accolé

== English == === Etymology === From French accolé, past participle of accoler. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈækəleɪ/, /ˌækəˈleɪ/ Rhymes: -eɪ === Adjective === accolé (not comparable) (microbiology) Crescent-shaped. (heraldry) Joined or placed side by side (with); (of a pair of shields) displayed side by side and often leaning on or towards each other. Synonym: (plural) accolés ==== Alternative forms ==== (heraldry): accolée, accolee ==== Coordinate terms ==== coupled === Noun === accolé (plural accolés) A blow (typically with the flat of a sword, though historically sometimes with a fist, etc.) given in the ceremony conferring knighthood. === Anagrams === Colace == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.kɔ.le/ Homophones: accolés, accolée, accolées === Participle === accolé (feminine accolée, masculine plural accolés, feminine plural accolées) past participle of accoler ==== Descendants ==== → English: accolé === Adjective === accolé (feminine accolée, masculine plural accolés, feminine plural accolées) bracketed (heraldry) accolé === Further reading === “accolé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012