Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mistranslate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mis-trans-late
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To translate incorrectly.

Transitive verb

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 translate English mistranslate From mis- + translate.

Usage

Inflected Forms

mistranslates (present, singular) mistranslating (participle, present) mistranslated (participle, past) mistranslated (past)

Questions

What does mistranslate mean?
To translate incorrectly.
Where does mistranslate come from?
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 translate English mistranslate From mis- + translate.

How to pronounce mistranslate

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