French Conversation · Level 107
58 words
French word
désordre
Pronunciation
IPA/dezɔʁdʁ/
Meaning
- masculine nounconfusion
Example
Après la fête, il y avait du désordre partout.
After the party, there was confusion everywhere.
More examples
Les enfants font souvent du désordre dans leur chambre.
The children often make a mess in their room.
Core concept
A scene in which objects, people, or thoughts have lost their arrangement and spill into confusion.
Common phrases
faire du désordre
make a mess
être en désordre
be in disarray
Similar words
confusion: A confused state in which a situation or thoughts are too muddled to understand or judge.
pagaille: An untidy, cluttered state of a place or its contents.
fouillis: A jumbled state with things or documents scattered everywhere.
bazar: A disorderly state with items piled up without being organized.
Definition in French
Situation où il n'y a pas d'ordre, entraînant confusion ou désorganisation des objets, des personnes ou des idées.
Word origin
French désordre combines the negative prefix des-, from Latin dis-, with ordre, from Latin ordo, meaning 'order'.
Usage tips
- Désordre is masculine, and a general mess is commonly expressed with the mass noun du désordre, as in du désordre partout.
Other meanings
- messnoun
- commotionnoun
Opposites
- ordreordernoun
- rangementtidinessnoun
Related words
- désordonnémessyadjective
- désordonnerdisorganizeverb