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discord

/ˈdɪskɔːd/DIH-skawrd
/ˈdɪskɔɹd/DIH-skawrd

Meaninghearts apart

Common meaning: lack of agreement

Other meanings: clashing sounds

‘apart, away’ + ‘the heart’ → discord

Journey through time

  1. Latincor, cordis‘the heart’
  2. Old Frenchdescordsource
  3. Middle Englishdescordsource
  4. Englishdiscord‘lack of agreement’ · today

dis- also in: disarmdiscerndisdaindisgustdismiss

cord also in: cordialaccordrecordconcordcourage

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.
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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

accordconcordcordialcouragerecord

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