noun
Meaning 1
An incorrect translation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
mistranslation
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/mɪsˈtɹænz.leɪ.ʃən/
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Australian: /mɪsˈtɹæːnz.læɪ̯.ʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
noun
Meaning 2
The incorporation of the incorrect amino acid into a peptide sequence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
an incorrect translation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: translation, interlingual rendition, rendering, version
History
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 translation English mistranslation From mis- + translation.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 誤譯 /误译 (wùyì) — incorrect translation
- Finnish: käännösvirhe — incorrect translation
- French: métraduction — incorrect translation
- French: trouduction — incorrect translation
- Hungarian: félrefordítás — incorrect translation
- Hungarian: leiterjakab — incorrect translation
- Japanese: 誤訳 (goyaku) — incorrect translation
- Korean: 오역 (oyeok) — incorrect translation
- Swedish: felöversättning — incorrect translation
- Swedish: översättningsfel — incorrect translation