accord
English
/əˈkɔːd/, /ə.ˈkɔɹd/
noun
Definitions
- Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action.
- A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord.
- Agreement or harmony of things in general.
- (legal) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.
- (international law) An international agreement.
- (obsolete) Assent
- Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English acorden borrowed from Old French acorder derived from Latin *accordo, *accordō, accordāre.
Origin
Latin
*accordo, *accordō, accordāre
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- accordance English
- accordant English
- accordantly English
- accorder English
- accordest English
- accordeth English
- according English
- accordingly English
- disaccordant English
- inaccordant English
- unaccordance English
- *accordo, *accordō, accordāre Latin
- cor Latin
- accordare Italian
- accord French
- acuerdo Spanish, Castilian
- preacuerdo Spanish, Castilian
- accordaunce Middle English
- acordaunt Middle English
- acorden Middle English
- acordement Old French
- acorder Old French
- entracorder Old French
- accorder Middle French
- akuerdo Papiamentu