miscommunication

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ communication.

Noun

miscommunication (plural miscommunications)

1. An interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired.

Related terms

• miscommunicate

Translations

interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 誤解 / 误解 (ng⁶ gaai²), 誤會 / 误会 (ng⁶ wui⁶)

  Mandarin: 誤解 / 误解 (zh) (wùjiě), 誤會 / 误会 (zh) (wùhuì)

• Dutch: miscommunicatie (nl) f
• Finnish: väärinkäsitys (fi) (literally “misunderstanding”), väärinymmärrys (fi) (literally “misunderstanding”), kommunikointivirhe (not as common)
• French: mécommunication (fr) f
• German: Fehlkommunikation (de) f, Misskommunikation (de) f
• Hungarian: félreértés (hu), téves/félreérthető kommunikáció
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: ミスコミュニケーション
• Korean: 미스커뮤니케이션 (miseukeomyunikeisyeon)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: błąd komunikacyjny m
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: недопонима́ние (ru) n (nedoponimánije)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: kommunikationsfel n, missförstånd (sv) n
• Turkish: yanlış anlaşılma