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howlers:
- maladresses; bévues; fautes; gaffes
howler:
- faute; bévue; gaffe; méprise; coup manqué; erreur; défaut; errance; lapsus; égarement
Wiktionary:
- howler → gaffe, bourde, hurleur, perle
- howler → fleur de rhétorique

English

Detailed Translations for howlers from English to French

howlers:

howlers [the ~] noun

the howlers (blunders; slips)
la maladresses; la bévues; la fautes; la gaffes
- maladresses [la ~] noun
- bévues [la ~] noun
- fautes [la ~] noun
- gaffes [la ~] noun

Translation Matrix for howlers:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
bévues	blunders; howlers; slips	erroneousness; errors; inaccuracy; mistakes
fautes	blunders; howlers; slips	defects; erroneousness; errors; flaws; inaccuracy; lapses; mistakes; shortcomings; slips
gaffes	blunders; howlers; slips	erroneousness; errors; inaccuracy
maladresses	blunders; howlers; slips	defects; erroneousness; errors; flaws; inaccuracy; shortcomings

Related Words for "howlers":

howler

howler:

howler [the ~] noun

the howler (scream; oversight; hoot; flaw; error; mistake; failing; slip; blunder; fault; gas)
la faute; la bévue; la gaffe; la méprise; le coup manqué; l'erreur; le défaut; l'errance; le lapsus; l'égarement
- faute [la ~] noun
- bévue [la ~] noun
- gaffe [la ~] noun
- méprise [la ~] noun
- coup manqué [le ~] noun
- erreur [la ~] noun
- défaut [le ~] noun
- errance [la ~] noun
- lapsus [le ~] noun
- égarement [le ~] noun

Translation Matrix for howler:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
bévue	blunder; error; failing; fault; flaw; gas; hoot; howler; mistake; oversight; scream; slip	blooper; blunder; blundering; enormity; error; failure; fault; flaw; incorrectness; miscalculation; miss; mistake; oversight; slip; slipping; stumbling
coup manqué	blunder; error; failing; fault; flaw; gas; hoot; howler; mistake; oversight; scream; slip	blunder; error; failure; fault; flaw; incorrectness; miscalculation; miss; mistake; oversight; slip
défaut	blunder; error; failing; fault; flaw; gas; hoot; howler; mistake; oversight; scream; slip	absence; blank; blunder; defect; deficiency; deficit; disability; error; failing; failure; fault; feebleness; flaw; gap; handicap; hiatus; immorality; impediment; imperfection; incorrectness; insufficiency; lack; lacuna; machine defect; mistake; oversight; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall; sin; slip; vice; void; want; weakness
errance	blunder; error; failing; fault; flaw; gas; hoot; howler; mistake; oversight; scream; slip	blunder; defect; error; fault; flaw; hike; incorrectness; mistake; oversight; ramble; slip; wandering
erreur	blunder; error; failing; fault; flaw; gas; hoot; howler; mistake; oversight; scream; slip	blunder; defect; error; failure; fault; flaw; incorrectness; miscalculation; miss; mistake; oversight; slip
faute	blunder; error; failing; fault; flaw; gas; hoot; howler; mistake; oversight; scream; slip	blunder; defect; error; failure; fault; flaw; incorrectness; miscalculation; miss; mistake; oversight; slip
gaffe	blunder; error; failing; fault; flaw; gas; hoot; howler; mistake; oversight; scream; slip	blooper; blunder; blundering; boat hook; boathook; enormity; error; fault; flaw; incorrectness; mistake; oversight; punting-pole; slip; slipping
lapsus	blunder; error; failing; fault; flaw; gas; hoot; howler; mistake; oversight; scream; slip	blunder; error; failure; fault; flaw; incorrectness; miscalculation; miss; mistake; oversight; slip; slip of the tongue; slips; slips of the pen; slips of the tongue; writing errors
méprise	blunder; error; failing; fault; flaw; gas; hoot; howler; mistake; oversight; scream; slip	blunder; error; failure; fault; flaw; incorrectness; miscalculation; miss; mistake; oversight; slip
égarement	blunder; error; failing; fault; flaw; gas; hoot; howler; mistake; oversight; scream; slip	aberration; astonishment; bewilderment; blunder; confusion; digression; disorder; error; fault; flaw; folly; incorrectness; infatuation; mistake; oversight; perplexedness; perplexity; puzzlement; slip; standing agape; stay speechless; straying; stupidity; wandering
-	belly laugh; howler monkey; riot; scream; sidesplitter; thigh-slapper; wow

Related Words for "howler":

howlers

Synonyms for "howler":

belly laugh; sidesplitter; thigh-slapper; scream; wow; riot; joke; gag; laugh; jest; jape
howler monkey; New World monkey; platyrrhine; platyrrhinian
blunder; blooper; bloomer; bungle; pratfall; foul-up; flub; botch; boner; boo-boo

Related Definitions for "howler":

a glaring blunder¹
monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry¹
a joke that seems extremely funny¹

Wiktionary Translations for howler:

howler

noun

mistake
- howler → gaffe; bourde
animal
- howler → hurleur

howler

noun

Erreur particulièrement comique
- perle → howler

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• howler	→ fleur de rhétorique	↔ Stilblüte — erheiternd-komische Formulierung, die durch falsche Wortwahl oder Anwendung doppeldeutiger Wörter zustande kommt

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University