wrong number

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === wrong number (plural wrong numbers) A telephone number dialled by mistake, for example, by transposing digits. Hypernyms: number, phone number, telephone number 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain) I am sorry. You have the wrong number. — Oh. Is this 555-8986? — No. This is 555-8689. — Oh. Excuse me! — Okay. Bye. (by extension) A telephone call received from an unfamiliar caller, due to a mistake in the number dialled. (Can we add an example for this sense?) (idiomatic, dated) An incorrect notion or understanding concerning a person or situation. Synonyms: misapprehension, misinterpretation, misunderstanding 1984, David Homel (translator), Jacques Renaud (author), Broke City (original French edition, Le cassé, 1964), →ISBN, p. 37 (Google preview): The readers probably expecting me to go on about how Johnny was real nostalgic about some kind of material security. . . . Well, the readers got the wrong number. ==== Translations ====