disorder

English

Alternative forms

• disordre (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French desordre (modern French désordre), from Old French desordre, from des- +‎ ordre; by surface analysis, dis- +‎ order (<< Latin ōrdō).

Compare typologically Russian непоря́док (neporjádok), беспоря́док (besporjádok), неуря́дица (neurjádica) (akin to ряд (rjad), поря́док (porjádok)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɔːdə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɔɹdɚ/
• IPA^(key): (obsolete) /dɪzˈɔːɹdəɹ/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: dis‧or‧der

Noun

disorder (countable and uncountable, plural disorders)

1. Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.

   After playing the children left the room in disorder.

   • 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:

     It was a household in permanent and benevolent disorder, pervaded by the gentle thrill of religious persecution.

3. A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.

   The class was thrown into disorder when the teacher left the room

   The army tried to prevent disorder when claims the elections had been rigged grew stronger.

   • 1997, Jules Witcover, quoting Richard J. Daley, The Year the Dream Died: Revisiting 1968 in America, New York: Warner Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 353:

     The police isn't there to create disorder; the policeman is there preserve disorder.

5. (medicine, countable) A physical or mental malfunction.

   Near-synonyms: disease, illness (both often synonymous)

   Bulimia is an eating disorder.

   • 2015 December 21, Michael D. Geschwind, “Prion Diseases”, in Continuum (Minneap Minn), →DOI:

     A very rare polymorphism in the prion protein gene recently has been identified that appears to protect against prion disease; this finding, in addition to providing greater understanding of the prionlike mechanisms of neurodegenerative disorders, might lead to potential treatments.

Synonyms

• (absence of order): chaos, entropy; see also Thesaurus:disorder
• (disturbance of civic peace): See also Thesaurus:riot

Hyponyms

See Thesaurus:disorder/hyponyms

Derived terms

• disorderly
• nondisorder

Translations

absence of order

• Arabic: اِخْتِلال (ar) m (iḵtilāl), اِضْطِراب (ar) m (iḍṭirāb)
• Azerbaijani: nizamsızlıq, qarışıqlıq, səliqəsizlik, adda-buddalıq
• Belarusian: непара́дак m (njeparádak)
• Bulgarian: безпорядък (bg) m (bezporjadăk)
• Catalan: desordre (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 混亂 / 混乱 (zh) (hùnluàn), 紊亂 / 紊乱 (zh) (wěnluàn, wènluàn)

• Czech: nepořádek (cs) m
• Danish: uorden (da) c
• Esperanto: malordo
• Finnish: epäjärjestys (fi)
• French: désordre (fr) m
• Georgian: უწესრიგობა (uc̣esrigoba)
• German: Unordnung (de) f
• Greek: αταξία (el) f (ataxía), ταραχή (el) f (tarachí)

  Ancient Greek: ἀταξία f (ataxía)

• Hebrew: אי־סדר (y-seder)
• Hindi: अव्यवस्था (hi) f (avyavasthā), अस्त-व्यस्त (ast-vyast), अव्यवस्थित (hi) (avyavasthit)
• Hungarian: rendetlenség (hu), zűrzavar (hu)
• Icelandic: ringulreið (is) f, glundroði (is) m
• Interlingua: disordine
• Irish: neamhord m, ainriail f
• Italian: disordine (it)
• Japanese: 混乱 (ja) (こんらん, konran)
• Kituba: kilikili
• Korean: 혼란 (ko) (hollan)
• Ladino: dezorden, enradijo, enredijo, karishiklik
• Lithuanian: netvarka f
• Malay: berselerak
• Māori: kaumingomingo
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uorden m, rot (no) n

  Nynorsk: uorden m, rot (nn) n pl

• Plautdietsch: Onzucht f
• Polish: nieporządek (pl) m, nieład (pl) m, bezład (pl) m
• Portuguese: desordem (pt) f
• Romanian: dezordine (ro) f, neorânduială (ro) f
• Russian: беспоря́док (ru) m (besporjádok), каварда́к (ru) m (kavardák) (colloquial), раскарда́ш (ru) m (raskardáš) (colloquial), непоря́док (ru) m (neporjádok)
• Sango: kirikiri
• Slovak: neporiadok m
• Spanish: desorden (es) m
• Swedish: oordning (sv) c
• Turkish: teşevvüş (tr), iğtişaş

  Ottoman Turkish: قارش (karış), تشوش (teşevvüş)

