discord

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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 1

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪskɔɹd/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪskɔːd/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

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: […] William 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.

Derived terms

apple of discord

Related terms

Translations

lack of agreement

Azerbaijani: nifaq
Bulgarian: несъгласие (bg) n (nesǎglasie), разногласие (bg) n (raznoglasie)
Catalan: discòrdia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不調和／不调和 (zh) (bùtiáohé), 不和 (zh) (bùhé)
Dutch: onenigheid (nl) f
Esperanto: malakordo
Finnish: epäsopu (fi), eripura (fi) (general); soraääni (fi) (individual)
French: discorde (fr) f, désaccord (fr) m
Galician: discordia f
German: Uneinigkeit (de) f, Streit (de) m
Gothic: 𐍄𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃 f (twisstass)
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), 부조화(不調和) (ko) (bujohwa)
Latin: dissensus m
Malayalam: ഭിന്നത (ml) (bhinnata), വിയോജിപ്പ് (viyōjippŭ)
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)
Walloon: bisbrouye f
Welsh: anghydfod (cy) m, anghytundeb (cy) m, anghytgord m

strife resulting from lack of agreement; dissension

Azerbaijani: nifaq
Bulgarian: раздо́р (bg) m (razdór)
Dutch: tweedracht (nl) f
Esperanto: malakordo
Finnish: epäsopu (fi), eripura (fi)
French: discorde (fr) f, dispute (fr) f, dissension (fr) f
German: Zwietracht (de) f
Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍃 f (missaqiss)
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
Tocharian B: ysalye
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)
French: dissonance (fr) f
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 (ja) (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) (file)
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d

Verb

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: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:
  the one discording with the other
(transitive, rare) To untie things which are connected by a cord.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French discord.

Adjective

discord m or n (feminine singular discordă, masculine plural discorzi, feminine and neuter plural discorde)

discordant

Declension

Declension of discord

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	discord		discordă	discorzi	discorde
nominative/ accusative	definite	discordul		discorda	discorzii	discordele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	discord		discorde	discorzi	discorde
genitive/ dative	definite	discordului		discordei	discorzilor	discordelor

Noun

discord f (plural discorzi)

Declension

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References

discord in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

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