discord

English

Etymology

C.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) n., разногласие (bg) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 不調和 (zh), 不调和 (zh) (bùtiáohé), 不和 (zh) (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) 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.

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.

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) 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. To disagree; to be at variance; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.