discordant

English

Alternative forms

• discordaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French descordant, from descorder

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkɔːdənt/

Adjective

discordant (comparative more discordant, superlative most discordant)

1. not in harmony or accord
2. harsh or dissonant sounding
3. (public health) serodiscordant
4. (geology) of a differing type of rock cutting across a formation

   Dikes may be discordant to country rock if they intrude at a high angle to the bedding

5. (mathematics) of opposite sign

Antonyms

• concordant

Related terms

• discord

Translations

not in harmony or accord

• Bulgarian: несъгласуван (nesǎglasuvan), нехармоничен (bg) (neharmoničen)
• Finnish: epäsointuinen, riitasointuinen

• Irish: ainfhreagrach, dainfhreagrach

harsh or dissonant sounding

• Irish: díchordach

• Maori: maioro

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French

Adjective

discordant (feminine singular discordante, masculine plural discordants, feminine plural discordantes)

1. discordant, dissonant
2. grating, jarring

Further reading

• “discordant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Latin

Verb

discordant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of discordō