• Ukrainian: безла́ддя (uk) n (bezláddja), бе́злад (uk) m (bézlad), не́лад m (nélad), розгардія́ш m (rozhardijáš) (colloquial), непоря́док m (neporjádok)

disturbance of civic order or of public order

• Bulgarian: безредици (bg) pl (bezredici)
• Finnish: levottomuus (fi)
• French: trouble (fr) m
• Galician: trastorno (gl) m
• Georgian: არეულობა (areuloba), უწესრიგობა (uc̣esrigoba)
• German: Unruhen (de) f pl
• Greek: αναταραχή (el) f (anatarachí)

  Ancient Greek: τύρβη f (túrbē)

• Hungarian: zavargás (hu)
• Italian: disordine (it)
• Khmer: ល្បែ (lbae)
• Malay: kekacauan
• Māori: kaumingomingo
• Old Turkic: 𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰴 (bulɣaq)
• Polish: anarchia (pl) f, bezład (pl) m, chaos (pl) m, dezorganizacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: desordem (pt) f
• Romanian: dezordine (ro) f, tulburare (ro) f
• Russian: беспоря́дки (ru) m pl (besporjádki), волне́ния (ru) n pl (volnénija), сму́та (ru) f (smúta)
• Spanish: desorden (es) m, disturbio (es) m, desenfreno (es) m, revolú m
• Swedish: oroligheter (sv) c pl

physical or psychical malfunction

• Arabic: اِضْطِرَاب (ar) m (iḍṭirāb)
• Azerbaijani: pozuntu
• Catalan: trastorn (ca) m
• Czech: porucha (cs) f
• Danish: forstyrrelse c
• Dutch: stoornis (nl) f
• Esperanto: perturbo, obstrukco
• Finnish: häiriö (fi)
• French: trouble (fr) m, désordre (fr)
• Galician: trastorno (gl) m
• Georgian: აშლილობა (ašliloba)
• German: Störung (de) f
• Greek: διαταραχή (el) f (diatarachí)
• Hindi: विकार (hi) m (vikār)
• Hungarian: zavar (hu), rendellenesség (hu), betegség (hu), megbetegedés (hu), elváltozás (hu)
• Icelandic: röskun (is) f, kvilli (is) m
• Indonesian: gangguan (id)
• Interlingua: disordine
• Italian: disturbo (it), disordine (it)
• Japanese: 障害 (ja) (しょうがい, shōgai)
• Malay: gangguan (ms), kecelaruan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forstyrrelse m, lidelse (no) m

• Polish: zaburzenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: transtorno (pt) m, distúrbio (pt) m
• Romanian: tulburare (ro) f, dereglare (ro) f
• Russian: расстро́йство (ru) m (rasstrójstvo), наруше́ние (ru) m (narušénije)
• Santali: ᱨᱳᱜ (rok’)
• Scottish Gaelic: galar m, tinneas m, euslaint f
• Serbo-Croatian: poremećaj m
• Spanish: trastorno (es) m, desorden (es)
• Telugu: వ్యాధి (te) (vyādhi)
• Thai: ความผิดปรกติ, ความผิดปกติ, โรค (th) (rôok)
• Ukrainian: ро́злад m (rózlad)
• Vietnamese: rối loạn (vi)
• Welsh: anhwyldeb m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} wanorde (nl) f
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 混乱 (ja) (konran), ^{(please verify)} 無秩序 (ja) (muchitsujo)
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} nered m, ^{(please verify)} nemir m, ^{(please verify)} motnja (sl) f

Verb

disorder (third-person singular simple present disorders, present participle disordering, simple past and past participle disordered)

1. (transitive) To throw into a state of disorder.
2. (transitive) To knock out of order or sequence.

Synonyms

• (formal) perturb

Derived terms

• disorderable
• disorderer
• disorderment

Translations

to throw into disorder — see also disarrange,‎ mix up

• Māori: whakatōhenehene
• Spanish: trastornar (es), trabucar (es)

to knock out of order or sequence — see also swap,‎ switch

• Māori: tīpaopao
• Spanish: desordenar (es), permutar (es)

Anagrams

• disordre, sordider

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English disorder, from Middle English disordeine, from Old French desordainer, from Medieval Latin disordinare.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /diˈsordər/ [diˈsor.dər]
• Rhymes: -ordər
• Syllabification: di‧sor‧der

Noun

disordêr (countable and uncountable, plural disorder-disorder)

1. (uncommon) disorder

   Synonym: kekacaubalauan

2. (medicine, uncommon) disorder (a physical or mental malfunction)

   Synonym: gangguan

Further reading

• “disorder”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016