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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)).

disorder (countable and uncountable, plural disorders)

  1. Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
    After playing the children left the room in disorder.
    • 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
      It was a household in permanent and benevolent disorder, pervaded by the gentle thrill of religious persecution.
  2. A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.
    The class was thrown into disorder when the teacher left the room
    The army tried to prevent disorder when claims the elections had been rigged grew stronger.
  3. (medicine, countable) A physical or mental malfunction.
    Near-synonyms: disease, illness (both often synonymous)
    Bulimia is an eating disorder.
    • 2015 December 21, Michael D. Geschwind, “Prion Diseases”, in Continuum (Minneap Minn), →DOI:
      A very rare polymorphism in the prion protein gene recently has been identified that appears to protect against prion disease; this finding, in addition to providing greater understanding of the prionlike mechanisms of neurodegenerative disorders, might lead to potential treatments.

absence of order

disturbance of civic order or of public order

physical or psychical malfunction

disorder (third-person singular simple present disorders, present participle disordering, simple past and past participle disordered)

  1. (transitive) To throw into a state of disorder.
  2. (transitive) To knock out of order or sequence.

to knock out of order or sequence — see also swap,‎ switch

  1. ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909), A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎[1], volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 6.64, page 203.

Borrowed from English disorder, from Middle English disordeine, from Old French desordainer, from Medieval Latin disordinare.

disordêr (countable and uncountable, plural **disorder-disorder)

  1. (uncommon) disorder
    Synonym: kekacaubalauan
  2. (medicine, uncommon) disorder (a physical or mental malfunction)
    Synonym: gangguan