accessoire
See also: Accessoire
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French accessoire.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
accessoire n (plural accessoires)
- accessory (attachment)
French edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
accessoire m (plural accessoires)
Descendants edit
- → Bulgarian: аксесоар (aksesoar)
- → Dutch: accessoire
- → German: Accessoire
- → Greek: αξεσουάρ (axesouár)
- → Luxembourgish: Accessoire
- → Norwegian Bokmål: accessoir, aksessoar
- → Russian: аксессуа́р (aksessuár)
- → Turkish: aksesuar
Adjective edit
accessoire (plural accessoires)
- accessory (having a supplementary function)
Further reading edit
- “accessoire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.