Meanings
nounslip of the tongue (plural slips of the tongue)
plural slips of the tongue
- idiomaticA mistake in speech.
It was an unfortunate slip of the tongue, and he did not intend it that way.
Synonyms: lapsus linguae, misspeaking, misspeech, speako
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA mistake in speech.
Also see
Origin
- Latinlapsus linguae
- Englishslip of the tongue
Calque of Latin lapsus linguae.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian грешка на езика
- грешка на езика (greška na ezika)mistake in speech
Chinese Mandarin 口誤 /口误, 失言
- 口誤 /口误 (kǒuwù)mistake in speech
- 失言 (shīyán)mistake in speech
- 漏嘴 (lòuzuǐ)mistake in speech
Czech přeřeknutí
- přeřeknutímistake in speech
Dutch verspreking
- versprekingmistake in speech
Esperanto langeraro
- langeraromistake in speech
Estonian keelevääratus
- keelevääratusmistake in speech
Finnish lipsahdus, lapsus
- lipsahdusmistake in speech
- lapsusmistake in speech
French lapsus
- lapsusmistake in speech
German Versprecher
- Versprechermistake in speech
Greek παραδρομή της γλώσσας, παραπραξία
- παραδρομή της γλώσσας (paradromí tis glóssas)mistake in speech
- παραπραξία (parapraxía)mistake in speech
Hungarian elszólás, nyelvbotlás
- elszólásmistake in speech
- nyelvbotlásmistake in speech
Icelandic mismæli
- mismælimistake in speech
Italian lapsus, papera
- lapsusmistake in speech
- paperamistake in speech
- strafalcionemistake in speech
Japanese 舌禍, 言い損ない
- 舌禍 (zekka)mistake in speech
- 言い損ない (iisokonai)mistake in speech
- 失言 (shitsugen)mistake in speech
- 言い違い (iichigai)mistake in speech
Korean 말실수
- 말실수 (malsilsu)mistake in speech
Latin lāpsus linguae
- lāpsus linguaemistake in speech
Polish przejęzyczenie
- przejęzyczeniemistake in speech
Portuguese lapso
- lapsomistake in speech
Russian огово́рка, обмо́лвка
- огово́рка (ogovórka)mistake in speech
- обмо́лвка (obmólvka)mistake in speech
Slovak prerieknutie
- prerieknutiemistake in speech
Spanish lapsus linguae, lapsus
- lapsus linguaemistake in speech
- lapsusmistake in speech
Swedish felsägning
- felsägningmistake in speech
Turkish dil sürçmesi, sürçülisan
- dil sürçmesimistake in speech
- sürçülisanmistake in speech
Ukrainian обмо́вка
- обмо́вка (obmóvka)mistake in speech
Vietnamese (phép) nói nhịu, (phép) nói lịu
- (phép) nói nhịumistake in speech
- (phép) nói lịumistake in speech
Cite this entry
APA
slip of the tongue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slip%20of%20the%20tongue
MLA
“slip of the tongue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slip%20of%20the%20tongue. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slip of the tongue,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slip%20of%20the%20tongue.
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