mondegreen

Etymology
in Harper's Magazine from mishearing a line in the Scottish ballad The Bonnie Earl o' Moray: “They have slain the Earl o' Moray, / And laid him on the green”, the second line being misheard as, “And Lady Mondegreen”.

Noun

 * 1)  A form of (possibly intentional) error arising from mishearing a spoken or sung phrase, possibly in a different language.
 * 2)  A misunderstanding of a written or spoken phrase as a result of multiple definitions.
 * 1)  A misunderstanding of a written or spoken phrase as a result of multiple definitions.
 * 1)  A misunderstanding of a written or spoken phrase as a result of multiple definitions.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: väärin kuuleminen
 * German:
 * Indonesian: salah dengar
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 헛듣다,
 * Polish: przesłyszenie
 * Portuguese:, virundum
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: pomporruta