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Etymology[edit]
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.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɪskɔɹd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɪskɔːd/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun[edit]
discord (countable and uncountable, plural discords)
- Lack of concord, agreement or harmony.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Proverbs 6:19:
- A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
- 1775, Edmund Burke, Conciliation with America
- Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire.
- Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
- (music) An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
- Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.
- 1631, [Francis Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] VVilliam Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:
- For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds meeting.
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Translations[edit]
lack of agreement
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strife resulting from lack of agreement; dissension
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harsh or confused sound
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musical dissonance
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Pronunciation 2[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /dɪsˈkɔɹd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪsˈkɔːd/
Audio (UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
Verb[edit]
discord (third-person singular simple present discords, present participle discording, simple past and past participle discorded)
- (intransitive, archaic) To disagree; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
- 1631, [Francis Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] VVilliam Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:
- the one discording with the other
- (transistive, rare) To untie things which are connected by a cord.
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