discord

English

Etymology

Circa 1230, Middle English descorde, discorde; from Anglo-Norman, Old French descort (derivative of descorder), descorde (“disagreement”); from Latin discordia, from discord-, discors (“disagreeing, disagreement”), from dis- (“apart”) + cor, cordis, cord-, cors (“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 or harmony among persons, groups, or things.
2. Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
3. (music) An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
4. Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.

Related terms

• discordant
• Discordianism

Translations

lack of agreement

• Bulgarian: несъгласие (bg) (nesǎglasie) n, разногласие (bg) (raznoglasie) n
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: onenigheid (nl) f
• Finnish: epäsopu (fi), eripura (fi)
• German: Uneinigkeit (de) f, Streit (de) m
• Greek: διχόνοια (el) (dichónoia) f, διάσταση (el) (diástasi) f, έριδα (el) (érida) f

• Italian: discordia (it) f
• Japanese: 不調和 (ja) (ふちょうわ, fuchōwa), 不和 (ja) (ふわ, fuwa)
• Polish: niezgoda (pl) f
• Portuguese: discórdia (pt) f
• Romanian: discordie (ro) f
• Russian: разногласие (ru) (raznoglásije) n, разлад (ru) (razlád) m, несогласие (ru) (nesoglásije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-chòrdadh (gd) m, eas-aonta (gd) m

strife resulting from lack of agreement; dissension

• Bulgarian: раздор (bg) (razdór) m
• Dutch: tweedracht (nl) f
• Finnish: epäsopu (fi), eripura (fi)
• French: discorde (fr) f
• German: Zwietracht (de) f
• Greek: διαμάχη (el) (diamáchi) f
• Hindi: अनबन (hi) (anban) f

• Italian: discordia (it) f
• Portuguese: discórdia (pt) f
• Romanian: discordie (ro) f
• Russian: раздор (ru) (razdór) m, рознь (ru) (rozn') f, (colloquial) нелады (ru) (neladý) m pl
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-chòrdadh (gd) m, eas-aonta (gd) m

harsh or confused sound

• Dutch: kabaal (nl) n
• Finnish: riitasointu (fi), soraääni (fi)
• German: Missklang (de) m, Lärm (de) m

• Italian: dissonanza (it) f
• Portuguese: discórdia (pt) f

musical dissonance

• Bulgarian: дисонанс (bg) (disonans) m
• Dutch: kakofonie (nl) f
• Finnish: riitasointu (fi)
• German: Dissonanz (de) f, Kakophonie (de) f

• Greek: δυσαρμονία (el) (dysarmonía) f, παραφωνία (el) (parafonía) f
• Italian: dissonanza (it) f
• Portuguese: discórdia (pt) f
• Russian: диссонанс (ru) (dissonáns) m

Verb

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

1. (archaic) To disagree; to be at variance; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
   • Francis Bacon

     The one discording with the other.