"apple of discord" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæp(ə)l əv ˈdɪskɔːd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈæp(ə)l əv ˈdɪskɔɹd/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-apple of discord.ogg Forms: apples of discord [plural]
Etymology: A reference to the μῆλον τῆς Ἔριδος (mêlon tês Éridos, “apple of Eris”) in Greek mythology, a golden apple inscribed ‘for the fairest female’ which Eris (known as Discordia to the Romans), the goddess of discord and strife, tossed in the midst of the feast of the gods at the wedding of Thetis and Peleus. This provoked a dispute among Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera as to who was the most beautiful, and eventually led to the Trojan War. Head templates: {{en-noun|apples of discord}} apple of discord (plural apples of discord)
  1. An object or topic which sows anger and dissension; something which causes argument, rivalry, or strife. Wikipedia link: Greek mythology, Jacob Jordaens, Museo del Prado Categories (topical): Greek mythology Related terms: bone of contention, sticking point Translations (object which sows anger and dissension): կռվախնձոր (kṙvaxnjor) (Armenian), яблык разладу (jablyk razladu) (Belarusian), я́бълка на раздо́ра (jábǎlka na razdóra) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 禍根 (Chinese Mandarin), 祸根 (huògēn) (Chinese Mandarin), 金蘋果 (Chinese Mandarin), 金苹果 (jīn píngguǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), jablko sváru [neuter] (Czech), Eridino jablko [neuter] (Czech), stridens æble [neuter] (Danish), twistappel [masculine] (Dutch), pomo de la malakordo (Esperanto), tüliõun (Estonian), kiistakapula (Finnish), pomme de discorde [feminine] (French), mazá da discordia [feminine] (Galician), განხეთქილების ვაშლი (ganxetkilebis vašli) (Georgian), Zankapfel [masculine] (German), μήλον της έριδος (mílon tis éridos) [neuter] (Greek), μήλο της έριδας (mílo tis éridas) [neuter] (Greek), þrætuepli (Icelandic), apel perselisihan (Indonesian), mela della discordia [feminine] (Italian), pomo della discordia [masculine] (Italian), 争いの種 (arasoi no tane) (alt: あらそいのたね) (Japanese), 不和の林檎 (Japanese), бүлік алмасы (bülık almasy) (Kazakh), 불화의 사과 (bulhwaui sagwa) (Korean), mālum discordiae [neuter] (Latin), јаболко на раздорот (jabolko na razdorot) [neuter] (Macedonian), jabłko niezgody [neuter] (Polish), kość niezgody [feminine] (Polish), pomo da discórdia [masculine] (Portuguese), mărul discordiei [neuter] (Romanian), я́блоко раздо́ра (jábloko razdóra) [neuter] (Russian), manzana de la discordia [feminine] (Spanish), erisäpple [neuter] (Swedish), stridsäpple [neuter] (Swedish), stridsfråga [common-gender] (Swedish), tvisteämne [neuter] (Swedish), яблуко розбрату (jabluko rozbratu) (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "He [Pope Pius VII] had hardly regained Rome when a domestic incident in the Bonaparte family became the immediate cause of that struggle between Pope and Emperor which only ended with the downfall of Napoleon's power. This apple of discord was the outraged honour of a Protestant girl, which the Holy Father maintained in the face of her angered Imperial brother-in-law.",
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          "text": "The apportionment of U.S. military assistance to Turkey and Greece has become an apple of discord almost as bitterly disputed by the recipients as the one Aphrodite received from Paris, which touched off the Trojan Wars.",
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          "text": "As in the old days when the tribes were fighting each other over hunting grounds, territories and agricultural land, today DRC [the Democratic Republic of the Congo] is prone to many internal conflicts. Especially in the eastern part of the country today's apples of discord appear to be the much-coveted minerals such as gold, diamonds, coltan, and uranium.",
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          "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
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          "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "bone of contention"
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      "word": "sticking point"
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        {
          "ref": "1804 May 19, “Summary of Politics”, in William Cobbett, editor, Cobbett’s Weekly Political Register, volume V, number 20, London: Printed by Cox and Baylis, Great Queen Street; published by Richard Bagshaw, Bow Street, Covent Garden; …, →OCLC, column 768:",
          "text": "He has determined to enter the cabinet surrounded with creatures only, and, as to the Parliament, to trust to his dexterity and strength in throwing the apple of discord, occasions for doing which will, he imagines, soon and frequently occur.",
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          "ref": "1875, Mary H[elen Agnes] Allies, “The Apple of Discord”, in The Life of Pope Pius the Seventh, London: Burns and Oates, Portman Street and Paternoster Row, →OCLC, page 91:",
          "text": "He [Pope Pius VII] had hardly regained Rome when a domestic incident in the Bonaparte family became the immediate cause of that struggle between Pope and Emperor which only ended with the downfall of Napoleon's power. This apple of discord was the outraged honour of a Protestant girl, which the Holy Father maintained in the face of her angered Imperial brother-in-law.",
