miscalculation

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.

Proto-Germanic *missaz

Proto-Germanic *missa-

Proto-West Germanic *missa-

Old English mis-

Middle English mys-

English mis-

English calculation

English miscalculation

From mis- + calculation.

Pronunciation

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Noun

miscalculation (countable and uncountable, plural miscalculations)

1. An incorrect or mistaken calculation.
2. An error in judgment.

Related terms

• miscalculate

Translations

an incorrect or mistaken calculation

• Belarusian: пралі́к m (pralík), пралі́чка f (pralíčka)
• Dutch: rekenfout (nl) f
• Finnish: laskuvirhe (fi)
• German: Fehlkalkulation f, Rechenfehler (de) m
• Irish: mí-áireamh m, míríomh m
• Japanese: 誤算 (ja) (ごさん, gosan)
• Portuguese: erro de cálculo m
• Romanian: calcul greșit n, calculare greșită f, calcul eronat n
• Russian: просчёт (ru) m (prosčót)
• Spanish: miscalculación
• Swedish: felräkning (sv) c
• Ukrainian: прораху́нок m (proraxúnok)