disorder

Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɔːdə(ɹ)/

The English word “disorder” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.
A physical or mental malfunction.

verb

To throw into a state of disorder.
To knock out of order or sequence.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French desordre (modern French désordre), from Old French desordre, from des- + ordre; by surface analysis, dis- + order (<< Latin ōrdō). Compare typologically Russian непоря́док (neporjádok), беспоря́док (besporjádok), неуря́дица (neurjádica) (akin to ряд (rjad), поря́док (porjádok)).

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