different between bloomer vs misunderstanding

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?blu?.m?(?)/
• Rhymes: -u?m?(r)

Etymology 1

From Middle English blomer, from blome (“iron ingot”) (modern English bloom), from Old English bl?ma.

Noun

bloomer (plural bloomers)

1. An ironworker.

See also

• Blumer, Bloomer

Etymology 2

bloom +? -er.

Noun

bloomer (plural bloomers)

1. (dated, informal, US) A large or embarrassing mistake; blunder.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:error
2. A circular loaf of white bread.
3. A blooming flower.
4. One who blooms, matures, or develops.

   She was a late bloomer.

Etymology 3

Bloom +? -er, from the surname of the American woman who sought to introduce this style of dress.

Noun

bloomer (plural bloomers)

1. (historical) A costume for women, consisting of a short dress with loose trousers gathered around the ankles, and often a broad-brimmed hat.
2. (historical) A woman who wears a Bloomer costume.

Derived terms

• bloomers

Anagrams

• rebloom

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blu.mœ?/

Etymology

From the word bloomers.

Noun

bloomer m (plural bloomers)

1. bloomers

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?s?nd??stænd??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?s?nd??stænd??/
• Rhymes: -ænd??
• Hyphenation: mis?un?der?stand?ing

Noun

misunderstanding (plural misunderstandings)

1. A mistake as to the meaning of something or a specific point of view; erroneous interpretation or comprehension; misconception.
   • 1965, Haile Selassie, African Liberation Day speech

     Because of misunderstandings among certain member states of the Organization of African Unity's voices have been occasionally raised recently against the convocation of the Assembly in Accra. Nonetheless, the regular Assembly of the Heads of State and Government was, in the first place, designed to find peaceful solutions, through deliberations and frank exchange of views to such misunderstandings among member-states.

2. A disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel.

Translations

Verb

misunderstanding

1. Present participle and gerund of misunderstand.

Further reading

• misunderstanding in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• misunderstanding in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.zan.der?st?n.din?/

Noun

misunderstanding m (invariable)

1. (informal, neologism) misunderstanding, misconception, incomprehension

   Synonyms: equivoco, fraintendimento, incomprensione, malinteso, qui pro quo