# lapsus
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lāpsus. Doublet of lapse.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlæpsəs/

### Noun

lapsus (plural lapsus)
* A slip, lapse, or error.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:error

#### Related terms

* lapsi
* lapsus auris
* lapsus calami
* lapsus digiti
* lapsus digitorum
* lapsus linguae
* lapsus memoriae
* lapsus muris
* lapsus oculi
* lapsus plumae

### Further reading

* “lapsus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* Alsups

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lapsus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈlap.sus]

### Noun

lapsus m (invariable)
* 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, 2025
* “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: [ˈlapsus]

### Noun

lapsus m inan
* (informal) lapse

#### Related terms

* kolabovat
* kolaps
* labilní
* labilita
* relaps

### Further reading

* “lapsus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “lapsus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “lapsus”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lāpsus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɑpsus/, [ˈlɑ̝ps̠us̠]
* Rhymes: -ɑpsus
* Hyphenation: lap‧sus

### Noun

lapsus
* lapsus, slip, lapse, error

#### Declension

Possessive forms of lapsus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lapsukseni
lapsukseni
accusative
nom.
lapsukseni
lapsukseni
gen.
lapsukseni
genitive
lapsukseni
lapsusteni lapsuksieni
partitive
lapsustani
lapsuksiani
inessive
lapsuksessani
lapsuksissani
elative
lapsuksestani
lapsuksistani
illative
lapsukseeni
lapsuksiini
adessive
lapsuksellani
lapsuksillani
ablative
lapsukseltani
lapsuksiltani
allative
lapsukselleni
lapsuksilleni
essive
lapsuksenani
lapsuksinani
translative
lapsuksekseni
lapsuksikseni
abessive
lapsuksettani
lapsuksittani
instructive
comitative
—lapsuksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lapsuksesi
lapsuksesi
accusative
nom.
lapsuksesi
lapsuksesi
gen.
lapsuksesi
genitive
lapsuksesi
lapsustesi lapsuksiesi
partitive
lapsustasi
lapsuksiasi
inessive
lapsuksessasi
lapsuksissasi
elative
lapsuksestasi
lapsuksistasi
illative
lapsukseesi
lapsuksiisi
adessive
lapsuksellasi
lapsuksillasi
ablative
lapsukseltasi
lapsuksiltasi
allative
lapsuksellesi
lapsuksillesi
essive
lapsuksenasi
lapsuksinasi
translative
lapsukseksesi
lapsuksiksesi
abessive
lapsuksettasi
lapsuksittasi
instructive
comitative
—lapsuksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lapsuksemme
lapsuksemme
accusative
nom.
lapsuksemme
lapsuksemme
gen.
lapsuksemme
genitive
lapsuksemme
lapsustemme lapsuksiemme
partitive
lapsustamme
lapsuksiamme
inessive
lapsuksessamme
lapsuksissamme
elative
lapsuksestamme
lapsuksistamme
illative
lapsukseemme
lapsuksiimme
adessive
lapsuksellamme
lapsuksillamme
ablative
lapsukseltamme
lapsuksiltamme
allative
lapsuksellemme
lapsuksillemme
essive
lapsuksenamme
lapsuksinamme
translative
lapsukseksemme
lapsuksiksemme
abessive
lapsuksettamme
lapsuksittamme
instructive
comitative
—lapsuksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lapsuksenne
lapsuksenne
accusative
nom.
lapsuksenne
lapsuksenne
gen.
lapsuksenne
genitive
lapsuksenne
lapsustenne lapsuksienne
partitive
lapsustanne
lapsuksianne
inessive
lapsuksessanne
lapsuksissanne
elative
lapsuksestanne
lapsuksistanne
illative
lapsukseenne
lapsuksiinne
adessive
lapsuksellanne
lapsuksillanne
ablative
lapsukseltanne
lapsuksiltanne
allative
lapsuksellenne
lapsuksillenne
essive
lapsuksenanne
lapsuksinanne
translative
lapsukseksenne
lapsuksiksenne
abessive
lapsuksettanne
lapsuksittanne
instructive
comitative
—lapsuksinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lapsuksensa
lapsuksensa
accusative
nom.
lapsuksensa
lapsuksensa
gen.
lapsuksensa
genitive
lapsuksensa
lapsustensa lapsuksiensa
partitive
lapsustaan lapsustansa
lapsuksiaan lapsuksiansa
inessive
lapsuksessaan lapsuksessansa
lapsuksissaan lapsuksissansa
elative
lapsuksestaan lapsuksestansa
lapsuksistaan lapsuksistansa
illative
lapsukseensa
lapsuksiinsa
adessive
lapsuksellaan lapsuksellansa
lapsuksillaan lapsuksillansa
ablative
lapsukseltaan lapsukseltansa
lapsuksiltaan lapsuksiltansa
allative
lapsukselleen lapsuksellensa
lapsuksilleen lapsuksillensa
essive
lapsuksenaan lapsuksenansa
lapsuksinaan lapsuksinansa
translative
lapsuksekseen lapsukseksensa
lapsuksikseen lapsuksiksensa
abessive
lapsuksettaan lapsuksettansa
lapsuksittaan lapsuksittansa
instructive
comitative
—lapsuksineen lapsuksinensa :

