accolade

Noun

1. An expression of approval; praise.
2. A special acknowledgment; an award.
3. An embrace of greeting or salutation.
4. (historical) A salutation marking the conferring of knighthood, consisting of an embrace or a kiss, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat of a sword.
5. A brace used to join two or more staves.
6. (US) A written presidential certificate recognizing service by military personnel or civilians serving the US armed forces who died or were wounded in action between 1917 and 1918, or who died in service between 1941 and 1947, or died of wounds received in Korea between June 27, 1950 and July 27, 1954.
7. An ornament composed of two ogee curves meeting in the middle, each concave toward its outer extremity and convex toward the point at which it meets the other.
8. Synonym of curly bracket.

Verb

1. (transitive) To embrace or kiss in salutation.
2. (historical, transitive) To confer a knighthood on.
3. (transitive) To confer praise or awards on.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæk.ə.ˌleɪd/

Etymology

First use appears c. 1591 in the publications of Thomas Lodge, borrowed from French accolade, from Occitan acolada (“an embrace”), from acolar (“to embrace”), from Italian accollato, from Vulgar Latin *accollō (“to hug around the neck”), from Latin ad- + collum (“neck”) (English collar).

Synonyms

award

honour

honor

laurel

prize

reward

guerdon

premium

citation

laurels

medal

praise

trophy

🏆

encomium

salutation

salute

testimonial

tribute

apologia

honor honour

applause

👏

appreciation

bonus

braces

cheering

commendation

court

distinction

eulogy

glory

homage

memorial

panegyric

Translations

distinzione

accolade

elogio

Auszeichnung

espaldarazo

accolade

Lob

lode

eerbetoon

éloge

eerbetuiging

elogio

onoranza

Akkolade

accollata