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malentendu

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mal·en·ten·du  (mln-tn-d)
n.
A misunderstanding.

[French, from mal entendu, misunderstood : mal, badly (from Latin male; see mel-3 in Indo-European roots) + entendu, past participle of entendre, to understand (from Old French; see intend).]


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