English-Finnish translations for accolade

Definition of accolade

  • An expression of approval; praise
  • An embrace of greeting or salutation
  • A brace used to join two or more staves
  • 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. Such accolades are either plain or adorned with rich moldings, and are a frequent motive of decoration on the lintels of doors and windows of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, especially in secular architecture
  • To embrace or kiss in salutation
  • To confer praise or awards on

Examples

  • an accoladed novel

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