English-Finnish translations for slip of the tongue

• lapsus
  Jäsen Leinen, olette aivan oikeassa: se oli lapsus. Mr Leinen, you are absolutely right: it was a slip of the tongue.
  Jäsen Ekiltä oli päästä lapsus: puhuessaan parlamentin päätöslauselmasta (resolution) hän oli vähällä sanoa "revolution" eli vallankumous. In her speech, Mrs Ek almost made a slip of the tongue: speaking of Parliament’s resolution, she almost said revolution.
• lipsahdus
  Tämä lausunto ei kuitenkaan ollut lipsahdus. This is not, however, a slip of the tongue.
  Tein virheen, lipsahdus tietysti. I made a mistake, a slip of the tongue of course.
  Olen pahoillani, en tiedä, onko Paul Marie Coûteaux vielä täällä, ehkä se oli vain lipsahdus. I am sorry, I do not know whether Mr Coûteaux is still here, perhaps it was a slip of the tongue.

Definition of slip of the tongue

• A mistake in speech

Examples

• It was an unfortunate slip of the tongue, and he did not intend it that way.

Related words

• slip off the hooks
• slip of the pen
• make a slip of the pen
• a slip of the pen