discord

See also: Discord

English

Pronunciation

Noun

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪskɔɹd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪskɔːd/

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Verb

• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkɔɹd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkɔːd/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d

Etymology 1

Circa 1230, Middle English descorde, discorde; from Anglo-Norman, Old French descort (derivative of descorder), descorde (“disagreement”); from Latin discordia, from discors (“disagreeing, disagreement”), from dis- (“apart”) + cor, cordis (“heart”).

Verb derives from Middle English discorden, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descorder, from Latin discordāre, from discord-, as above.

Noun

discord (countable and uncountable, plural discords)

1. Lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 6:19:

     A false witnesse that speaketh lies; and him that soweth discord among brethren.

   • 1775 March 22, Edmund Burke, “Speech on Moving Resolutions for Conciliation with America”, in [Walker King and French Laurence], editors, The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, new edition, volume III, London: […] [T. Gillet] for F[rancis] and C[harles] Rivington, […]; sold also by J[ohn] Hatchard, […], published 1803, →OCLC, page 31:

     The proposition is peace. Not peace through the medium of war; not peace to be hunted through the labyrinth of intricate and endless negotiations; not peace to arise out of universal discord, fomented from principle, in all parts of the empire; […]

2. Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
3. Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “VII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC, paragraph 700, page 173:

     […] For a Diſcord it ſelfe is but a Harſhneſſe of Diuers Sounds Meeting.

4. (music) An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.

Derived terms

• apple of discord
• discordful
• Discordian
• discordous

 

Related terms

• discordant
• Discordianism

Translations

lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord

• Azerbaijani: nifaq
• Bulgarian: несъгласие (bg) n (nesǎglasie), разногласие (bg) n (raznoglasie)
• Catalan: discòrdia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不調和 / 不调和 (zh) (bùtiáohé), 不和 (zh) (bùhé)

• Dutch: onenigheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: malakordo
• Finnish: epäsopu (fi), eripura (fi) (general); soraääni (fi) (individual)
• French: discorde (fr) f, désaccord (fr) m
• Galician: discordia f
• German: Uneinigkeit (de) f, Streit (de) m
• Gothic: 𐍄𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃 f (twisstass)
• Greek: διχόνοια (el) f (dichónoia), διάσταση (el) f (diástasi), έριδα (el) f (érida)
• Irish: imreas m
• Italian: discordia (it) f, dissenso (it) m, zizzania (it) f
• Japanese: 不調和 (ja) (ふちょうわ, fuchōwa), 不和 (ja) (ふわ, fuwa)
• Korean: 불협화음 (bulhyeophwa'eum), 부조화(不調和) (ko) (bujohwa)
• Latin: dissensus m
• Malayalam: ഭിന്നത (ml) (bhinnata), വിയോജിപ്പ് (viyōjippŭ)
• Polish: niezgoda (pl) f
• Portuguese: discórdia (pt) f
• Romanian: discordie (ro) f
• Russian: разногла́сие (ru) n (raznoglásije), разла́д (ru) m (razlád), несогла́сие (ru) n (nesoglásije)
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-chòrdadh m, eas-aonta m, eadar-chasaideachd f
• Spanish: discordia (es) f, desencuentro m
• Swedish: missämja (sv) c, oenighet (sv) c, split (sv) n
• Turkish: anlaşmazlık (tr), ihtilaf (tr)
• Walloon: bisbrouye (wa) f
• Welsh: anghydfod (cy) m, anghytundeb (cy) m, anghytgord m

tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension

• Azerbaijani: nifaq
• Bulgarian: раздо́р (bg) m (razdór)
• Dutch: tweedracht (nl) f
• Esperanto: malakordo
• Finnish: epäsopu (fi), eripura (fi)
• French: discorde (fr) f, dispute (fr) f, dissension (fr) f
• German: Zwietracht (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍃 f (missaqiss)
• Greek: διαμάχη (el) f (diamáchi)

  Ancient Greek: διαφορά (diaphorá), ἔρις f (éris)

• Hindi: अनबन (hi) f (anban)
• Irish: imreas m
• Italian: discordia (it) f, dissenso (it)
• Latin: dissensus m
• Portuguese: discórdia (pt) f
• Romanian: discordie (ro) f
• Russian: раздо́р (ru) m (razdór), рознь (ru) f (roznʹ), (colloquial) нелады́ (ru) m pl (neladý)
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-chòrdadh m, eas-aonta m
• Spanish: discordia (es) f
• Tocharian B: ysalye
• Turkish: anlaşmazlık (tr), fikir ayrılığı
• Welsh: cynnen (cy) f

any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds

• Dutch: kabaal (nl) n
• Finnish: riitasointu (fi), soraääni (fi)
• German: Missklang (de) m, Lärm (de) m
• Italian: dissonanza (it) f
• Portuguese: discórdia (pt) f
• Turkish: ahenksizlik (tr)
• Welsh: anghytgord m, anghyseinedd m

music: an inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance

• Bulgarian: дисонанс (bg) m (disonans)
• Catalan: dissonància f
• Dutch: kakofonie (nl) f
• Finnish: riitasointu (fi)
• French: dissonance (fr) f
• German: Dissonanz (de) f, Kakophonie (de) f
• Greek: δυσαρμονία (el) f (dysarmonía), παραφωνία (el) f (parafonía)
• Italian: dissonanza (it) f
• Japanese: 不協和音 (ja) (ふきょうわおん, fukyōwaon)
• Polish: kakofonia (pl) f
• Portuguese: discórdia (pt) f
• Russian: диссона́нс (ru) m (dissonáns)
• Swedish: dissonans (sv) c
• Telugu: అపస్వరము (te) (apasvaramu)
• Turkish: kakofoni (tr)

Verb

discord (third-person singular simple present discords, present participle discording, simple past and past participle discorded)

1. (intransitive, archaic) To disagree; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “III. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC, paragraph 227, page 62:

     […] Sometimes the one Iarring and diſcording with the other, and making a Confuſion; […]

Etymology 2

From dis- +‎ cord (“tie, bind”).

Verb

discord (third-person singular simple present discords, present participle discording, simple past and past participle discorded)

1. (transitive, rare) To untie things which are connected by a cord.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French discord.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [diskˈord]

Adjective

discord m or n (feminine singular discordă, masculine plural discorzi, feminine and neuter plural discorde)

1. discordant

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	discord		discordă		discorzi	discorde
	definite	discordul		discorda		discorzii	discordele
genitive- dative	indefinite	discord		discorde		discorzi	discorde
	definite	discordului		discordei		discorzilor	discordelor

Noun

discord f (plural discorzi)

1. disagreement

References

• discord in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN