accolade French · revision 16017

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1532, Rabelais}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /a.kɔ.lad/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''accolade''' ''f'' (plural accolades)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is derived from [[accoler|t=to embrace (round the neck)]], remade with the suffix [[-ade]] from Old French [[m|fro|acolee]],^(GLLF 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Wiktionary)^(Littré 1873) itself from “a-” and “col” “neck” (see [[cou]], [[col]]), from [[la|collum]].^(Wiktionary)^(REW 1935) The Petit Robert and the REW also point to Provençal “acolada”, “colada”.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(REW 1935)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Rabelais (1532) has it for putting one's arms round someone's neck;^(GLLF 1989)^(DHLF 1992) Old French said ''l'acolée'' for the blow given with the hand or the sword on the nape when a knight was dubbed (''Berte'', 13th century).^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is still used for an embrace, especially in official ceremonies such as the giving of a decoration (''donner l'accolade'').^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse) Historically it was the blow with the flat of the sword and the embrace that made a knight.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989) Before 1718 it became the brace sign joining several lines, and in music (1768) several staves, Littré (1863) records the architectural ogee arch.^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007) Saint-Simon and Gautier used it ironically, ''donner l'accolade à une bouteille''.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 13th century – Old French ''acolée'' in dubbing.^(Littré 1873)

+ * 1532 – ''Accolade'' in Rabelais.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * Before 1718 – The brace sign.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1768 – In music.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1845 – ''Accolader''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1863 – An ogee arch.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An embrace, hug: ''donner l'accolade''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # ''(history)'' The [[m|en|accolade]] (dubbing of a knight).^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(typography)'' A curly bracket, brace.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(architecture)'' An ogee arch.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[accolader]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[accoler]]

+ * [[cou]]

+ * [[col]]

+ * [[racoler]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}