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accolade.

curly bracket (brace)

8 characters4 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/a.kɔ.lad/

  1. curly bracket (brace)

    feminine

  2. accolade (knights)

    feminine · historical

  3. embrace

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French acolade, from Old French acolee (remade with the suffix -ade), from the verb acoler (< Latin ad- + collum + -āre). Analyzable as ad- + collum + -āta. (embrace): Compare typologically Dutch omhelzing (<<~ hals, cognate via PIE); Serbo-Croatian загрљај (<<~ грло).

verb/a.kɔ.lad/

  1. inflection of accolader: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of accolader: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French acolade, from Old French acolee (remade with the suffix -ade), from the verb acoler (< Latin ad- + collum + -āre). Analyzable as ad- + collum + -āta. (embrace): Compare typologically Dutch omhelzing (<<~ hals, cognate via PIE); Serbo-Croatian загрљај (<<~ грло).

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