accessory

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ækˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/
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• proscribed: /əˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/
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• homophone: accessary
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• CMU ARPABET: AE0 K S EH1 S ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- 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.

From Middle English accessorie, from Medieval Latin accessōrius, from Latin accessor (“helper, subordinate”), from accessus. Compare access, from same root.

170 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كَمَالِيّ (kamāliyy) — having a supplementary function
• Bulgarian: спомагателен (spomagatelen) — having a supplementary function
• Bulgarian: допълнителен (dopǎlnitelen) — having a supplementary function
• Catalan: accessori — having a supplementary function
• Dutch: meegeleverd — having a supplementary function
• Dutch: toegevoegd — having a supplementary function
• Esperanto: akcesora — having a supplementary function
• Finnish: lisä- — having a supplementary function
• Finnish: apu- — having a supplementary function
• Finnish: täydentävä — having a supplementary function
• Finnish: ylimääräinen — having a supplementary function
• Finnish: liitännäinen — having a supplementary function
• Finnish: see also asuste — having a supplementary function
• French: accessoire — having a supplementary function
• Galician: accesorio — having a supplementary function
• German: nebensächlich — having a supplementary function
• German: zusätzlich — having a supplementary function
• German: begleitend — having a supplementary function
• Greek: επικουρικός (epikourikós) — having a supplementary function
• Icelandic: fylgihlutur — having a supplementary function
• Ido: acesora — having a supplementary function
• Norwegian Bokmål: delaktig — having a supplementary function
• Persian: فرعی (far'i) — having a supplementary function
• Persian: اضافی (ezâfi) — having a supplementary function
• Persian: یدکی (yadaki) — having a supplementary function
• Polish: akcesoryczny — having a supplementary function
• Polish: akcesoryjny — having a supplementary function
• Portuguese: acessório — having a supplementary function
• Romanian: accesoriu — having a supplementary function
• Russian: вспомога́тельный (vspomogátelʹnyj) — having a supplementary function
• Russian: доба́вочный (dobávočnyj) — having a supplementary function
• Russian: дополни́тельный (dopolnítelʹnyj) — having a supplementary function
• Spanish: accesorio — having a supplementary function
• Spanish: auxiliar — having a supplementary function
• Albanian: bashkëfajtor — assisting a crime
• Albanian: bashkëfajtore — assisting a crime
• Arabic: مُسَاعِد (musāʕid) — assisting a crime
• Bulgarian: съучастнически (sǎučastničeski) — assisting a crime
• Dutch: medeplichtig — assisting a crime
• Esperanto: komplica — assisting a crime
• Finnish: avustava — assisting a crime
• Galician: cómplice — assisting a crime
• German: beihelfend — assisting a crime
• German: Beihilfe leistend — assisting a crime
• Greek: συνεργός (synergós) — assisting a crime
• Icelandic: vitorðsmaður — assisting a crime
• Norwegian Bokmål: meddelaktig — assisting a crime
• Norwegian Bokmål: medskyldig — assisting a crime
• Persian: همدست (hamdast) — assisting a crime
• Persian: شریکجرم (šarik-jorm) — assisting a crime
• Polish: pomocnictwo — assisting a crime
• Portuguese: cúmplice — assisting a crime
• Russian: соуча́ствующий (součástvujuščij) — assisting a crime
• Spanish: cómplice — assisting a crime
• Finnish: aksessorinen — present in a minor amount
• Armenian: պիտույք (pituykʻ) — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Armenian: պարագա (paraga) — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Basque: osagarri — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Bulgarian: допълне́ние (dopǎlnénie) — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Bulgarian: принадле́жност (prinadléžnost) — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Bulgarian: аксесоа́р (aksesoár) — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Catalan: accessori — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Chinese Mandarin: 附屬品 /附属品 (fùshǔpǐn) — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Dutch: accessoire — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Dutch: aanhangsel — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Dutch: toebehoren — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Esperanto: akcesoro — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Finnish: lisävaruste — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Finnish: varuste — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Finnish: tarvike — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Finnish: oheistarvike — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• French: accessoire — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• German: Zubehör — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Greek: παρελκόμενο (parelkómeno) — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Greek: αξεσουάρ (axesouár) — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Greek: εξάρτημα (exártima) — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Greek: