How to pronounce errant
American English pronunciation
AIR-unt
- IPA
- /ˈɛɹənt/
- Syllables
- AIR · unt (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What errant means
Straying from the right path or behaving badly
In a sentence: An errant baseball sailed over the fence and into the neighbor's garden.
Where it comes from: It comes from an old French word meaning "wandering" and from a Latin word meaning "straying." It is related to the word err.
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