miser sur le mauvais cheval
French, verb/mi.ze syʁ lə mo.vɛ ʃ(ə).val/
miser sur le mauvais cheval is spelled M-I-S-E-R-S-U-R-L-E-M-A-U-V-A-I-S-C-H-E-V-A-L (23 letters). Miser sur le mauvais cheval is a French verb meaning “to back the wrong horse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire un mauvais choix”.
What does miser sur le mauvais cheval mean in English?
verb
- 1
to back the wrong horse
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire un mauvais choix.
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.
How do you pronounce miser sur le mauvais cheval?
- /mi.ze syʁ lə mo.vɛ ʃ(ə).val/
- \mi.ze syʁ lə mɔ.vɛ ʃə.val\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.