en malapropism

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: Open Mind Common Sense contributors, JMDict 1.07, German Wiktionary, English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Synonyms

  • ca malapropisme (n, communication) ➜
  • en malaprop (n, communication) ➜
  • en malaprop ➜
  • fi malapropismi (n, communication) ➜
  • fr perronisme (n, communication) ➜
  • ja 誤用 (n) ➜
  • ja 誤用 (n, communication) ➜
  • de verballhornung (n) ➜
  • en catachresis (n) ➜
  • es gazapo ➜
  • es malapropismo ➜
  • es yerro ➜
  • fr abus de langage ➜
  • fr impropriété ➜
  • fr malapropisme ➜
  • ga mífheilteachas ➜
  • gd ain eirmseachd ➜
  • gv neuchooieid focklagh ➜
  • ja 言葉のこっけいな誤用 ➜
  • ko 오용된 말 ➜
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Related terms

  • en acyrologia (n) ➜
  • en babuism (n) ➜
  • en bushism (n) ➜
  • en colemanballs (n) ➜
  • en dogberryism (n) ➜
  • en eggcorn ➜
  • en folk etymology ➜
  • en for all intensive purposes (r) ➜
  • en gaffe ➜
  • en goldwynism (n) ➜
  • en islamic (n) ➜
  • en malaprop (a) ➜
  • en malaprop (n) ➜
  • en malaprop (v) ➜
  • en malapropic (a) ➜
  • en absurdly ➜
  • en blunder ➜
  • en eggcorn ➜
  • en folk etymology ➜
  • en inappropriate ➜
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Terms with this context

  • en misunderestimate (v) ➜
  • en off one's rocket ➜

malapropism is a type of…

  • en misstatement (n, communication) ➜

Derived terms

  • en malaphor ➜

Word forms

  • en malapropisms (n) ➜

Properties of malapropism

  • en hilarious ➜

Etymologically related

  • en malapropos ➜

Links to other resources

  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 106782674-n
  • en.wiktionary.org malapropism
  • fr.wiktionary.org malapropism
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