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== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əˈkɔːd/ (US) IPA(key): /əˈkɔɹd/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d === Etymology 1 === From Middle English accord, from Old French acort, from acorder (see verb below). ==== Noun ==== accord (countable and uncountable, plural accords) Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action. A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord. Agreement or harmony of things in general. (countable, perfumery) A distinctive mixture of fragrances or the odor thereof. (law) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit. (international law) An international agreement. Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act. ===== Synonyms ===== (concurrence of opinion): consent, assent (international agreement): treaty ===== Derived terms ===== in accord of one's own accord with one accord ===== Related terms ===== bon-accord chord ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English accorden, acorden, borrowed from Old French acorder (compare modern French accord and accorder), from Vulgar Latin *accordāre, from Latin concordāre via prefix substitution (with Latin ad-), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥d-, and thus distantly related to English heart (via Proto-Germanic *hertô). ==== Verb ==== accord (third-person singular simple present accords, present participle according, simple past and past participle accorded) (transitive) To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust. (transitive) To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize. (intransitive) To agree or correspond; to be in harmony; to be concordant. Synonyms: sit, agree (intransitive) To agree in pitch and tone. (transitive, law) To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award. Synonym: render (intransitive, obsolete) To give consent. (intransitive, archaic) To arrive at an agreement. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === === Anagrams === Cradoc == French == === Etymology === Deverbal from accorder. Compare with Catalan acord. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.kɔʁ/ === Noun === accord m (plural accords) chord agreement permission, consent ==== Derived terms ==== accord parfait accorder d'accord d'un commun accord désaccord ==== Descendants ==== → Danish: akkord → German: Akkord → Norwegian Bokmål: akkord → Norwegian Nynorsk: akkord → Ottoman Turkish: اقورد (akord) Turkish: akor, akort → Persian: آکورد (âkord) → Swedish: ackord === Further reading === “accord”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === cocard == Norman == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === accord m (plural accords) (Jersey) agreement