Meanings
nounerror message (plural error messages)
plural error messages
- computingA message displayed when a failure condition occurs, usually on a computer or device.
Translations
Afrikaans foutboodskap
- foutboodskapmessage displayed when a failure condition occurs
Arabic رِسَالَة خَطٰأ
- رِسَالَة خَطٰأ (risālat ḵaṭāʔ)message displayed when a failure condition occurs
Chinese Mandarin 錯誤信息 /错误信息
- 錯誤信息 /错误信息 (cuòwù xìnxī)message displayed when a failure condition occurs
Czech chybová zpráva
- chybová zprávamessage displayed when a failure condition occurs
Danish fejlmelding
- fejlmeldingmessage displayed when a failure condition occurs
Finnish virheviesti, virheilmoitus
- virheviestimessage displayed when a failure condition occurs
- virheilmoitusmessage displayed when a failure condition occurs
French message d'erreur
- message d'erreurmessage displayed when a failure condition occurs
German Fehlermeldung
- Fehlermeldungmessage displayed when a failure condition occurs
Greek μήνυμα λάθους
- μήνυμα λάθους (mínyma láthous)message displayed when a failure condition occurs
Indonesian pesan kesalahan, pesan galat
- pesan kesalahanmessage displayed when a failure condition occurs
- pesan galatmessage displayed when a failure condition occurs
Japanese エラーメッセージ
- エラーメッセージ (erāmessēji)message displayed when a failure condition occurs
Korean 오류 메시지
- 오류 메시지 (oryu mesiji)message displayed when a failure condition occurs
Norwegian Bokmål feilmelding
- feilmeldingmessage displayed when a failure condition occurs
Polish komunkat o błędzie
- komunkat o błędziemessage displayed when a failure condition occurs
Portuguese mensagem de erro
- mensagem de erromessage displayed when a failure condition occurs
Russian сообще́ние об оши́бке
- сообще́ние об оши́бке (soobščénije ob ošíbke)message displayed when a failure condition occurs
Swedish felmeddelande
- felmeddelandemessage displayed when a failure condition occurs
Turkish hata mesajı, error
- hata mesajımessage displayed when a failure condition occurs
- errormessage displayed when a failure condition occurs
Vietnamese thông báo lỗi, thông báo về sai lầm
- thông báo lỗimessage displayed when a failure condition occurs
- thông báo về sai lầmmessage displayed when a failure condition occurs
Cite this entry
APA
error message. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/error%20message
MLA
“error message.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/error%20message. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “error message,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/error%20message.
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