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          "ref": "1992, Monteagle Stearns, “The 70 Percent Solution to Our Military Aid Dilemma”, in Entangled Allies: U.S. Policy toward Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus, New York, N.Y.: Council on Foreign Relations Press, →ISBN, page 40:",
          "text": "The apportionment of U.S. military assistance to Turkey and Greece has become an apple of discord almost as bitterly disputed by the recipients as the one Aphrodite received from Paris, which touched off the Trojan Wars.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2008, Anthonie Th. Polet, “Between Expectations and Reality in the DRC: Opportunities for Cimic”, in Sebastiaan J. H. Rietjens, Myriame T. I. B. Bollen, editors, Managing Civil-Military Cooperation: A 24/7 Joint Effort for Stability (Military Strategy and Operational Art), Aldershot, Hampshire, Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate Publishing, →ISBN, page 123:",
          "text": "As in the old days when the tribes were fighting each other over hunting grounds, territories and agricultural land, today DRC [the Democratic Republic of the Congo] is prone to many internal conflicts. Especially in the eastern part of the country today's apples of discord appear to be the much-coveted minerals such as gold, diamonds, coltan, and uranium.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈæp(ə)l əv ˈdɪskɔɹd/",
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kṙvaxnjor",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "word": "կռվախնձոր"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "jablyk razladu",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "word": "яблык разладу"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "jábǎlka na razdóra",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "я́бълка на раздо́ра"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "word": "禍根"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huògēn",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "word": "祸根"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "word": "金蘋果"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jīn píngguǒ",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "word": "金苹果"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "jablko sváru"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Eridino jablko"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stridens æble"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "twistappel"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "word": "pomo de la malakordo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "word": "tüliõun"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "word": "kiistakapula"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pomme de discorde"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "mazá da discordia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ganxetkilebis vašli",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "word": "განხეთქილების ვაშლი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zankapfel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mílon tis éridos",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "μήλον της έριδος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mílo tis éridas",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "μήλο της έριδας"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "word": "þrætuepli"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "word": "apel perselisihan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mela della discordia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pomo della discordia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あらそいのたね",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "arasoi no tane",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "word": "争いの種"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "word": "不和の林檎"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "bülık almasy",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "word": "бүлік алмасы"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bulhwaui sagwa",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "word": "불화의 사과"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mālum discordiae"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "jabolko na razdorot",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "јаболко на раздорот"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "jabłko niezgody"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kość niezgody"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pomo da discórdia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mărul discordiei"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jábloko razdóra",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "я́блоко раздо́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "manzana de la discordia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "erisäpple"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stridsäpple"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "stridsfråga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tvisteämne"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "jabluko rozbratu",
      "sense": "object which sows anger and dissension",
      "word": "яблуко розбрату"
    }
  ],
  "word": "apple of discord"
}

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