accessit

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin accessit (“he came near”), from accēdō (“approach”).

Noun

accessit (plural accessits)

1. An honorable mention in an academic contest.
2. A vote in the election of a pope.

Derived terms

• proxime accessit

Translations

honorable mention in an academic contest

Basque: accesit Portuguese: accessit m

Anagrams

• ascetics, siccates

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin accessit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak.sɛ.sit/ ~ /ak.se.sit/

Noun

accessit m (plural accessits)

1. (school) ≈ merit certificate

Further reading

• “accessit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

accessit

1. third-person singular perfect active indicative of accēdō

Portuguese

Noun

accessit m (plural accessits or accessit)

1. accessit (honorable mention in an academic contest)

Further reading

• “accessit”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “accessit”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025