Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
accessory en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /əkˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /əˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/ (proscribed)
- (US) audio
- /ækˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Italic *kezdō
Latin cēdō
Latin accēdō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin accessor
Latin -ius
Medieval Latin accessōriusbor.
English accessory
From Medieval Latin accessōrius, from Latin accessor (“helper, subordinate”), from accessus. Compare access, from same root.
Meanings
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Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; contributing or being contributory.
Surprise parties succeed with the help of accessory neighbors or colleagues.
accessory garments
Amongst many secondary, and accessory causes that support Monarchy, these are not of least reckning, […]
1641 May, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC; republished in Will Taliaferro Hale, editor, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England (Yale Studies in English; LIV), New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1916, →OCLC, page 48:
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Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal.
Her actions were clearly accessory because they helped him commit and probably also conceal the crime.
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Present in a minor amount, and not essential.
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Supernumerary and generally nonfunctional.
She had an accessory finger on one hand.
There was an accessory finger present on the ulnar side of each hand.
1958, Acta Pædiatrica:Duplications and accessory toes can sometimes be simply reduced or removed, but occasionally the skeletal architecture is very complex and careful planning and meticulous surgery are necessary.
2010 March 10, Michael Benson, John Fixsen, Malcolm Macnicol, Klausdieter Parsch, Children’s Orthopaedics and Fractures, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 537:Dichotomy may, not infrequently, affect other digits; thus in fig. 61 a chick is represented with two bifid toes and partial duplicity of the left leg. Birds with these accessory parts may live and attain the adult condition.
1895, Sir John Bland-Sutton, Evolution and disease, page 113:
Forms
Coordinates
principal
Hypernyms
accomplice
Synonyms
auxiliary (having a secondary function) · contributory (having a secondary function) · subservient (having a secondary function) · additional (having a secondary function) · subsidiary (having a secondary function) · acceding (having a secondary function) · accompanying (having a secondary function)
Translations (55)
ru доба́вочный (having a supplementary function) · nl meegeleverd (having a supplementary function) · ar مُسَاعِد (assisting a crime) · nb meddelaktig (assisting a crime) · de Beihilfe leistend (assisting a crime) · nb medskyldig (assisting a crime) · fa اضافی (having a supplementary function) · ro accesoriu (having a supplementary function) · de begleitend (having a supplementary function) · de zusätzlich (having a supplementary function) · eo komplica (assisting a crime) · gl accesorio (having a supplementary function) · is fylgihlutur (having a supplementary function) · ca accessori (having a supplementary function) · nl toegevoegd (having a supplementary function) · pl pomocnictwo (assisting a crime) · de nebensächlich (having a supplementary function) · fi täydentävä (having a supplementary function) · fi see also asuste (having a supplementary function) · fa شریکجرم (assisting a crime) · de beihelfend (assisting a crime) · ru вспомога́тельный (having a supplementary function) · fa یدکی (having a supplementary function) · es auxiliar (having a supplementary function) · sq bashkëfajtore (assisting a crime) · fi lisä- (having a supplementary function) · bg съучастнически (assisting a crime) · fa همدست (assisting a crime) · ru соуча́ствующий (assisting a crime) · ar كَمَالِيّ (having a supplementary function) · fi avustava (assisting a crime) · gl cómplice (assisting a crime) · fi ylimääräinen (having a supplementary function) · is vitorðsmaður (assisting a crime) · bg спомагателен (having a supplementary function) · fi aksessorinen (present in a minor amount) · fi apu- (having a supplementary function) · io acesora (having a supplementary function) · el συνεργός (assisting a crime) · nl medeplichtig (assisting a crime) · pl akcesoryjny (having a supplementary function) · es cómplice (assisting a crime) · fr accessoire (having a supplementary function) · sq bashkëfajtor (assisting a crime) · fa فرعی (having a supplementary function) · ru дополни́тельный (having a supplementary function) · pt acessório (having a supplementary function) · bg допълнителен (having a supplementary function) · pl akcesoryczny (having a supplementary function) · es accesorio (having a supplementary function) · pt cúmplice (assisting a crime) · eo akcesora (having a supplementary function) · fi liitännäinen (having a supplementary function) · el επικουρικός (having a supplementary function) · nb delaktig (having a supplementary function)
accessory en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- /əkˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /əˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/ (proscribed)
- (US) audio
- /ækˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English accessorie, from Medieval Latin accessōrius, from Latin accessor (“helper, subordinate”), from accessus. Compare access, from same root.
Meanings
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Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.
the aspect and accessories of a den of banditti
1851, Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:the accessories of a mobile phone
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An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
One of the first of a wave of American women contemporary designers who emerged in the 1990s, she [Kate Spade] built a brand on the appeal of clothes and accessories that made shoppers smile.
2018 June 5, Jonah Engel Bromwich, Vanessa Friedman, Matthew Schneier, “Kate Spade, whose handbags carried women into adulthood, is dead at 55”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2018:
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A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator.
“You can be an accessory before the fact, or an accessory after the fact. It doesnʼt matter if itʼs before or after; either way youʼd be in for it.”
