List of common misnomers

mis·no·mer (m

s-n

1. An error in naming a person or place.

a. Application of a wrong name.

b. A name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object.

[Middle English misnoumer, from Old French mesnomer, to misname : mes-, wrongly; see mis-¹ + nommer, to name (from Latin nminre, from nmen, name; see n-men- in Indo-European roots).]

mis·nomered adj.

misnomer [ˌmɪsˈnəʊmə]

1. an incorrect or unsuitable name or term for a person or thing

2. the act of referring to a person by the wrong name

[via Anglo-Norman from Old French mesnommer to misname, from Latin nōmināre to call by name]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun

misnomer - an incorrect or unsuitable name

name - a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing"

Translations

misnomer [ˌmɪsˈnəʊməʳ] N → nombre m equivocado or inapropiado
that is a misnomer → ese nombre es impropio

misnomer [ˌmɪsˈnəʊmə^r] n → terme m impropre
to be a misnomer (= an incorrect description) → être un terme impropre

misnomer

n → unzutreffende Bezeichnung

misnomer [ˌmɪsˈnəʊməʳ] n to call her a cook is a misnomer → non si può certo definirla una cuoca

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List of cities in Melilla
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List of cities that are their own country
List of City of Toronto Issues
List of City of Toronto Issues
List of classics of political philosophy
List of Classified and Authorised Explosives
List of climatologists
List of climatologists
List of Cluedo characters
List of Coal Mining Links
List of coastal topics
List of coastal topics
List of coastal topics
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List of common misnomers

List of common phrases that contain all letters of the alphabet
List of Common Weights and Measures
List of companies based in Lucknow, India
List of companies based in Lucknow, India
List of companies in Lucknow
List of companies in Lucknow
List of computer bugs
List of computer bugs
List of Computer jargon
List of computing terms that end in "ware"
List of computing terms that end in "ware"
List of concert halls
List of constellations
List of constitutional courts
List of Contributors
List of converted amounts of joules
List of converted amounts of joules
List of converted amounts of joules
List of countries and outlying territories by total area
List of countries by suicide rate
List of countries exempt from rabies quarantines
List of craters on the Moon
List of craters on the Moon
List of creative thought processes
List of creative thought processes
List of creative thought processes
List of credit ratings agencies
List of Crime Organizations
List of Crime Organizations
List of Crime Organizations

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