accordion (redirected from Accordeon)

ac·cor·di·on  (-kôrd-n)

n.

A portable wind instrument with a small keyboard and free metal reeds that sound when air is forced past them by pleated bellows operated by the player.

adj.

Having folds or bends like the bellows of an accordion: accordion pleats; accordion blinds.

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[German Akkordion, from Akkord, chord, from French accord, harmony, from Old French acorder, to accord, from Medieval Latin accordre, to bring into agreement; see accord.]

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ac·cordi·on·ist n.

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accordion [əˈkɔːdɪən]

n

1. (Music / Instruments) a portable box-shaped instrument of the reed organ family, consisting of metallic reeds that are made to vibrate by air from a set of bellows controlled by the player's hands. Notes are produced by means of studlike keys

2. (Music / Instruments) short for piano accordion

[from German Akkordion,from Akkord harmony, chord]

accordionist  n

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accordion, concertina - Accordion derives from Italian accordare, "to tune," and both it and the concertina operate on the same basic principle; however, the accordion has a pianolike keyboard and is rectangular and bulky, while the concertina has buttons in headboards and is hexagonal and more portable.

See also related terms for tune.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

accordion - a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player piano accordion, squeeze box free-reed instrument - a wind instrument with a free reed keyboard instrument - a musical instrument that is played by means of a keyboard clavier, piano keyboard, fingerboard - a bank of keys on a musical instrument

Translations

accordion [əˈkɔːdɪən] N → acordeón m

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accordion [əˈkɔː^rdɪən] n (= musical instrument) → accordéon m

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accordion

n → Akkordeon nt, → Ziehharmonika f

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accordion [əˈkɔːdɪən] n (Mus) → fisarmonica

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accordion

n accordion [əˈkoːdiən]

a musical instrument with bellows and a keyboard. trekklavier آلَة الأكُورْدْيُون المُوسِيقِيه акордеон akordeon harmonika Akkordeon ακορντεόν acordeón akordion آکاردئون harmonikka accordéon אַקוֹרְדיוֹן एक वाद्ययंत्र harmonika (tangó)harmonika akordeon harmóníka fisarmonica アコーディオン 아코디언 akordeonas akordeons akordion accordeon trekkspill akordeon acordeão acordeon аккордеон akordeón, (ťahacia) harmonika harmonika harmonika dragspel หีบเพลง akordeon 手風琴 акордеон, гармонь ہارمونیم جیسا موسیقی کا ایک ساز đàn ăc-cooc 手风琴

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accordion → أكورديون tahací harmonika harmonika Akkordeon ακορντεόν acordeón harmonikka accordéon harmonika fisarmonica アコーディオン 아코디언 accordeon trekkspill akordeon acordeão, sanfona аккордеон dragspel หีบเพลง akordiyon đàn ắccoócđêông 手风琴