French Conversation · Level 110
59 words
French word
concorder
Pronunciation
IPA/kɔ̃kɔʁde/
Meaning
- verbagree
Example
Son témoignage ne concorde pas avec les faits.
His testimony does not agree with the facts.
More examples
Les chiffres ne concordent pas avec le rapport.
The figures do not agree with the report.
Core concept
Two sets of records line up point by point, with no conflicting detail between them.
Common phrases
concorder avec
agree with
concorder sur
agree on ___
Similar words
être d'accord: To agree with another person on an idea or opinion.
correspondre: To have content or information that matches something else.
coïncider: To take place at the same time as another event.
s'accorder: To make schedules or conditions coincide by adjusting them.
Definition in French
Être en accord ou en conformité avec quelque chose, sans contradiction, en particulier pour des faits, des dates ou des données.
Word origin
French concorder comes from Latin concordare, formed from con- meaning 'together' and cor, cordis meaning 'heart'.
Usage tips
- Concorder commonly takes avec for the matching item, as in un témoignage concorde avec les faits, while personal agreement usually uses être d'accord.
Other meanings
- harmonizeverb
- correspondverb
Opposites
- contredirecontradictverb
- divergerdivergeverb
Related words
- concordanceagreementnoun
- concordantin agreementadjective