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malentendu

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mal⋅en⋅ten⋅du

  [mal-ahn-tahn-dy] adjective, noun, plural -dus  [-dy] . French.
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–adjective
1. misunderstood; misapprehended.
–noun
2. a misunderstanding; mistake.
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mal·en·ten·du   (māl'ŏn-tŏn-dōō')   
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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