2005, Jennifer Worth, Shadows of the Workhouse, Weidenfeld & Nicholson (2009), page 150:She was an accessory to the murder because she helped him commit and probably also conceal the crime.
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Something in a work of art without being indispensably necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.
Forms
Deriveds
accessorist · nonaccessory · accessorial · accessoriness · sexcessory · accessory after the fact · accessory mineral · Cambodian accessory · accessory pigment · accessory cloud · accessorize · accessory breathing · accessory spleen · accessory fruit · unaccessory · accessory nerve · accessoryless · accessory before the fact · accessory equipment · vagoaccessory · accessorily · accessoryship · accessory gonadal structure · accessory shoe · accessory battery
Descendants
אַקְסֵסוֹרִי · アクセサリー · 액세서리
Synonyms
addition · accomplice (one who assists in or instigates an offense) · accompaniment (something that belongs to part of another main thing) · abettor (one who assists in or instigates an offense) · accessary (one who assists in or instigates an offense) · ally (one who assists in or instigates an offense) · attachment · supplement · coadjutor (one who assists in or instigates an offense)
Translations (115)
es accesorio (clothing accessory) · cmn 附屬品 /附属品 (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · el εξάρτημα (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · de Handlanger (contributor to an offense) · fi varuste (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · de Accessoire (unessential part in a work of art) · he אַבְזָר (clothing accessory) · el παρελκόμενο (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · ja アクセサリー (clothing accessory) · gl secundario (unessential part in a work of art) · ca accessori (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · nb aksessoar (clothing accessory) · eu osagarri (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · fa آکسسوار (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · bg аксесоа́р (clothing accessory) · tr aksesuar (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · pt acessório (clothing accessory) · fi koriste (unessential part in a work of art) · de Beihilfeleistender (contributor to an offense) · vi phụ kiện đính kèm (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · ms aksesori (clothing accessory) · sh саучесник (contributor to an offense) · it accessorio (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · bg принадле́жност (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · id kelengkapan (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · mi tautara (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · id aksesori (clothing accessory) · ca accessori (clothing accessory) · eo kunkulpulo (contributor to an offense) · sh дода́так (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · he אקססורי (clothing accessory) · de Komplize (contributor to an offense) · eo akcesoro (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · fi asuste (clothing accessory) · hu bűntárs (unessential part in a work of art) · nb medhjelper (contributor to an offense) · de Accessoire (clothing accessory) · fi avunantaja (contributor to an offense) · sv accessoar (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · pl współsprawca (contributor to an offense) · nl toebehoren (clothing accessory) · de Zubehör (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · sh modni detalj (clothing accessory) · fi lisävaruste (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · nl accessoire (clothing accessory) · ru аксессуа́р (clothing accessory) · gl accesorio (unessential part in a work of art) · ro accesoriu (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · nl medeplichtige (contributor to an offense) · nl handlangster (contributor to an offense) · pl dodatki (clothing accessory) · sh príbor (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · es complemento (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · fr accessoire (unessential part in a work of art) · bg съуча́стник (contributor to an offense) · nl aanhangsel (clothing accessory) · ja 持ち物 (clothing accessory) · de modisches Zubehör (clothing accessory) · ko 액세서리 (clothing accessory) · mi apatoko (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · nl handlanger (contributor to an offense) · pl akcesorium (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · id aksesori (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · es cómplice (contributor to an offense) · ro complice (contributor to an offense) · gl cómplice (contributor to an offense) · fr accessoire (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · el αξεσουάρ (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · bg аксесоа́р (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · de Gehilfe (contributor to an offense) · pt acessório (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · fr accessoire (clothing accessory) · ms aksesori (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · ar أَكْسِسْوَار (clothing accessory) · pl akcesoria (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · el συμπλήρωμα (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · sv medbrottsling (contributor to an offense) · pl dodatek (clothing accessory) · gl complemento (clothing accessory) · nl aanhangsel (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · sh суучесник (contributor to an offense) · el αξεσουάρ (clothing accessory) · es accesorio (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · de Beihilfeleister (contributor to an offense) · tr aksesuar (clothing accessory) · sh модни детаљ (clothing accessory) · eo fihelpanto (contributor to an offense) · nb tilbehør (clothing accessory) · nb accessoir (clothing accessory) · sv tillbehör (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · el συνεργός (contributor to an offense) · sh при́бор (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · ru принадле́жность (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · fi tarvike (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · ru соуча́стница (contributor to an offense) · bg допълне́ние (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · pt cúmplice (contributor to an offense) · hy պիտույք (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · sh suučesnik (contributor to an offense) · hu tartozék (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · is fylgihlutir (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · sh dodátak (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · cs doplněk (clothing accessory) · nl toebehoren (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · sv medhjälpare (contributor to an offense) · fi oheistarvike (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · ru соуча́стник (contributor to an offense) · gl accesorio (clothing accessory) · cmn 服飾品 /服饰品 (clothing accessory) · sh saučesnik (contributor to an offense) · sv accessoar (clothing accessory) · cmn 幫兇 /帮凶 (contributor to an offense) · hy պարագա (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) · hu kiegészítő (clothing accessory) · nl accessoire (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment)