accolade

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 References 1.4 Verb 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun 3 French 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Synonyms 3.4 Verb

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP)
  • IPA: /'ækəleɪd/

[edit] Etymology

From French accolade, from Franco-Provençal acolada, from Italian accolata, from accolare to embrace, from Latin ad- + collum (“‘neck’”).

[edit] Noun

accolade (plural accolades)

1. An expression of approval; praise.
2. A special acknowledgment; an award.
3. (historical) A salutation marking the conferring of knighthood, consisting of an embrace or a kiss, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat of a sword.
4. (music) A brace used to join two or more staves.
5. (US military) Written Presidential certificate recognizing service by personnel who died or were wounded in action between 1917 and 1918, or who died in service between 1941 and 1947, or died of wounds received in Korea between June 27, 1950 and July 27, 1954. Service of civilians who died overseas or as a result of injury or disease contracted while serving in a civilian capacity with the United States Armed Forces during the dates and/or in areas prescribed is in like manner recognized.

[edit] Synonyms

• (expression of approval or praise): panegyric

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

• (4) http://www.afms1.belvoir.army.mil/dictionary/a.htm#accolade

[edit] Verb

to accolade (third-person singular simple present accolades, present participle accolading, simple past and past participle accoladed)

1. (transitive) To embrace or kiss in salutation.
2. (transitive) To confer a knighthood on.

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[edit] Dutch

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[edit] Noun

accolade f. (plural accolades)

1. (punctuation) brace – curly bracket

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Franco-Provençal acolada, from Italian accolata, from accolare (“‘to embrace’”), from Latin ad- + collum (“‘neck’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.kɔ.lad/, X-SAMPA: /a.kO.lad@/

   Audio (France, Paris)^{help, file}

• Homophones: accolades
• Hyphenation: a‧cco‧lade

[edit] Noun

accolade f. (plural accolades)

1. curly bracket (brace)
2. (historical) accolade (knights)
3. embrace

[edit] Synonyms

• (embrace): embrassade

[edit] Verb

accolade

1. first-person singular present indicative of accolader.
2. third-person singular present indicative of accolader.
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of accolader.
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of accolader.
5. second-person singular imperative of accolader.