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concord

/ˈkɒnˌkɔːd/KON-kawrd
/ˈkɑnˌkɔɹd/KAHN-kawrd

Meaninghearts together

Common meaning: harmony between people or things

‘with, together’ + ‘the heart’ → concord

Journey through time

  1. Latincor, cordis‘the heart’
  2. Frenchconcorde
  3. Englishconcord‘harmony between people or things’ · today

con- also in: convexconveyconcaveconcealconcede

cord also in: cordialaccordrecordcouragediscord

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin cor ‘the heart’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry cor, p. 468 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry RECORD, p. 495 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

accordcordialcouragediscordrecord

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