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accoutre

/əˈkuːtə/

accoutre is the alternative form of accouter.

Meaning of accouter

Verb

accouter (third-person singular simple present accouters, present participle accoutering, simple past and past participle accoutered)

  1. (transitive) To furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service.
    • […] Ile hold thee any wager / When we are both accoutered like yong men, / Ile proue the prettier fellow of the two, […]c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of accoutre

third-person singular presentaccoutres
present participleaccoutring
past participleaccoutred
pastaccoutred

Words formed from accoutre

Questions about accoutre

What is accoutre the alternative form of?
Accoutre is the alternative form of accouter.
How do you pronounce accoutre?
Accoutre is pronounced /əˈkuːtə/.

Words near accoutre in the dictionary

  1. accoutered
  2. accoutering
  3. accouterment
  4. accouterments
  5. accouters
  6. accoutre
  7. accoutred
  8. accoutreing
  9. accoutrement
  10. accoutrements
  11. accoutres

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Adapted from Wiktionary: accoutre (page history and authors); accouter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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