misunderstanding

English

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Etymology 1

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

• Arabic: سُوؤ تَفَاهُم‏‎ m (sūʾ tafāhum)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: nedorozumění (cs) n
• Dutch: misverstand (nl) n
• Esperanto: miskompreno
• Estonian: segadus
• Finnish: väärinymmärrys, väärinkäsitys (fi), sekaannus (fi)
• French: malentendu (fr) m, quiproquo (fr) m
• German: Missverständnis (de) n
• Greek: παρεξήγηση (el) f (parexígisi)
• Italian: fraintendimento (it) m, qui pro quo (it), quiproquò
• Japanese: 誤解 (ja) (ごかい, gokai), 勘違い (かんちがい, kanchigai)

• Korean: 오해 (ko) (ohae) (誤解 (ko)), 착각 (ko) (chakgak) (錯覺 (ko))
• Latin: ambiguitas f
• Macedonian: недоразбирање n (nedorazbiranje)
• Maori: pōhēhētanga
• Polish: nieporozumienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: mal-entendido m, confusão (pt) f
• Russian: недоразуме́ние (ru) n (nedorazuménije), непра́вильное понима́ние n (neprávilʹnoje ponimánije)
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-bhreithneachadh m, mì-thuigsinn f
• Sicilian: malantisa f
• Spanish: malentendido (es) m, qui pro quo m (very formal), confusión (es) f
• Swedish: missförstånd (sv) n
• Walloon: mescomprindance (wa) f, måletindou m

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Verb

misunderstanding

1. present participle of misunderstand

Further reading

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

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Italian

Etymolgy

Borrowing from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.zan.derˈstɛn.diŋɡ/

Noun

misunderstanding m (invariable)

1. (informal, neologism) misunderstanding, misconception, incomprehension

   Synonyms: equivoco, fraintendimento, incomprensione, malinteso, qui pro quo