accord French · revision 16349

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=back-formation|attested=after 1160, Wace, Roman de Rou (acort)|origins=la cor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /a.kɔʁ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''accord''' ''m'' (plural accords)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a back-formation from [[accorder]], Old French [[m|fro|acorder]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005) The verb continues [[la-vul|*accordō]], formed with [[m|la|ad-]] after [[m|la|concordō|t=to agree]] and [[m|la|discordō]], from [[m|la|cor|t=heart]].^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Wiktionary)^(FEW|24, 84a) The musical sense of the verb arose under the influence of [[m|la|chorda|t=string]], whence [[corde]].^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ Old French also had the synonyms “accorde” (1080) and “accordance” (1172).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) The spelling “accord” dates from Middle French (14th century).^(DHLF 1992) Cognate with [[pro|acort]], [[es|acuerdo]] and [[it|accordo]].^(Littré 1873)^(REW 1935)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ After 1160 Wace's ''Roman de Rou'' uses ''acort'' for a pact sealed by an oath, and also in ''d'un acort'' “of one accord”: ''Tuit furent d'un acort e d'une volenté'' “all were of one accord and one will”.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The idea of agreement between persons gave ''être d'accord'' and ''mettre d'accord'' (1538, found already in 1512), and in the 17th century the elliptic ''d'accord !'', familiarly shortened to ''d'ac'' in the 20th century.^(DHLF 1992)^(BHVF) From 1350 it also meant “betrothal”, a sense now lost.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ Under the influence of ''corde'', ''accord'' named musical harmony (1341) and later a [[m|en|chord]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) In 1538 it was used of harmony between things, in 1677 of colours in painting, and in 1690 of grammatical agreement.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) Several languages borrowed the musical sense, among them [[de|Akkord]] and [[sv|ackord]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * After 1160 – ''Acort'', a sworn pact, in Wace's ''Roman de Rou''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1341 – Harmony of sounds, in the ''Miracles de Notre-Dame''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1350 – The sense “betrothal”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1538 – ''Mettre d'accord'' and harmony between things, in Robert Estienne.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 17th century – The exclamation ''d'accord !''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1677 – Harmony of colours, in Roger de Piles.^(TLFi)

+ * 1690 – Grammatical agreement, in Furetière.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|agreement]], harmony between people: ''vivre en accord'', ''d'un commun accord''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # ''D'accord'': agreed, ''être d'accord'', to agree.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|consent]], permission: ''donner son accord''.^(Larousse)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An agreement, arrangement, treaty: ''un accord de coopération''.^(Larousse)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(music)'' A [[m|en|chord]]; the [[m|en|tuning]] of an instrument.^(Wiktionary)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''(grammar)'' [[m|en|concord]], agreement: ''l'accord du participe''.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[accorder]]

+ * [[d'accord]]

+ * [[désaccord]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[concorde]]

+ * [[cœur]]

+ * [[corde]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}