noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/dɪˈspæɹɪti/
UK:/dɪˈspæɹəti/
UK:[dɪˈspæɹti]
General-American:/dɪˈspæɹɪti/without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The state of being unequal; difference.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Incongruity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
inequality or difference in some respect
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inequality
Narrower terms: far cry, gap, spread, gulf, disconnect, disconnection, disproportion
History
Etymology
From Middle French disparité, from Latin disparitātem, accusative of disparitās, from dispār + -tās, from dis- + pār. By surface analysis, dis- + parity.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
разлика
(razlika)
— the state of being unequal; difference
Bulgarian:
неравенство
(neravenstvo)
— the state of being unequal; difference
Catalan:
disparitat
— the state of being unequal; difference
Dutch:
ongelijkheid
— the state of being unequal; difference
Dutch:
onevenredigheid
— the state of being unequal; difference
Finnish:
eroavuus
— the state of being unequal; difference
Finnish:
erilaisuus
— the state of being unequal; difference
French:
disparité
— the state of being unequal; difference
German:
Differenz
— the state of being unequal; difference
German:
Unterschiedlichkeit
— the state of being unequal; difference
German:
Unterschied
— the state of being unequal; difference
German:
Disparität
— the state of being unequal; difference
German:
Ungleichheit
— the state of being unequal; difference
Hindi:
विषमता
(viṣamtā)
— the state of being unequal; difference
Persian:
نابرابری
(nâ-barâbari)
— the state of being unequal; difference
Polish:
nierówność
— the state of being unequal; difference
Polish:
nierównowaga
— the state of being unequal; difference
Polish:
rozbieżność
— the state of being unequal; difference
Polish:
rozstrzał
— the state of being unequal; difference
Polish:
rozrzut
— the state of being unequal; difference
Polish:
różnica
— the state of being unequal; difference
Portuguese:
disparidade
— the state of being unequal; difference
Russian:
нера́венство
(nerávenstvo)
— the state of being unequal; difference
Russian:
разли́чие
(razlíčije)
— the state of being unequal; difference
Spanish:
disparidad
— the state of being unequal; difference
Swedish:
ojämlikhet
— the state of being unequal; difference
Ukrainian:
нері́вність
(nerívnistʹ)
— the state of being unequal; difference
Ukrainian:
різни́ця
(riznýcja)
— the state of being unequal; difference
Uzbek:
tafovut
— the state of being unequal; difference