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Definition: Accolade |
AccoladeNoun1. A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction; "an award for bravery". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "accolade" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Etymology: Accolade \Ac`co*lade"\, noun. [French expression accolade, Italian accolata, from accollare to embrace; Latin ad collum neck.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Literature | Accolade (3 syl.) The touch of a sword on the shoulder in the ceremony of conferring knighthood; originally an embrace or touch by the hand on the neck. (Latin, ad collum, on the neck.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: AccoladeSynonyms: award (n), honor (n), honour (n), laurels (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Courtesy | Obeisance; (reverence); bow, courtesy, curtsy, scrape, salaam, kotow, kowtow, bowing and scraping; kneeling; genuflection; (worship); obsequiousness; capping, shaking hands; Verb: grip of the hand, embrace, hug, squeeze, accolade, loving cup, vin d'honneur, pledge; love token; (endearment); kiss, buss, salute. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Accolade |
| Specialty definitions using "accolade": net.god. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Accolade" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (accolade, brace), French (accolade). |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Guardian of the Accolade (1919) | |
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| "Accolade" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.65% of the time. "Accolade" is used about 148 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.65% | 146 | 26,107 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.35% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 148 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
accolade | 205 |
accolade game | 13 |
pergo accolade | 11 |
accolade body kit | 7 |
accolade painting | 6 |
accolade lighting | 5 |
accolade deadlock download | 4 |
accolade gown | 3 |
accolade leighton | 3 |
accolade software | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "accolade"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | dhënie e titullit të kalorësit. (various references) | |
Arabic | منح رتبة فارس, معانقة (necking), وسام شرف (medal), إحتضان (embracing, hug, hugging, sit). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | висока награда, обредно докосване със сабя, одобрение (acceptance, acclaim, approbation, approval, authorization, confirmation, fiat, imprimatur, okay, passing, plaudit, sanction, thumbs up), аколада, похвала (applause, commendation, compliment, praise, vaunt). (various references) | |
Chinese | 赞誉 (Acclamation). (various references) | |
Dutch | eerbetuiging, eerbetoon (homage). (various references) | |
Esperanto | vinkulo, respektatesto. (various references) | |
Farsi | فراز (Altitude, Ascendency, Ascent, Loft, Phrase), سختی (Austerity, Buckram, Difficulty, Duration, Duress, Granite, Hardship, Implacability, Inflexibility, Privation, Resistance, Rigidity, Severity, Solidity, Stress, Tenacity, Violence), سربالاءی (Ascent, Bent, Rise, Slope, Up, Upgrade, Uphill), خطاتصال (Seam), اکولاد. (various references) | |
French | accolade. (various references) | |
German | Auszeichnung (award, awarding, décor, decoration, distinction, honor, honoring, honour, honouring, labeling, mark up, marking, markup, mark-up, pricing, prize, renown, ticket), Lob (commendation, lob, praise, tribute), Akkolade (brace). (various references) | |
Greek | χειροτονία ιππότου. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ל"ע יק תואר אביר (dub, knight). (various references) | |
Hungarian | lovaggá ütés, jutalom (award, consideration, douceur, gratification, guerdon, meed, plume, poundage, premium, prise, prize, recompense, remuneration, requital, reward, sanction), elismerés (acknowledgment, admission, appreciation, approbation, avowal, honourable mention, probate, recognition, regard, tribute). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pujian (credit, praise, recommendation), penghormatan (homage, reverence), pengharapan (anticipation, expectancy). (various references) | |
Italian | approvazione (acceptance, acceptation, acclaim, approbation, approval, assent, authorisation, countenance, endorsement, imprimatur, indorsation, indorsement, licensing, official approval, seal of approval), accollata, encomio (citation, encomium, Laud, praise), elogio (commendation, eulogy, praise). (various references) | |
Korean | 족증. (various references) | |
Manx | accolaid. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | accoladeay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | acolada, abraço (bracelet, clasp, cuddle, embrace, hug, squeeze, tendril), toque simbólico, louvor (applause, approval, commendation, encompass, eunuch, Laud, laudation, praise), honra (chivalry, compliment, credit, glory, honor, honour), elogio (commendation, compliment, encomium, eulogy, incense, Laud, laudation, praise). (various references) | |
Romanian | acoladã (brace), premiu (bonus, bounty, Garland, gratuity, premium, prize, purse, reward, spoil, stake). (various references) | |
Russian | акколада. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zagrljaj (cuddle, embrace, embranchment, hug), priznanje (acknowledgement, avowal, cognizance, confession, ladle-out honors, recognition, tribute), pohvala (blurb, commendation, eulogy, laud, laudation, praise, praising). (various references) | |
Spanish | espaldarazo. (various references) | |
Swedish | dubbning (dubbing). (various references) | |
Turkish | rabıta (nexus), onurlandırma, şövalyelik verirken kılıçla dokunma, övgü (approbation, bouquet, commendation, compliment, eclat, encomium, eulogy, glowing account, ode, panegyric, praise, tribute). (various references) | |
Ukranian | схвалення (acceptance, allowance, applause, approbation, approof, approval, backing, o.k., ok, okay, okey). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự ôm hôn (kissing). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ad-. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "accolade": accolades. (additional references) | |
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"Accolade" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: accalade, acclude, accoade, Accodata, accoladed, accolaid, accolate, accolde, accolite, Accolta, acolade, acolate, acollade, colade, Mcglade, occolade. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "accolade" (pronounced a"kulā'd) |
| 4 | -u l ā' d | fusillade, marmalade. |
| 3 | -l ā' d | downplayed, inlaid, overlaid, parlayed, relayed, switchblade, waylaid. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-d-e-l-o" | |
-1 letter: cloacae. | |
-2 letters: alcade, caecal, cloaca, coaled, colead. | |
-3 letters: acold, cacao, caeca, cecal, clade, coala, codec, coled, decal, dolce, laced. | |
-4 letters: aced, alae, alec, aloe, caca, cade, calo, ceca, clad, clod, coal, coca, coda, code, coed, cola, cold, cole, dace, dale, deal, deco, dole, lace, lade, lead, load, loca, lode, odea, olea. | |
-5 letters: aal, ace, ado, ala, ale, cad, cel, cod, col, dal, del, doc, doe, dol, eld, lac, lad, lea, led, oca, ode, old, ole. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-d-e-l-o" | |
+1 letter: accolades, caracoled. | |
+2 letters: caracolled, charcoaled, cladoceran. | |
+3 letters: accelerando, anecdotical, cladocerans, cyclopaedia. | |
+4 letters: accelerandos, cyclopaedias, decalcomania, machicolated. | |
+5 letters: anecdotically, coeducational, decalcomanias, encyclopaedia, radiochemical. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 63 6F 6C 61 64 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. -.-. --- .-.. .- -.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01100011 01101111 01101100 01100001 01100100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c c o l a d e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0063 006F 006C 0061 0064 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3569698178677071 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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