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Pronunciation / Transliteration: tɔʁ
"Il a eu tort de partir si tôt."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Not correct or true; incorrect.
"I got the wrong answer on the math test."
- 1
An unjust, dishonest, or immoral act; wrongdoing.
"He tried to make amends for the wrong he had committed."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English 'wrang' (bent, twisted, crooked), stemming from Proto-Germanic '*wrang-'. Historically, the physical sense of crookedness evolved metaphorically into moral and factual deviation during the Middle English period.
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tort
Transliteration: tɔʁ
"Il a eu tort de partir si tôt."
Unrecht
Transliteration: ˈʊnʁɛçt
"Er hat eingesehen, dass er im Unrecht war."
torto
Transliteration: ˈtɔrto
"Riconosco di avere torto."
equivocado
Transliteration: ekiβoˈkaðo
"Admitió que estaba equivocado."
errado
Transliteration: eˈʁadu
"Ele percebeu que estava errado na discussão."
गलत
Transliteration: galat
"वह इस मामले में गलत था।"
错
Transliteration: cuò
"我知道这次是我错了。"
잘못된
Transliteration: jalmotdwen
"그가 잘못했다는 것을 인정했다."
間違い
Transliteration: machigai
"自分が間違っていると認めた。"
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