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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmauvaise interprétation
Pronunciation / Transliteration: movɛz ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.ta.sjɔ̃
"Cette remarque a conduit à une mauvaise interprétation générale."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The action or fact of explaining or understanding something wrongly.
"The diplomat warned that the statement was open to misinterpretation by foreign media." - 2
A false or incorrect explanation or understanding of a text, action, or event.
"Her silence was treated as a misinterpretation of the company's new policy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the English prefix mis- (denoting wrongly, badly), combined with the verb interpret, which stems from Latin interpretari (to explain, translate), ultimately tracing back to Proto-Indo-European roots related to agents and understanding. The noun suffix -ation was added to form a standard nominal structure denoting the action or result of wrongly explaining information.
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mauvaise interprétation
Transliteration: movɛz ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.ta.sjɔ̃
"Cette remarque a conduit à une mauvaise interprétation générale."
Fehlinterpretation
Transliteration: ˈfeːlʔɪntɐpʁetaˈt͡sjoːn
"Die Studie litt unter einer schwerwiegenden Fehlinterpretation der Daten."
errata interpretazione
Transliteration: erˈrata inter.pre.taˈtsjo.ne
"Evitate qualsiasi errata interpretazione delle sue parole."
mala interpretación
Transliteration: ˈmala in.teɾ.pɾe.taˈsjon
"El artículo dio lugar a una gran mala interpretación."
má interpretação
Transliteration: ˈma ĩ.tɛʁ.pɾe.taˈsãw
"Houve uma má interpretação do contrato assinado."
गलत अर्थ निकालना
Transliteration: galat arth nikalna
"उनके भाषण का गलत अर्थ निकालना आसान था।"
误解
Transliteration: wùjiě
"避免对协议产生任何误解是至关重要的。"
오해
Transliteration: o-hae
"그의 발언은 많은 오해를 불러일으켰다."
誤解
Transliteration: gokai
"彼女はそのデータを誤解していた。"
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