accessoire

See also: Accessoire

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French accessoire.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌɑ.səˈsʋaː.rə/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: ac‧ces‧soi‧re

Noun

accessoire n (plural accessoires)

accessory (attachment)

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin accessorius, as in the phrase accessorium sequitur principale (“the accessory follows the principal”). Possibly influenced by accidens (“falling down, something unfortunate happening”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ak.sɛ.swaʁ/, /ak.se.swaʁ/
accessoire (file)

Noun

accessoire m (plural accessoires)

accessory
(theater) prop

Descendants

→ Bulgarian: аксесоар (aksesoar)
→ Dutch: accessoire
→ German: Accessoire
→ Greek: αξεσουάρ (axesouár)
→ Luxembourgish: Accessoire
→ Norwegian Bokmål: accessoir, aksessoar
→ Russian: аксессуа́р (aksessuár)
→ Turkish: aksesuar

Adjective

accessoire (plural accessoires)

accessory (having a supplementary function)

Further reading

“accessoire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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