Misnomer

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Etymology

From Template:Xno[[Category:Template:Xno derivations|Misnomer]] mesnomer, noun use of Anglo-Norman and Old French verb mesnomer (“‘to name incorrectly’”), from mes- (“‘mis-’”) + nomer (“‘to name’”) (from Latin nōmināre).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /mɪsˈnəʊmə/, SAMPA: /mIs"n@Um@/
• (US) IPA: /mɪsˈnoʊmɚ/, SAMPA: /mIs"noUm@`/

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• Rhymes: -əʊmə(r)

Noun

Singular Misnomer

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Misnomer ({{{1}}})

1. A use of a term asserted to be misleading.

   Calling it a driveway is a bit of a misnomer, since you don't drive on it, you park on it.

2. A term asserted to be widely used incorrectly.

   Chinese checkers is a misnomer since the game has nothing to do with China.

3. A term whose sense in common usage conflicts with a technical sense.

Usage notes

The term misnomer is sometimes used autologically as misnomer of "something asserted not to be true; a myth or mistaken belief", as in the following example:

It's a misnomer that engineers can't write.

Translations

a use of a term asserted to be misleading

Finnish: harhaanjohtavaa fi(fi) (=misleading) Hungarian: névhiba hu(hu), tévedés hu(hu), téves elnevezés

Japanese: rangnefni ja(ja) n.

a term asserted to be widely used incorrectly

Finnish: harhaanjohtava fi(fi) termi / sana / käsite / sanonta Hungarian: tévedés hu(hu)

Japanese: rangnefni ja(ja) n.

a term whose sense in common usage conflicts with a technical sense

Finnish: harhaanjohtava fi(fi) termi / sana / käsite

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Translations to be checked

Chinese: 錯誤的名稱, 错误的名称 Dutch: slecht gekozen term de French: terme mal approprié m. German: falsche Bezeichung f. Greek: ακυριολεξία f. Hebrew: שם לא נכון/שקרי

Japanese: 誤称 Korean: 잘못된 이름 Romanian: termen nepotrivit Welsh: camenw

See also

• catachresis

Verb

Infinitive to Misnomer

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Misnomer (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. (transitive) To use a misleading term; to misname.

Anagrams

• eimmnors,
• semi-norm

et:misnomer io:misnomer kn:misnomer ru:misnomer ta:misnomer te:misnomer vi:misnomer zh:misnomer