dissonance

English

Etymology

From Latin dissonantia via Middle French.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪsənəns/, /ˈdɪsənɪns/

Noun

dissonance (countable and uncountable, plural dissonances)

1. A harsh, discordant combination of sounds.
2. (music) Conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding.
3. A state of disagreement or conflict.

Derived terms

• dissonant
• cognitive dissonance

Translations

a harsh, discordant combination of sounds

• Bulgarian: неблагозвучие (bg) n (neblagozvučie), дисонанс (bg) m (disonans)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不和諧 (zh)

• Czech: nesouzvuk m

• Greek: ασυμφωνία (el) f (asymfonía)
• Russian: диссонанс (ru) (dissonans)
• Tagalog: dilingaw

conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding

• Bulgarian: дисхармония (bg) f (disharmonija)
• Catalan: dissonància f
• Czech: disonance f

• Greek: ασυμφωνία (el) f (asymfonía), παραφωνία (el) f (parafonía)
• Tagalog: dilingaw

a state of disagreement or conflict

• Bulgarian: несъгласие (bg) n (nesǎglasie)
• Catalan: dissonància f
• Czech: neshoda f, nesoulad m

• Greek: ασυμφωνία (el) f (asymfonía)
• Japanese: 不一致 (ja) (ふいっち, fuicchi)
• Russian: диссонанс (ru) (dissonans)

See also

• assonance
• consonance

Anagrams

• scansioned