misunderstanding

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌmɪsʌndəˈstændɪŋ/
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• General-American: /ˌmɪsʌndɚˈstændɪŋ/
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• rhymes with -ændɪŋ
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• CMU ARPABET: M IH2 S AH0 N D ER0 S T AE1 N D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English mys undirstonding, equivalent to misunderstand + -ing. Compare Dutch misverstand (“misunderstanding”), German Missverständnis (“misunderstanding”), Swedish missförstånd (“misunderstanding”).

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: misverstand — mistake
• Albanian: keqkuptim — mistake
• Arabic: سُوء فَهْم (sūʔ fahm) — mistake
• Armenian: թյուրիմացություն (tʻyurimacʻutʻyun) — mistake
• Azerbaijani: anlaşmazlıq — mistake
• Azerbaijani: anlaşılmazlıq — mistake
• Catalan: malentès — mistake
• Chinese Mandarin: 誤會 /误会 (wùhuì) — mistake
• Chinese Mandarin: 誤解 /误解 (wùjiě) — mistake
• Czech: nedorozumění — mistake
• Danish: misforståelse — mistake
• Dutch: misverstand — mistake
• Esperanto: miskompreno — mistake
• Estonian: segadus — mistake
• Finnish: väärinymmärrys — mistake
• Finnish: väärinkäsitys — mistake
• Finnish: sekaannus — mistake
• French: malentendu — mistake
• French: quiproquo — mistake
• Galician: malentendido — mistake
• German: Missverständnis — mistake
• Greek: παρεξήγηση (parexígisi) — mistake
• Hebrew: אי־הבנה (í-havaná) — mistake
• Hindi: ग़लत फ़हमी (ġalat fahmī) — mistake
• Hungarian: félreértés — mistake
• Indonesian: kesalahpahaman — mistake
• Italian: fraintendimento — mistake
• Italian: qui pro quo — mistake
• Italian: quiproquò — mistake
• Japanese: 誤解 (gokai) — mistake
• Japanese: 勘違い (kanchigai) — mistake
• Kazakh: түсінбестік (tüsınbestık) — mistake
• Korean: 오해 (ohae) — mistake
• Korean: 착각 (chakgak) — mistake
• Latin: ambiguitas — mistake
• Macedonian: недоразбирање (nedorazbiranje) — mistake
• Malay: salah faham — mistake
• Māori: pōhēhētanga — mistake
• Mongolian: үл ойлголцол (ül ojlgolcol) — mistake
• Mongolian: эндүүрэл (endüürel) — mistake
• Plautdietsch: Misvestentniss — mistake
• Polish: nieporozumienie — mistake
• Portuguese: mal-entendido — mistake
• Portuguese: confusão — mistake
• Russian: недоразуме́ние (nedorazuménije) — mistake
• Russian: непра́вильное понима́ние (neprávilʹnoje ponimánije) — mistake
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-bhreithneachadh — mistake
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-thuigsinn — mistake
• Serbo-Croatian: nesporazum — mistake
• Sicilian: malantisa — mistake
• Spanish: malentendido — mistake
• Swedish: missförstånd — mistake
• Turkish: yanlış anlama — mistake
• Ukrainian: непорозумі́ння (neporozumínnja) — mistake
• Urdu: غلط فہمی (ġalat fahmī) — mistake
• Walloon: mescomprindance — mistake
• Walloon: måletindou — mistake
• Afrikaans: misverstand — disagreement
• Polish: nieporozumienie — disagreement
• Ukrainian: непорозумі́ння (neporozumínnja) — disagreement