discordant

English

Alternative forms

• discordaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French descordant, from descorder.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkɔː.dənt/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkoɹ.dənt/

Adjective

discordant (comparative more discordant, superlative most discordant)

1. Not in harmony or accord.
   • 2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     With this shift in both what shows are being made, and in what viewers desire, the genre hearteningly appears to be reverting to its roots of being an entertainment spectacular, giving the space for novelty and mad-cap amusement that's presented in a warm and humorous way. After a discordant patch, it's in tune again – even if some auditionees, as ever, are not.

2. Harsh or dissonant-sounding.
3. (public health) Ellipsis of serodiscordant.
4. (geology) Of a differing type of rock cutting across a formation.

   Dikes may be discordant to country rock if they intrude at a high angle to the bedding.

5. (mathematics) Of opposite sign.

Antonyms

• accordant
• concordant

Derived terms

• discordantly
• discordantness
• immunodiscordant
• nondiscordant
• undiscordant

Related terms

• discord

Translations

not in harmony or accord

• Bulgarian: несъгласуван (nesǎglasuvan), нехармоничен (bg) (neharmoničen)
• Finnish: epäsointuinen, riitasointuinen
• Irish: ainfhreagrach, dainfhreagrach
• Latin: discors
• Russian: несогласо́ванный (ru) (nesoglasóvannyj), негармони́чный (ru) (negarmoníčnyj) (not in harmony), несогла́сный (ru) (nesoglásnyj) (not agreeing)
• Welsh: anghytûn (cy)

harsh or dissonant-sounding

• Irish: díchordach
• Latin: dissonus
• Maori: maioro
• Welsh: aflafar (cy)

serodiscordant — see serodiscordant

geology: of a differing type of rock cutting across a formation

mathematics: of opposite sign

• Finnish: vastakkaismerkkinen

French

Adjective

discordant (feminine discordante, masculine plural discordants, feminine plural discordantes)

1. discordant, dissonant
2. grating, jarring

Further reading

• “discordant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

discordant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of discordō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French discordant.

Adjective

discordant m or n (feminine singular discordantă, masculine plural discordanți, feminine and neuter plural discordante)

1. discordant

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	discordant		discordantă		discordanți	discordante
	definite	discordantul		discordanta		discordanții	discordantele
genitive- dative	indefinite	discordant		discordante		discordanți	discordante
	definite	discordantului		discordantei		discordanților	discordantelor