DISSONANT


Meaning of DISSONANT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -nənt ]

adjective

Etymology: Middle English dissonaunte, from Latin dissonant-, dissonans, present participle of dissonare to be discordant, from dis- + sonare to sound — more at sound

Date: 15th century

1. : marked by dissonance : discordant

2. : incongruous

3. : harmonically unresolved

• dis·so·nant·ly adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.