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misnomer

/mɪsˈnəʊmə/

/mɪsˈnoʊmɚ/

misnomernoun

misnomers

/mɪsˈnəʊmə/

/mɪsˈnoʊmɚ/

Traduzioni

nom impropreS'emploie pour un nom inexact ou mal adapté à la réalité désignée.

Calling the tiny dog 'Goliath' was quite a misnomer.

Appeler ce petit chien « Goliath » était un nom bien impropre.

Traduzioni aggiuntive

dénomination erronéeTerme plus soutenu; souligne l'erreur d'attribution du nom.

Definizioni

A name or term that is incorrect or inappropriate for what it refers to.

Calling the tiny dog 'Goliath' was quite a misnomer.

The act or instance of applying a wrong or inappropriate name.

Early cartographers produced many misnomers when labeling unfamiliar coastlines.

Sinonimi

incorrect term

false name

wrong name

mislabeling

misnaming

misnomerverb

misnomered

Past Simple

misnomered

Past Participle

misnomering

ing-form

Rare, archaic.

Traduzioni

mal nommerVerbe rare; signifie donner un nom incorrect ou inapproprié à quelque chose.

The explorer misnomered the island, confusing it with one he had visited earlier.

L'explorateur a mal nommé l'île, la confondant avec une autre qu'il avait visitée auparavant.

Definizioni

To give an incorrect or inappropriate name to; to misname.

The explorer misnomered the island, confusing it with one he had visited earlier.

misnomeradjective

/ˌmɪsˈnəʊmə/

/ˌmɪsˈnoʊmər/

Used attributively before another noun (e.g., "the misnomer doctrine").

Traduzioni

de dénomination erronéeS'emploie surtout dans le registre juridique ou administratif.

The court applied the misnomer doctrine in allowing the pleadings to be amended.

Le tribunal a appliqué la doctrine de dénomination erronée en autorisant la modification des écritures.

Definizioni

Attributive: relating to or designating a rule, doctrine, action, etc., concerned with an incorrect or inappropriate name.

The court applied the misnomer doctrine in allowing the pleadings to be amended.

Sinonimi

misnamed

misapplied

incorrectly named

inaccurately named