How to pronounce misnomer
American English pronunciation
mis-NOH-mer
- IPA
- /mɪsˈnoʊmɚ/
- Syllables
- mis · NOH · mer (3 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What misnomer means
A name that doesn't fit the thing it names
In a sentence: Calling a peanut a nut is a misnomer, because it's really a kind of bean.
Where it comes from: It comes from an old legal word for calling a person by the wrong name.
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