dissonance
French, noun/di.sɔ.nɑ̃s/
dissonance is spelled D-I-S-S-O-N-A-N-C-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dissonance is a French feminine noun meaning “dissonance (conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faux accord, relation d’un son à un autre avec lequel il n’est pas consonant”.
What does dissonance mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedissonance (conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding)
- 2
femininedissonance
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Faux accord, relation d’un son à un autre avec lequel il n’est pas consonant. 2. Disparité de ton, de style, de comportement, etc.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dissonance
- dissonances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dissonance?
- /di.sɔ.nɑ̃s/
- \di.sɔ.nɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dissonance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dissonance in French?
dissonance appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).