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Definition: Accouterment |
AccoutermentNoun1. Clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: AccoutermentSynonyms: accessory (n), accoutrement (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clothing | Outfit, equipment, trousseau; uniform, regimentals; continentals; canonicals; livery, gear, harness, turn-out, accouterment, caparison, suit, rigging, trappings, traps, slops, togs, toggery; day wear, night wear, zoot suit; designer clothes; masquerade. |
Preparation | Arrangement; clearance; adjustment; tuning; equipment, outfit, accouterment, armament, array. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "accouterment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 配件 (Accouterments, accoutrement, Accoutrements, Appendage). (various references) | |
German | Ausstaffierung (outfit). (various references) | |
Italian | equipaggiamento (accoutrement, EQPT, equipment, fitting, fitting out, gear, kit, outfit), bardatura (accoutrement, caparison, harness, harness trappings, trappings). (various references) | |
Korean | 군장 (Accouterments, accoutrement, Accoutrements). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | accoutermentay.(various references) | |
Russian | снаряжение (accoutrement, duffel, equipment, fit out, fit-out, fixing, fixings, kit, munition, outfit, refit, rig, rigging). (various references) | |
Spanish | equipo (accouterments, apparatus, appliance, appointments, crew, equipage, equipment, gang, gear, hardware, kit, lot, outfit, party, patrol, plant, set, shift, side, squad, tackle, team, things). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "accouterment": accouterments. (additional references) | |
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"Accouterment" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: accotrement, accounterment, accountrement, accutrement, acoutrement, eccoutrement. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "accouterment" (pronounced ukuw"termunt) |
| 6 | -t er m u n t | betterment. |
| 5 | -er m u n t | antigovernment, bewilderment, dismemberment, empowerment, endangerment, government, measurement, postretirement, retirement, wonderment. |
| 4 | -m u n t | abandonment, abatement, accompaniment, accomplishment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, concealment, condiment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, harassment, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postponement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, statement, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, vehement. |
| 3 | -u n t | aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: accoutrement. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-m-n-o-r-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: accruement, counteract. | |
-3 letters: contactee, mucronate, octameter, recontact, utterance. | |
-4 letters: accentor, accouter, accoutre, carotene, cocreate, concrete, contract, courante, eructate, numerate, outeaten, outrance, reaccent, routeman, routemen, tautomer, trecento, truncate, turncoat, uncreate. | |
-5 letters: account, accrete, acetone, automen, cementa, centare, centaur, centrum, cerumen, coenact, coenure, coerect, concert, contact, corneae, cornute, counter, courant, cremate, crenate, cuneate, curette, curtate, enactor, enamour, entreat, menacer, morceau, mounter, neuroma, nutmeat, ocreate, outearn, outrace, outrate, ratteen, recount, reenact, remount, romance, romaunt, tantrum, taunter, ternate, toccate, tomenta, tonearm, torment, trounce, uncrate. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-e-m-n-o-r-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: accouterments, accoutrements. | |
+4 letters: intercommunicate. | |
+5 letters: intercommunicated, intercommunicates. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 63 6F 75 74 65 72 6D 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. -.-. --- ..- - . .-. -- . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01100011 01101111 01110101 01110100 01100101 01110010 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c c o u t e r m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0063 006F 0075 0074 0065 0072 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)356969818786718479718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Translations: Modern 4. Derivations | 5. Rhymes 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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