misunderstanding

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Noun

misunderstanding (plural misunderstandings)

1. A mistake as to the meaning of something; erroneous interpretation; misconception.
2. A disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel.

Translations

mistake

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 誤會 (cmn), 误会 (cmn) (wùhuì), 誤解 (cmn), 误解 (cmn) (wùjiě)

• Czech: nedorozumění (cs) n
• Dutch: misverstand (nl) n
• Estonian: segadus (et)
• Finnish: väärinymmärrys, väärinkäsitys, sekaannus
• French: malentendu (fr) m
• German: Missverständnis (de) n
• Italian: fraintendimento (it) m
• Japanese: 誤解 (ja) (ごかい, gokai), 勘違い (ja) (かんちがい, kanchigai)

• Korean: 오해 (ko) (ohae) (誤解 (ko)), 착각 (ko) (chakkak) (錯覺 (ko))
• Latin: ambiguitas (la) f
• Polish: nieporozumienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: mal-entendido (pt) m, confusão (pt) f
• Russian: недоразумение (ru) (nedorazuménije) n, неправильное понимание (ru) (neprávil'noje ponimánije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-bhreithneachadh (gd) m, mì-thuigsinn (gd) f
• Sicilian: malantisa f
• Swedish: missförstånd (sv) n

External links

• misunderstanding in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• misunderstanding in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Verb

misunderstanding

1. Present participle of misunderstand.