accolade

C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈækəleɪd/ UK /ˈækəleɪd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
an award or expression of praise

The novel earned every accolade the critics could bestow.

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Synonyms

1 noun · an award or expression of... honor award tribute commendation praise recognition laurels

Opposites

criticism censure rebuke

Word family

Related forms collar

Simplified etymology

Accolade comes from Provençal acolada, literally an embrace or clasp around the neck, a gesture once used when knighting someone. Its ultimate root is Latin collum, meaning “neck.”

Etymology

From French accolade ('embrace'), from Provençal acolada, from Vulgar Latin accollāre ('to embrace about the neck'), from Latin ad- ('to') + collum ('neck'). Originally the ceremonial embrace or tap on the shoulder used to confer knighthood.

accollāre Vulgar Latin collum Latin

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Topics

General Vocabulary

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# accolade

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈækəleɪd/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈækəleɪd/

## Meanings
1. an award or expression of praise

## Examples
- The novel earned every accolade the critics could bestow.

## Synonyms
- honor
- award
- tribute
- commendation
- praise
- recognition
- laurels

## Antonyms
- criticism
- censure
- rebuke

## Related Forms
- collar

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: accollāre
- Root: collum

## Etymology
From French accolade ('embrace'), from Provençal acolada, from Vulgar Latin accollāre ('to embrace about the neck'), from Latin ad- ('to') + collum ('neck'). Originally the ceremonial embrace or tap on the shoulder used to confer knighthood.

## AI Etymology
Accolade is from French accolade ('embrace'), from Provençal acolada, from Vulgar Latin accollāre ('to embrace about the neck'), from Latin ad- ('to') + collum ('neck'). Originally the ceremonial embrace or tap on the shoulder used to confer knighthood. Important recorded forms include accollāre (Vulgar Latin) and collum (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers an award or expression of praise. The wider family includes related words such as collar.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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