malentendu
French, noun/ma.lɑ̃.tɑ̃.dy/
malentendu is spelled M-A-L-E-N-T-E-N-D-U (10 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 16,088th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malentendu is a French masculine noun meaning “misunderstanding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Paroles ou actions prises dans un autre sens que celui où elles ont été dites ou faites”.
What does malentendu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemisunderstanding
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Paroles ou actions prises dans un autre sens que celui où elles ont été dites ou faites.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of malentendu
- malentendus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malentendu?
- /ma.lɑ̃.tɑ̃.dy/
- \ma.lɑ̃.tɑ̃.dy\
- [ma.lɑ̃.tɑ̃.dy]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to malentendu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malentendu in French?
malentendu appears 3.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).