misplace

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ place

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪsˈpleɪs/

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• Rhymes: -eɪs

Verb

misplace (third-person singular simple present misplaces, present participle misplacing, simple past and past participle misplaced)

1. (transitive) To put something somewhere and then forget its location; to mislay.

   I might have misplaced my umbrella; do you know where it is?

2. (figuratively) To apply one's talents inappropriately.
3. To put something in the wrong location.

Synonyms

• mislay

Translations

to put something somewhere and then forget its location

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: ضيع (ḍayyaʕ)

• Bulgarian: забутвам (bg) (zabutvam)
• Catalan: perdre (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 擱忘／搁忘 (zh) (gēwàng), 誤放／误放 (wùfàng)

• Crimean Tatar: coytmaq
• Dutch: misleggen (Belgium)
• Finnish: kadottaa (fi), hukata (fi)
• French: égarer (fr)
• German: verlegen (de)
• Hungarian: elkever (hu), elhány (hu), elkeveredik nála (literally “it gets misplaced with/at him/her”), elhagy (hu), elveszít (hu), elszór (hu)
• Italian: smarrire (it)
• Japanese: 置き忘れる (おきわすれる, okiwasureru)
• Latin: āmittō (la)
• Norwegian: forlegge (no)
• Polish: zgubić (pl) pf, zagubić pf, zapodziać pf
• Portuguese: perder (pt)
• Russian: заложи́ть (ru) pf (založítʹ), затеря́ть (ru) pf (zaterjátʹ), засу́нуть (ru) pf (zasúnutʹ)
• Spanish: extraviar (es), traspapelar (es)
• Swedish: förlägga (sv)
• Urdu: گمانا (gumānā), گَن٘وانا (ganvānā)
• Venetian: pèrdar (vec)

to apply one's talents inappropriately

• Norwegian: misforstå (no)