noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/dɪsˈhɑːməni/
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US:/dɪsˈhɑɹməni/
rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)məni
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The absence of harmony or concordance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inharmony
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a lack of harmony
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inharmoniousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dissonance
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English harmony English disharmony From dis- + harmony.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
разногла́сие
(raznoglásie)
— the absence of harmony
Bulgarian:
дисхармо́ния
(disharmónija)
— the absence of harmony
Catalan:
desharmonia
— the absence of harmony
Catalan:
dissonància
— the absence of harmony
Esperanto:
malharmonio
— the absence of harmony
Esperanto:
disharmonio
— the absence of harmony
Finnish:
epäsopu
— the absence of harmony
Finnish:
epäsointu
— the absence of harmony
Finnish:
disharmonia
— the absence of harmony
French:
dysharmonie
— the absence of harmony
French:
désharmonie
— the absence of harmony
French:
désaccord
— the absence of harmony
German:
Disharmonie
— the absence of harmony
Greek:
δυσαρμονία
(dysarmonía)
— the absence of harmony
Hebrew:
דיסהרמוניה
— the absence of harmony
Hebrew:
חוסר התאמה
— the absence of harmony
Hebrew:
צרימה
— the absence of harmony
Manx:
mee-vingys
— the absence of harmony
Manx:
neuchordailys
— the absence of harmony
Norman:
d'sharmonie
— the absence of harmony
Polish:
dysharmonia
— the absence of harmony
Portuguese:
desarmonia
— the absence of harmony
Romanian:
dezacord
— the absence of harmony
Romanian:
discordanță
— the absence of harmony
Romanian:
dezarmonie
— the absence of harmony
Russian:
дисгармо́ния
(disgarmónija)
— the absence of harmony
Russian:
разногла́сие
(raznoglásije)
— the absence of harmony
Spanish:
disarmonía
— the absence of harmony
Spanish:
desarmonía
— the absence of harmony
Swedish:
disharmoni
— the absence of harmony
Swedish:
missljud
— the absence of harmony
Swedish:
oenighet
— the absence of harmony
Swedish:
gnissel
— the absence of harmony
Ukrainian:
дисгармо́нія
(dysharmónija)
— the absence of harmony