different between accouter vs accoutrement

English

Alternative forms

• accoutre (Commonwealth)

Etymology

From French accoutrer, from Old French acoustrer, from Vulgar Latin accons?t?r?re (“to equip with clothes”), from Latin ad (“to”) + cons?t?ra (“sewing, clothes”), from Latin c?nsu? (“to sew together”), from Latin con- (“together”) + su? (“to sew”), first attested in the 1590s.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??ku t?/

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

   Synonyms: equip, attire, array; see also Thesaurus:clothe

Related terms

• accouterment

Translations

Further reading

• “accoutre”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

References

Anagrams

• accoutre, cocurate

Norman

Etymology

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Verb

accouter

1. (Jersey, reflexive, s'accouter) to lean upon one's elbows

English

Noun

accoutrement (plural accoutrements)

1. (Commonwealth of Nations) Alternative form of accouterment
   • 1932, D. H. Lawrence, The Ship of Death:

     A little ship, with oars and food / and little dishes, and all accoutrements / fitting and ready for the departing soul.

Anagrams

• accouterment

French

Etymology

From accoutrer +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ku.t??.m??/

Noun

accoutrement m (plural accoutrements)

1. (obsolete) (elaborate) outfit
2. (colloquial, derogatory) getup

Further reading

• “accoutrement” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).