errand

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (archaic, literary) A journey undertaken to accomplish some task.
2. A journey undertaken to accomplish some task.
3. The purpose of such a journey.
4. An oral message trusted to a person for delivery.

Verb

1. (transitive) To send someone on an errand.
2. (intransitive) To go on an errand.

Concepts

commission

course

messager

mission

envoyé

message

envoyer en commission

dompteur

commissionner

moniteur

porteur

tâche

usage

utilisation

esprit familier

mossion

envoyer

Synonymes

mission

message

commission

business

task

job

order

messenger

charge

chore

affair

duty

activity

mandate

matter

use

work

head

instruction

issue

item

lesson

missions

news

📰

notice

object

occupation

percentage

%

place

postage

proceeds

prosecution

send

shipment

shipping

situation

step

subcommittee

tamer

tasks

thing

trainer

trust

usage

warning

⚠️

familiar spirit

one’s business

going as envoy

things to do

communication

Traductions

opdracht

recado

Besorgung

mandado

commissione

boodschap

Auftrag

Gang

θέλημα

commissie

incarico

recado

nuntius

encàrrec

commisione

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɛɹənd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: erande

Hérité de ancien anglais: ǣrende

In summary

From Middle English erande, erende, from Old English ǣrende, from Proto-West Germanic *ārundī (“message, errand”).