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accolé

/ˈækəleɪ/

accolé adjective: crescent-shaped.

accolé: crescent-shaped
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Adjective

accolé (not comparable)

  1. Crescent-shaped.
    • Sometimes the trophozoites are seen as crescent-shaped masses at the periphery of the erythrocyte (accolé forms ).2005, Mary Louise Turgeon, Clinical Hematology: Theory and Procedures, →ISBN, page 106
    • Ring forms of Plasmodium falciparum. note the multiple ring forms and appliqué (accolé) forms within the individual erythrocytes, which is characteristic of this organism.2012, Patrick R. Murray, Ken S. Rosenthal, Michael A. Pfaller, Medical Microbiology,with STUDENT CONSULT Online Access,7, →ISBN
  2. Joined or placed side by side (with); (of a pair of shields) displayed side by side and often leaning on or towards each other.
    • […] and those of his heiress-wife; under the mistaken impression that the shield so used, accolé to his own, is that of the lady, whereas in my view it is that to which he is himself entitled, and to which she is not.1896, John Woodward, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 146
    • (Stratford, Earl of Aldborough.) Polack Sculp. Chippendale Armorial, two shields accolé, with supporters, on a mantle.
    • (Stratford (Edward), Earl of Aldborough). Armorial. Two Shields accolé, with supporters.1905, Augustus Wollaston Franks, Ellis's Catalogue of British and American Book-plates (ex-libris), page 185
    Synonyms:
    accolés

Noun

accolé (plural accolés)

  1. A blow (typically with the flat of a sword, though historically sometimes with a fist, etc.) given in the ceremony conferring knighthood.

Synonyms of accolé

Forms of accolé

Adjective
alternative formaccolée
alternative formaccolee
Noun
pluralaccolés

Origin of accolé

From French accolé, past participle of accoler.

Words that rhyme with accolé

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Questions about accolé

What does accolé mean?
Accolé means crescent-shaped.
What part of speech is accolé?
Accolé can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce accolé?
Accolé is pronounced /ˈækəleɪ/.

Words near accolé in the dictionary

  1. accolled
  2. accolling
  3. accolls
  4. accollé
  5. accollés
  6. accolé
  7. accolée
  8. accolés
  9. accom
  10. accoma
  11. Accomac

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