### Further reading

* “lapsus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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: /lap.sys/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

lapsus m (plural lapsus)
* lapsus

#### Derived terms

* lapsus révélateur

### Further reading

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

## Icelandic
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lapsus.

### Noun

lapsus m
* (informal) flaw, fault
    Synonym: galli

#### Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

## Ingrian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

lapsus (uncountable)
* childhood

#### Declension
### References

* V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, 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)
* 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 Latin) IPA: /ˈlaːp.sus/, [ˈɫ̪äːps̠ʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈlap.sus/, [ˈläpsus]

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

lāpsus m (genitive lāpsūs); fourth declension
* gliding, sliding, slipping, falling
** 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.225–226:“At geminī lāpsū dēlūbra ad summa dracōnēs / effugiunt [...].”“But the two serpents escape by gliding [off] to the highest temples [of Troy…].” [An escape “with a smooth motion”; translated above as if it were a participle.]
* (transferred sense) fluid motion in a path, circuit, or course
** 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.524:[...,] cum mediō volvuntur sīdera lāpsū, / [...].[…,] when the stars are turning in their midnight course, [...].
* (transferred sense, in the plural) of the effects of a fall
** c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 22.43
* (figuratively, rare but Classical) a failing, error, fault
    Synonym: sphalma (New Latin)
** c. 203 BCE, Plautus, Cistellaria 2.1.11
** 45 BCE, Cicero, Academica 1.12.45
** 55 BCE, Cicero, De Oratore 2.83.339
** c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.12

##### Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

##### Descendants

* → Bulgarian: ла́псус (lápsus)
* → Catalan: lapsus
* → Czech: lapsus
* → English: lapsus
* → Finnish: lapsus
* → French: laps, lapsus
* → Icelandic: lapsus
* → Italian: lapsus
* → Macedonian: лапсус (lapsus)
* → Middle French: laps
** → English: lapse
* → Portuguese: lapso
* → Russian: ля́псус (ljápsus)
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ла̀псус
    Latin script: làpsus
* → Spanish: lapsus
* → Swedish: lapsus

### Etymology 2

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

#### Participle

lāpsus (feminine lāpsa, neuter lāpsum); first/second-declension participle
* slipped, glided, fallen

##### Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

##### Descendants

* Italian: lasso
* → French: laps
* → English: lapse

#### 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, London: Macmillan and Co. he has made several mistakes: saepe (crebro, multa) peccavit, erravit, lapsus est
* lapsus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

lapsus m (genitive lapsī); second declension
* 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: /ˈlap.sus/
* Rhymes: -apsus
* Syllabification: lap‧sus

### Noun

lapsus m inan
* 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)
* on the tip of one's tongue
* slip of the tongue

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Latin lapsus.

### Noun

làpsus m (Cyrillic spelling ла̀псус)
* lapse

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lāpsus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlabsus/ [ˈlaβ̞.sus]
* Rhymes: -absus
* Syllabification: lap‧sus

### Noun

lapsus m (plural lapsus)
* lapsus

### Further reading

* “lapsus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10