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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French desparat, from Latin disparātus, past participle of disparō (“to divide”), from dis- (“apart”) + parō (“to arrange”), ultimately from PIE *dwóh₁ (“two”) and *per- (“carry forth”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
disparate (comparative more disparate, superlative most disparate)
- Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.
The board of the company was decidedly disparate, with no two members from the same social or economic background.
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 269:The London Transport Museum was established, from disparate collections, at Covent Garden in 1980.
2023 February 8, Tony Streeter, “Kirkdale: home to Merseyrail's new '777s'”, in RAIL, number 976, page 36:Although third-rail operation in the region dates back more than a century, it was in the 1970s that tunnels under Liverpool's city centre opened to bring together previously disparate routes.
- Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs
- Utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common ground.
1898, John Wesley Powell, Truth and Error:Then disparate sense impressions come to disparate organs, as light to the eye, taste to the mouth, etc.
1912, Bertrand Russell, The Philosophy of Bergson:M. Bergson’s philosophy, unlike most of the systems of the past, is dualistic: the world, for him, is divided into two disparate portions, on the one hand life, on the other matter, or rather that inert something which the intellect views as matter.
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Translations
composed of inherently different elements
- Bulgarian: несравним (bg) (nesravnim), несъизмерим (bg) (nesǎizmerim)
- Czech: nesourodý
- Danish: uensartet, uhomogen
- Dutch: (please verify) duidelijk verschillend , onsamenhangend (nl)
- Finnish: toisenlainen (fi), hajanainen (fi)
- French: disparate (fr)
- Georgian: განსხვავებული (gansxvavebuli)
- German: disparat (de), verschieden (de), ungleich (de), ungleichartig
- Japanese: 異質な (ja) (ishitsu na)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: uensartet
- Portuguese: disperso (pt) m
- Russian: несравнимый (ru) (nesravnimyj), несоизмеримый (ru) (nesoizmerimyj)
- Spanish: dispar (es), heterogéneo (es), variado (es)
- Turkish: apayrı (tr), bambaşka (tr), kıyaslanmaz, kıyaslanamaz
- Ukrainian: різнорідний m (riznoridnyj), розрізнений m (rozriznenyj), відмінний (uk) m (vidminnyj)
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References
Further reading
- “disparate”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “disparate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Noun
disparate (plural disparates)
- (chiefly in the plural) Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin disparātus, past participle of to divide, from dis- (“apart”) + to make equal, from par (“equal”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
disparate (plural disparates)
- disparate; incongruous
Further reading
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
disparate
- inflection of disparat:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
disparate
- feminine plural of disparato
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
disparāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of disparō
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Deverbal from disparatar or borrowed from Spanish disparate.
Noun
disparate m (plural disparates)
- nonsense (meaningless words or actions)
- Synonyms: asneira, dislate
Você fala um disparate, meu amigo.- You speak nonsense, my friend.
- a great amount; a lot
O povo recebia um disparate de turistas no verão.- The town was deluged with tourists in summer.
- (literally, “The town received a great amount of tourists in the summer.”)
Etymology 2
Verb
disparate
- inflection of disparatar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dispaˈɾate/
- Rhymes: -ate
- Syllabification: dis‧pa‧ra‧te
Etymology 1
Deverbal from disparatar.
Noun
disparate m (plural disparates)
- nonsense (meaningless words or actions)
- Synonym: dislate
(Can we date this quote?), Don Quijote:— […] Y no me amaño a dejarle, por más disparates que haga.- and I can't leave him, no matter how many mistakes he makes.
2010, Alberto Lema, translated by Iris Cochón, Sidecar, Caballo de Troya (Random House):— […] Y todo ese disparate sobre la supuesta infinitud de las personas; cuanto más sabes más quieres saber, más sabes que no sabes, etc.; es una estupidez.- And all that hogwash about the supposed infinity of people; the more you know the more you want to know, the more you know that you don't know, etc.; it's all silliness.
- a great amount; a lot
- crazy idea
Etymology 2
Verb
disparate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of disparar combined with te
Etymology 3
Verb
disparate
- inflection of disparatar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
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