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English

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 discord?re, from discord-, as above.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?sk??d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?sk??d/

Noun

discord (countable and uncountable, plural discords)

1. Lack of concord, agreement or harmony.

   • A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

   • 1775, Edmund Burke, Conciliation with America

     Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire.

2. Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
3. (music) An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
4. Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.

Derived terms

• apple of discord

Related terms

• discordant
• Discordianism

Translations

Pronunciation 2

• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?s?k??d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d?s?k??d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d

Verb

discord (third-person singular simple present discords, present participle discording, simple past and past participle discorded)

1. (intransitive, archaic) To disagree; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
2. (transistive, rare) To untie things which are connected by a cord.

English

Etymology

From Tibetan ???????? (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of ??? (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and ???? (dred, “bear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j?.ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?j?.ti/, [?j?.?i]
• Rhymes: -?ti

Noun

yeti (plural yeti or yetis)

1. (cryptozoology) An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas.

   Synonym: abominable snowman

   Coordinate terms: bigfoot, sasquatch, yowie, menk

Translations

Anagrams

• -iety, yite

Anguthimri

Noun

yeti

1. (Mpakwithi) bird

References

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 189

Czech

Alternative forms

• yetti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?j?t?]
• Hyphenation: ye?ti

Noun

yeti m anim

1. (cryptozoology) yeti

Declension

Synonyms

• sn?žný muž

Further reading

• yeti in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu

Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English yeti, from Tibetan ???????? (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of ??? (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and ???? (dred, “bear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?je?.ti/
• Hyphenation: ye?ti

Noun

yeti m (plural yeti's, diminutive yetietje n)

1. (cryptozoology) yeti

   Synonym: verschrikkelijke sneeuwman

Italian

Noun

yeti m (invariable)

1. (cryptozoology) yeti

   Synonym: abominevole uomo delle nevi

Polish

Etymology

From Tibetan ???????? (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of ??? (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and ???? (dred, “bear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j?.ti/

Noun

yeti m anim (indeclinable)

1. (cryptozoology) yeti

Further reading

• yeti in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• yeti in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• iéti, ieti, yéti

Noun

yeti m (plural yetis)

1. (cryptozoology) yeti (unidentified humanoid of the Himalayas)

   Synonym: abominável homem das neves

Slovak

Etymology

From Tibetan ???????? (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of ??? (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and ???? (dred, “bear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?je.ti/

Noun

yeti m (genitive singular yetiho, nominative plural yetiovia, genitive plural yetiov, declension pattern of kuli)

1. (cryptozoology) yeti

Declension

Synonyms

• snežný ?lovek m
• snežný muž m

References

• yeti in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Pronunciation

Noun

yeti m (plural yetis)

1. (folklore) yeti

Swedish

Noun

yeti c

1. (cryptozoology) yeti

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jeti]
• Hyphenation: ye?ti

Noun

yeti (definite accusative yetiyi, plural yetiler)

1. (cryptozoology) yeti
2. (philosophy, psychology) faculty, skill

Declension