concord

See also Concord

English

Etymology 1

From French concorde, Latin concordia, from concors (“of the same mind, agreeing”); con- + cor, cordis (“heart”). See heart, and compare accord

Pronunciation

with stress on first syllable

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Noun

concord (plural concords)

1. A state of agreement; harmony; union.
   • Love quarrels oft in pleasing concord end. - John Milton
2. (obsolete) Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league
   • The concord made between Henry and Roderick. - Sir John Davies
3. (grammar) Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person, or case.
4. (Old Law): An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in reference to the manner in which it should pass, being an acknowledgment that the land in question belonged to the complainant. See fine. - Burril?
5. (probably influenced by chord, music) An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; consonance; harmony.

Translations

A state of agreement; harmony; union

• Arabic: سلمي (ar) (silmi)
• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: միութիւն (miutʿiwn)

• Bulgarian: съгласие, съглашение, съгласие (bg) (sǎglásie) n
• Finnish: sopu (fi), yhteisymmärrys (fi)
• French: concorde (fr) f
• Icelandic: samhugur (is) m
• Latin: ūnitās (la) f, concentus (la) m

• Portuguese: concórdia (pt) f
• Russian: содружество (ru) (sodrúžestvo) n, душа (ru) (dušá) f, согласие (ru) (soglásije) n
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сла́га̄ње (sh) n

  Roman: slágānje (sh) n

• Spanish: concordia (es) f

(grammarconcord) Agreement of words with one another

• Bulgarian: съгласуване
• Icelandic: samræmi (is) n

• Spanish: concordancia (es) f

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Stressed on first syllable

Noun

concord (plural concords)

1. A variety of American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters.

Etymology 3

From French concorder, from Latin concordo

Pronunciation

Stressed on second syllable

Verb

concord (third-person singular simple present concords, present participle concording, simple past and past participle concorded)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To agree; to act together - Edward Hyde Clarendon