Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mistranslation

/mɪsˈtɹæːnz.læɪ̯.ʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables: mis-trans-la-tion
IPA: /mɪsˈtɹæːnz.læɪ̯.ʃən/

16

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An incorrect translation.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The incorporation of the incorrect amino acid into a peptide sequence.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"MORE mischief has been done to the cause of truth by mistranslations of, and consequent miscomments on the holy scripture, than is at first thought imagined or perceived."
"The second stage in the process by which African cultural realities are often mistransformed through mistranslation by ethnographers is associated with the urgent demand for 'theories' to assist the ethnographer in organising his field data and in presenting the conclusions derived from the data."

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.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /mɪsˈtɹæːnz.læɪ̯.ʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

mistranslations (plural)

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization head station nation location

Questions

How do you pronounce mistranslation?: The recorded pronunciation is /mɪsˈtɹæːnz.læɪ̯.ʃən/.
What does mistranslation mean?: An incorrect translation.
Where does mistranslation 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 translation English mistranslation From mis- + translation.

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