incorrect

English

Etymology

From Middle French incorrect.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌɪnkəˈɹɛkt/
Rhymes: -ɛkt
Hyphenation: in‧cor‧rect

Adjective

incorrect (comparative more incorrect, superlative most incorrect)

Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
He gave an incorrect answer to a simple question.
Faulty or defective.
The computer crashed due to incorrect programming.
Inappropriate or improper.
He was sacked because of his incorrect behaviour towards his secretary.

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Derived terms

Translations

erroneous

Armenian: սխալ (hy) (sxal)
Asturian: incorreutu
Bashkir: яңылыш (yañïlïš)
Belarusian: няпра́вільны (njaprávilʹny)
Bulgarian: неправилен (bg) (nepravilen), неверен (bg) (neveren), неточен (bg) (netočen)
Catalan: incorrecte (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不對, 不对 (bù duì), 不正確, 不正确 (bù zhèngquè)
Czech: nesprávný m
Dutch: incorrect (nl)
Esperanto: malĝusta
Finnish: virheellinen (fi)
Galician: incorrecto
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: helytelen (hu)
Irish: mícheart

Italian: incorretto
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Latin: perperus
Latvian: nepareizs, kļūdains
Malay: tidak betul, tidak benar
Maori: muhu
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: incorreto (pt)
Romanian: incorect (ro)
Russian: непра́вильный (ru) (neprávilʹnyj), неве́рный (ru) (nevérnyj)
Spanish: incorrecto (es)
Swedish: felaktig (sv), inkorrekt (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Venetian: sbajà, sbaià
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Volapük: neverätik (vo)

French

Etymology

From in- +‎ correct.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.kɔ.ʁɛkt/
Audio (file)

Adjective

incorrect (feminine singular incorrecte, masculine plural incorrects, feminine plural incorrectes)

incorrect (not correct)
incorrect (socially unacceptable)

See also

faux

Further reading

“incorrect” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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