accessoire
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French accessoire.
Pronunciation
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
Noun
accessoire m (plural accessoires)
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 , 2012.