mishear
English
/mɪsˈhɪə(ɹ)/
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) To hear wrongly.
- To misunderstand.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English misheren inherited from Old English mishȳran prefix from English hear.
Origin
English
hear
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- behear English
- forehear English
- hark English
- hear English
- hearability English
- hearable English
- hearer English
- hearest English
- heareth English
- hearie English
- hearsome English
- mishearer English
- outhear English
- overhear English
- rehear English
- unhear English
- mishȳran Old English
- heren Middle English
- misheren Middle English
- harim Tok Pisin
- yere Sranan Tongo