discord
noun
- opposite of concord
verb
No English definition recorded for this entry.
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Pronunciation: /ˈdɪskɔɹd/ / /ˈdɪskɔːd/ / /dɪsˈkɔːd/ / /dɪsˈkɔɹd/
name
Etymology: See discord. Jason Citron, developer: “We picked the name because […] it just sounds cool and has to do with talking. […] [It] is easy to say, spell, remember, […] available for ™, and has a website you can get. […] we fell in love with the name”.
- An instant messaging and VoIP social platform which allows communication through voice calls, video calls, text messaging, and media.
noun
Etymology: Circa 1230, Middle English descorde, discorde; from Anglo-Norman, Old French descort (derivative of descorder), descorde (“disagreement”); from Latin discordia, from discors (“disagreeing, disagreement”), from dis- (“apart”) + cor, cordis (“heart”). Verb derives from Middle English discorden, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descorder, from Latin discordāre, from discord-, as above.
- Lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord.
“A false witnesse that speaketh lies; and him that soweth discord among brethren.”
“The proposition is peace. Not peace through the medium of war; not peace to be hunted through the labyrinth of intricate and endless negotiations; not peace to arise out of universal discord, fomented from principle, in all parts of the empire; […]”
- Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
- Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.
“[…] For a Diſcord it ſelfe is but a Harſhneſſe of Diuers Sounds Meeting.”
- An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English cord English discord From dis- + cord (“tie, bind”).
- To untie things which are connected by a cord.