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malentendu - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, from mal entendu , misunderstood : mal , badly (from Latin male ; see mel- in Indo-European roots) + entendu , past participle of entendre , to understand (from Old French; see intend).]
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Tuesday, March 29, 2005 malentendu malentendu (ma-lahn-tahn-dew) noun, masculine
malentendu - French Word-A-Day 2005
Expression: faire cesser un malentendu = to clear up a misunderstanding
French Word-A-Day: 2005
Tuesday, March 29, 2005 malentendu malentendu (ma-lahn-tahn-dew) noun, masculine
French Word-A-Day: 2005
Expression: faire cesser un malentendu = to clear up a misunderstanding
French Word-A-Day: 2005
Tuesday, March 29, 2005 malentendu malentendu (ma-lahn-tahn-dew) noun, masculine
French Word-A-Day: 2005
Expression: faire cesser un malentendu = to clear up a misunderstanding
malentendu - French Word-A-Day 2005
Je crois qu'il y a là quelque malentendu que je serai bien aise de faire disparaître, si vous voulez m'y donner le temps.
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 Stephen Lucius Gwynn 1907
Il y a peut-être, me disais-je, aux sources de ce malaise, un très ancien malentendu , à la suite duquel le théâtre ne fut jamais exactement ce qu'il est dans l'instinct de la foule, à savoir: _le temple du Rêve_.
Pélléas and Mélisande Maurice Maeterlinck 1905
Ayant à c [oe] ur, Sire, d'examiner ce qui avait pu produire ce fâcheux malentendu , mon attention a été naturellement attirée par l'article
The Letters of Queen Victoria, Vol 2 (of 3), 1844-1853 A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Queen of Great Britain Victoria 1860
But did a British malentendu over another French summer staple - a fictional series of articles in Le Monde - contribute to a mysterious sell-off in French bank stocks last week?
NYT > Home Page By ERIC PFANNER 2011
epeolatrist commented on the word malentendu
–adjective 1. misunderstood; misapprehended.
–noun 2. a misunderstanding; mistake.
February 18, 2009