disruption

English

Etymology

From Latin disruptionem, from disrumpere.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɹʌpʃən/, /dɪzˈɹʌpʃən/, /dɪzˈɹʊpʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɹʌpʃən/
• Rhymes: -ʌpʃən

Noun

disruption (countable and uncountable, plural disruptions)

1. An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.

   The network created a disruption in the show when they broke in with a newscast.

2. A continuing act of disorder.

   There was great disruption in the classroom when the teacher left.

3. A breaking or bursting apart; a breach.

Derived terms

• chronodisruption
• disruptionism
• disruptionist
• infodisruption
• photodisruption
• weapon of mass disruption

 

Related terms

• disrupt
• disruptive

 

Translations

interruption

• Bulgarian: прекъсване (bg) n (prekǎsvane), разрив (bg) m (razriv)
• Catalan: interrupció (ca) f
• Dutch: onderbreking (nl) f, ontregeling (nl) f
• Finnish: sekasorto (fi), hajaannus (fi)
• French: interruption (fr) f, perturbation (fr) f, rupture (fr)
• German: Unterbrechung (de) f, Störung (de) f, Störfaktor (de) m, Disruption f
• Hungarian: megszakítás (hu), fennakadás (hu), zavar (hu), üzemzavar (hu)
• Italian: disruzione (it) f, rottura (it), violazione (it), interruzione (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brudd n

• Persian: فارسی (fa) (انقطاع - گسیختگی)
• Polish: zakłócenie (pl)
• Portuguese: disrupção (pt) f, ruptura (pt) f
• Russian: наруше́ние (ru) n (narušénije), срыв (ru) m (sryv), разры́в (ru) m (razrýv)
• Serbo-Croatian: disrupcija f, narušenje n
• Spanish: quebranto (es) m, incidente (es) m, ruptura (es) f, interrupción (es) f
• Turkish: inkıta (tr) (obsolescent), kesilme (tr), kesinti (tr)

disorder

• Bulgarian: безредие (bg) n (bezredie)
• Catalan: desordre (ca) m
• Dutch: wanorde (nl)
• German: Durcheinander (de) n, Unordnung (de) f
• Hungarian: zűrzavar (hu), felfordulás (hu)
• Italian: scompiglio (it) m, sconvolgimento (it) m, disservizio
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uorden m

• Russian: расстро́йство (ru) n (rasstrójstvo)
• Spanish: desorden (es) m, desorganización (es) f, desarreglo (es)
• Turkish: düzensizlik (tr), karmaşa (tr)

Further reading

• Disruption of 1843 (in the Church of Scotland)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.sʁyp.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

disruption f (plural disruptions)

1. break; fracture