accessoire
French, noun/ak.sɛ.swaʁ/
accessoire is spelled A-C-C-E-S-S-O-I-R-E (10 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written French, the 12,122nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Accessoire is a French masculine noun meaning “accessory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui suit ou accompagne le principal”.
What does accessoire mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaccessory
- 2
masculineprop
adjective
- 1
accessory (having a supplementary function)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dépendant de quelque chose de principal, annexe. 2. Qualifie certains nerfs ou muscles dont l’action fortifie ou corrige celle d’autres nerfs ou muscles qu’ils accompagnent. 3. Secondaire. 4. Subsidiaire, additionnel.
noun: 1. Ce qui suit ou accompagne le principal. 2. Partie qui n’est pas essentielle à la composition. 3. Objet qui peut être nécessaires à la représentation, tels que lettre, bourse d’argent, écritoire, etc. 4. Pièce complémentaire qui rentre dans l’utilisation ou l’amélioration d’un objet.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of accessoire
- accessoires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce accessoire?
- /ak.sɛ.swaʁ/
- /ak.se.swaʁ/
- \ak.sɛ.swaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to accessoire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is accessoire in French?
accessoire appears 4.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).