συμπλήρωμα (symplíroma) — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Hungarian: tartozék — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Icelandic: fylgihlutir — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Indonesian: aksesori — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Indonesian: kelengkapan — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Italian: accessorio — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Malay: aksesori — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Māori: apatoko — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Māori: tautara — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Persian: آکسسوار (âksesuâr) — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Polish: akcesorium — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Polish: akcesoria — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Portuguese: acessório — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Romanian: accesoriu — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Russian: принадле́жность (prinadléžnostʹ) — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Serbo-Croatian: дода́так — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Serbo-Croatian: при́бор — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Serbo-Croatian: dodátak — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Serbo-Croatian: príbor — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Spanish: accesorio — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Spanish: complemento — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Swedish: tillbehör — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Swedish: accessoar — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Turkish: aksesuar — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Vietnamese: phụ kiện đính kèm — that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment
• Arabic: أَكْسِسْوَار (ʔaksiswār) — clothing accessory
• Bulgarian: аксесоа́р (aksesoár) — clothing accessory
• Catalan: accessori — clothing accessory
• Chinese Mandarin: 服飾品 /服饰品 (fúshìpǐn) — clothing accessory
• Czech: doplněk — clothing accessory
• Dutch: accessoire — clothing accessory
• Dutch: aanhangsel — clothing accessory
• Dutch: toebehoren — clothing accessory
• Finnish: asuste — clothing accessory
• French: accessoire — clothing accessory
• Galician: accesorio — clothing accessory
• Galician: complemento — clothing accessory
• German: Accessoire — clothing accessory
• German: modisches Zubehör — clothing accessory
• Greek: αξεσουάρ (axesouár) — clothing accessory
• Hebrew: אקססורי (aksésori) — clothing accessory
• Hebrew: אַבְזָר (avzár) — clothing accessory
• Hungarian: kiegészítő — clothing accessory
• Indonesian: aksesori — clothing accessory
• Japanese: アクセサリー (akusesarii) — clothing accessory
• Japanese: 持ち物 (mochimono) — clothing accessory
• Korean: 액세서리 (aekseseori) — clothing accessory
• Malay: aksesori — clothing accessory
• Norwegian Bokmål: accessoir — clothing accessory
• Norwegian Bokmål: aksessoar — clothing accessory
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilbehør — clothing accessory
• Polish: dodatek — clothing accessory
• Polish: dodatki — clothing accessory
• Portuguese: acessório — clothing accessory
• Russian: аксессуа́р (aksɛssuár) — clothing accessory
• Serbo-Croatian: модни детаљ — clothing accessory
• Serbo-Croatian: modni detalj — clothing accessory
• Spanish: accesorio — clothing accessory
• Swedish: accessoar — clothing accessory
• Turkish: aksesuar — clothing accessory
• Bulgarian: съуча́стник (sǎučástnik) — contributor to an offense
• Chinese Mandarin: 幫兇 /帮凶 (bāngxiōng) — contributor to an offense
• Dutch: medeplichtige — contributor to an offense
• Dutch: handlanger — contributor to an offense
• Dutch: handlangster — contributor to an offense
• Esperanto: fihelpanto — contributor to an offense
• Esperanto: kunkulpulo — contributor to an offense
• Finnish: avunantaja — contributor to an offense
• Galician: cómplice — contributor to an offense
• German: Komplize — contributor to an offense
• German: Handlanger — contributor to an offense
• German: Beihilfeleistender — contributor to an offense
• German: Beihilfeleister — contributor to an offense
• German: Gehilfe — contributor to an offense
• Greek: συνεργός (synergós) — contributor to an offense
• Norwegian Bokmål: medhjelper — contributor to an offense
• Polish: współsprawca — contributor to an offense
• Portuguese: cúmplice — contributor to an offense
• Romanian: complice — contributor to an offense
• Russian: соуча́стник (součástnik) — contributor to an offense
• Russian: соуча́стница (součástnica) — contributor to an offense
• Serbo-Croatian: саучесник — contributor to an offense
• Serbo-Croatian: суучесник — contributor to an offense
• Serbo-Croatian: saučesnik — contributor to an offense
• Serbo-Croatian: suučesnik — contributor to an offense
• Spanish: cómplice — contributor to an offense
• Swedish: medbrottsling — contributor to an offense
• Swedish: medhjälpare — contributor to an offense
• Finnish: koriste — unessential part in a work of art
• French: accessoire — unessential part in a work of art
• Galician: accesorio — unessential part in a work of art
• Galician: secundario — unessential part in a work of art
• German: Accessoire — unessential part in a work of art
• Hungarian: bűntárs — unessential part in a work of art