Mislay — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

place (something) where one cannot find it again

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mɪslˈeɪ/

🇬🇧British English

/mɪslˈeɪ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mɪslˈeɪ/

2 syllables Say it as /mɪslˈeɪ/.

Examples

I misplaced my eyeglasses

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

lose misplace

Parts of Speech

verb	place (something) where one cannot find it again “I misplaced my eyeglasses”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

verlegen

Ort (etwas), wo man es nicht wiederfinden kann

🇫🇷French

égarer

endroit (quelque chose) où on ne peut plus le retrouver

🇪🇸Spanish

perder

lugar (algo) donde no se puede volver a encontrar

🇮🇹Italian

smarrire

luogo (qualcosa) dove non è possibile ritrovarlo

🇳🇱Dutch

mislopen

plaats (iets) waar men het niet meer kan vinden

🇵🇹Portuguese

extraviar

lugar (algo) onde não se pode encontrá-lo novamente

🇷🇺Russian

запутаться

место (что-то), где это невозможно найти снова

India

🇮🇳Hindi

गंवाना

वह स्थान (कोई चीज़) जहाँ कोई उसे दोबारा न पा सके

🇧🇩Bengali

ভুল

জায়গা (কিছু) যেখানে কেউ এটি আবার খুঁজে পায় না

🇮🇳Tamil

தவறான வழி

மீண்டும் கண்டுபிடிக்க முடியாத இடத்தில் (ஏதாவது)

🇮🇳Telugu

తప్పుదారి పట్టించు

(ఏదో) దాన్ని మళ్లీ కనుగొనలేని ప్రదేశం

🇮🇳Gujarati

ખોટા

સ્થાન (કંઈક) જ્યાં કોઈ તેને ફરીથી શોધી શકતું નથી

🇮🇳Kannada

ದಾರಿತಪ್ಪಿ

(ಏನಾದರೂ) ಅದನ್ನು ಮತ್ತೆ ಕಂಡುಹಿಡಿಯಲಾಗದ ಸ್ಥಳದಲ್ಲಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വഴിതെറ്റി

ഒരാൾക്ക് അത് വീണ്ടും കണ്ടെത്താൻ കഴിയാത്ത സ്ഥലത്ത് (എന്തെങ്കിലും).

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗੁੰਮਰਾਹਕੁੰਨ

ਜਗ੍ਹਾ (ਕੁਝ) ਜਿੱਥੇ ਕੋਈ ਇਸਨੂੰ ਦੁਬਾਰਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਲੱਭ ਸਕਦਾ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

误打误撞

无法再找到（某物）的地方

🇯🇵Japanese

間違い

二度と見つからない場所（何か）

🇰🇷Korean

잘못 두다

다시는 찾을 수 없는 장소(무엇)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đánh lạc hướng

đặt (cái gì đó) ở nơi mà người ta không thể tìm thấy nó lần nữa

🇹🇭Thai

ผิดพลาด

สถานที่ (บางสิ่ง) ที่ไม่สามารถหามันเจอได้อีก

🇮🇩Indonesian

salah meletakkan

tempat (sesuatu) dimana seseorang tidak dapat menemukannya lagi

🇲🇾Malay

salah silap

tempat (sesuatu) yang tidak dapat ditemui lagi

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

أضاع

مكان (شيء) حيث لا يمكن للمرء العثور عليه مرة أخرى

🇮🇷Persian

گمراه کردن

جایی (چیزی) که نمی توان دوباره آن را پیدا کرد

🇹🇷Turkish

yanlış yönlendirme

(bir şeyin) tekrar bulunamayacağı yer

🇮🇱Hebrew

הטעות

מקום (משהו) שבו אי אפשר למצוא אותו שוב

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The primary meaning of 'mislay' is 'place (something) where one cannot find it again'.

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