"misfall" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɪsˈfɔːl/, /ˈmɪsfɔːl/ Forms: misfalls [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English misfallen, equivalent to mis- + fall. Cognate with Dutch misvallen (“to misfall, miss in falling, displease, miscarry”), German missfallen (“to displease”), Icelandic misfalla (“to misuse”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|misfallen}} Middle English misfallen, {{prefix|en|mis|fall}} mis- + fall, {{cog|nl|misvallen||to misfall, miss in falling, displease, miscarry}} Dutch misvallen (“to misfall, miss in falling, displease, miscarry”), {{cog|de|missfallen||to displease}} German missfallen (“to displease”), {{cog|is|misfalla||to misuse}} Icelandic misfalla (“to misuse”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} misfall (plural misfalls)
  1. A mishap; accident; bad luck; misfortune.
    Sense id: en-misfall-en-noun-s5sr8XdS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with mis-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17

Verb

IPA: /mɪsˈfɔːl/, /ˈmɪsfɔːl/ Forms: misfalls [present, singular, third-person], misfalling [participle, present], misfell [past], misfallen [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English misfallen, equivalent to mis- + fall. Cognate with Dutch misvallen (“to misfall, miss in falling, displease, miscarry”), German missfallen (“to displease”), Icelandic misfalla (“to misuse”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|misfallen}} Middle English misfallen, {{prefix|en|mis|fall}} mis- + fall, {{cog|nl|misvallen||to misfall, miss in falling, displease, miscarry}} Dutch misvallen (“to misfall, miss in falling, displease, miscarry”), {{cog|de|missfallen||to displease}} German missfallen (“to displease”), {{cog|is|misfalla||to misuse}} Icelandic misfalla (“to misuse”) Head templates: {{en-verb|misfalls|misfalling|misfell|misfallen}} misfall (third-person singular simple present misfalls, present participle misfalling, simple past misfell, past participle misfallen)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To befall badly or incorrectly; happen unfortunately (to); mishappen; turn out badly. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-misfall-en-verb-N5Y1aVat Categories (other): English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 52 48

Inflected forms

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