discordant

• discordaunt (obsolete)

From Old French descordant, from descorder

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkɔːdənt/

discordant (comparative more discordant, superlative most discordant)

1. not in harmony or accord
2. harsh or dissonant-sounding
3. (public health) 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

• concordant

• discord

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

1. discordant, dissonant
2. grating, jarring

• “discordant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

discordant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of discordō