French word

disparité

Pronunciation

IPA/dispaʁite/

Meaning

  • feminine noungap

Example

Il y a une disparité entre leurs salaires.

There is a gap between their salaries.

Illustration for disparité (gap)

More examples

Il existe une disparité de traitement selon l'âge.

There is a disparity in treatment based on age.

Core concept

A visible imbalance on a social or economic scale, with one side noticeably worse off than another.

Common phrases

  • disparité de traitement

    disparity in treatment

  • disparité de revenus

    income disparity

Similar words

inégalité: Unequal treatment or opportunities that create unfairness.
différence: A way in which two or more things differ in features or degree.
écart: A difference or range between numerical values or levels.
fossé: A deep social or ideological divide between people or groups.

Definition in French

État d'inégalités marquées entre des personnes, des groupes ou des valeurs, surtout dans les domaines social ou économique.

Word origin

French disparité developed from Latin disparitas, the noun for an unequal condition, related to dispar meaning "unequal."

Usage tips

  • The word is relatively formal and commonly appears in reports and statistics, such as disparité salariale.

Other meanings

  • differencenoun
  • imbalancenoun
  • inequalitynoun

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