discord

English

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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Verb

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

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

discord (countable and uncountable, plural discords)

1. Lack of concord, agreement or harmony.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Proverbs 6:19:

     A false witnesse that speaketh lies; and him that soweth discord among brethren.

   • 1775 March 22, Edmund Burke, “Speech on Moving Resolutions for Conciliation with America”, in [Walker King and French Laurence], editors, The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, new edition, volume III, London: for F and C Rivington, ; sold also by J Hatchard, , published 1803, →OCLC, page 31:

     The proposition is peace. Not peace through the medium of war; not peace to be hunted through the labyrinth of intricate and endless negotiations; not peace to arise out of universal discord, fomented from principle, 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.
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “VII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. , 3rd edition, London: William Rawley; rinted by J H for William Lee , paragraph 700, page 173, →OCLC:

     […] For a Diſcord it ſelfe is but a Harſhneſſe of Diuers Sounds Meeting.

Derived terms

• apple of discord

Related terms

• discordant
• Discordianism

Translations

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.
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “III. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. , 3rd edition, London: William Rawley; rinted by J H for William Lee , paragraph 227, page 62, →OCLC:

     […] Sometimes the one Iarring and diſcording with the other, and making a Confuſion; […]

Etymology 2

From dis- +‎ cord (“tie, bind”)

Verb

discord (third-person singular simple present discords, present participle discording, simple past and past participle discorded)

1. (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)

1. discordant

Declension

Noun

discord f (plural discorzi)

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References

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