Lapsus sehe ich Ihnen nach - er ist wahrhaftig dem zweiten ... «RP ONLINE, Jul 15»
4
Guerre de civilisation ?
Espérons que cette phrase malheureuse n'a été qu'un lapsus. La démocratie, le pluralisme, le respect de la personne, la liberté sous toutes ... «Le360.ma, Jul 15»
5
Conspiracy or simple immorality
One of them even remarked that "Erdoğan threatens to impose his constitutional right," without even realizing that this is a lapsus and implying ... «Daily Sabah, Jun 15»
6
“Winds of Winter” Release Date confirmed by George R.R. Martin …
On the positive side of things, the author did a lapsus linguae innocuously revealing that dear Jon Snow ends up being alive after all. «Venture Capital Post, Jun 15»
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Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet LTE ausprobiert
Beim Layout allerdings hat man sich für meinen Geschmack einen kleinen Lapsus erlaubt. Der Powerbutton und die Lautstärkewippe sitzen ... «mobiFlip.de, Jun 15»
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Sever's memories and popular TV serials
This can only be a “lapsus,” an involuntary mistake made while writing or speaking, representing a bungled act that hides an unconscious ... «Hurriyet Daily News, Jun 15»
9
What's on Saturday: Amanda Palmer, Circus Summer Carnival …
He's joined at Building Society tonight by Dublin DJ and producer Kaily, whose run of releases for imprints like Lapsus, Beatdown and ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
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Medieval history
It is an unfortunate lapsus on his part since I'm certain that he was not mixing him up with Indiana Jones of movie fame. Print Email. Advert. «Times of Malta, Jun 15»

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