misnomer

mis·no·mer  (ms-nmr)

n.

1. An error in naming a person or place.

2.

a. Application of a wrong name.

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

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[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).]

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mis·nomered adj.

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misnomer [ˌmɪsˈnəʊmə]

n

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]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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