discord

English

Etymology

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

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

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Noun

discord (countable and uncountable, plural discords)

1. Lack of concord, agreement or harmony.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Proverbs 6:19:

     A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

   • (Can we date this quote by Burke and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)

     Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire.

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.
   • (Can we date this quote by Francis Bacon and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)

     For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds meeting.

Derived terms

• apple of discord

Related terms

• discordant
• Discordianism

Translations

lack of agreement

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

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

• Dutch: onenigheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: malakordo
• Finnish: epäsopu (fi), eripura (fi) (general); soraääni (fi) (individual)
• Galician: discordia f
• German: Uneinigkeit (de) f, Streit (de) m
• 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 (ふちょうわ, fuchōwa), 不和 (ja) (ふわ, fuwa)

• Korean: 불협화음 (bulhyeophwa-eum)
• Latin: dissensus m
• 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)
• Welsh: anghydfod (cy) m, anghytundeb (cy) m, anghytgord m

strife resulting from lack of agreement; dissension

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

  Ancient: 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
• Turkish: anlaşmazlık (tr), fikir ayrılığı
• Welsh: cynnen (cy) f

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
• Turkish: ahenksizlik (tr)
• Welsh: anghytgord m, anghyseinedd m

musical dissonance

• Bulgarian: дисонанс (bg) m (disonans)
• Catalan: dissonància f
• Dutch: kakofonie (nl) f
• Finnish: riitasointu (fi)
• 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 (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)

Pronunciation 2

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

  • Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d

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.
   • (Can we date this quote by Francis Bacon and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)

     the one discording with the other