Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

méconnaître

English translation:

to mistake

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Sep 16, 2007 16:25
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French term

méconnaître

French to English Medical Medical (general) Réglementation Européenne
doit être faite pour ne pas méconnaître une infection par le

Proposed translations

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to mistake

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Peer comment(s):

agree cmorin
20 hrs
thank you cmorin :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks very much for your help again"
+1
19 mins

to misjudge

or perhaps "to underrate" the importance of the infection...Difficult with so little context to suggest a translation
Peer comment(s):

agree Etienne Muylle Wallace
53 mins
neutral writeaway : I think it's more about not recognising than misjudging
2 hrs
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+2
28 mins

overlook

i.e. not see something (an infection in this case) is there

more colloquially: not spot something
Peer comment(s):

agree writeaway
2 hrs
agree liz askew
4 hrs
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-1
57 mins

pass by...

a guess...
Peer comment(s):

disagree RHELLER : pass by an infection? makes no sense
40 mins
thanks
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+1
1 hr

misread /underestimate

Peer comment(s):

agree Francis Marche : méconnaître: "to underestimate", "not to be sufficiently aware of"
19 hrs
merci Francis
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+2
1 hr

misdiagnose

you should have finished the sentence, so we would get the whole context.
Peer comment(s):

agree Drmanu49
4 hrs
merci :-)
agree Mihaela Petrican
11 hrs
thanks, Mihaela!
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2 hrs

omit

je pense que c'est le mieux vu le contexte
(tournure negative)

Peer comment(s):

neutral Angela Dickson (X) : "to omit an infection"? It doesn't make much sense. Could you explain?
13 hrs
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