From mis- + place.
misplace (third-person singular simple present misplaces, present participle misplacing, simple past and past participle misplaced)
- (transitive) To put something somewhere and then forget its location; to mislay.
I might have misplaced my umbrella; do you know where it is?
- (figuratively) To apply one's talents inappropriately.
- To put something in the wrong location.
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
- Czech: založit (cs) pf, zašantročit pf
- 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 (ja) (おきわすれる, okiwasureru)
- Khiamniungan Naga: thāngvā, thāngvā
- 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)
- Venetan: pèrdar (vec)
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to apply one's talents inappropriately
