English → Latin
“accoutrement” in Latin
armōto furnish with weapons, arm, equip; fit out; mobilize; to excite, stir up, rouse, provoke; to arm, equip, furnisharmaarms, weapons of war, weaponry, instruments (implements of warfare); military action, war (arms as instruments of policyōrnōto furnish, equip, outfit, prepare; to adorn, ornament, decorate; to honor, commend, praiseōrnāmentumequipment, apparatus, furniture; decoration, ornament, embellishment; adornment, (plural) regaliavestisgarment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesturevestīmentumgarment, robe, article of clothing; clothes, clothing, garments
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
accoutrement
armatus (the action of equipping; not instructio): arma (nominative plur.), armatura (the thing with which one is accoutred): ornatus, ornamenta, nominative plur., (handsome equipment).
Garments, vestis, vestimenta, nominative plur.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for accoutrement?
- The usual Latin words for “accoutrement” are armō, arma, ōrnō; also ōrnāmentum, vestis, vestīmentum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.