concertina (redirected from Konzertina)

con·cer·ti·na  (knsr-tn)

n.

A small hexagonal accordion with bellows and with buttons for keys.

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[concert + Italian -ina, feminine diminutive suff.]

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concertina [ˌkɒnsəˈtiːnə]

n

(Music / Instruments) a small hexagonal musical instrument of the reed organ family in which metallic reeds are vibrated by air from a set of bellows operated by the player's hands. Notes are produced by pressing buttons

vb -nas, -naing, -naed

(intr) to collapse or fold up like a concertina

[concert + -ina]

concertinist  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.	concertina - coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle barbed wire, barbwire - strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage
	2.	concertina - free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds bandoneon - a type of concertina popular in South America free-reed instrument - a wind instrument with a free reed
Verb	1.	concertina - collapse like a concertina collapse - fold or close up; "fold up your umbrella"; "collapse the music stand"

Translations

concertina [ˌkɒnsəˈtiːnə]

A. N → concertina f

B. VI the vehicles concertinaed into each other → los vehículos quedaron hechos un acordeón

C. CPD concertina crash N (Aut) → choque m or colisión f en cadena

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concertina [ˌkɒnsə^rˈtiːnə]

n → concertina m

vi → se télescoper, se caramboler

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concertina

n → Konzertina f

vi → sich wie eine Ziehharmonika zusammenschieben

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concertina [ˌkɒnsəˈtiːnə]

1. n → piccola fisarmonica

2. vi → accartocciarsi, piegarsi come una fisarmonica

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concertina

n concertina [konsəˈtiːnə]

a portable musical wind instrument with bellows and a keyboard. konsertina, trekorrel, handharmonika lمِعْزَف يَدَوي سُداسي концертина harmonika concertina; lille, sekskantet trækharmonika die Ziehharmonika κονσερτίνα (μικρό ακορντεόν) concertina kontsertiina کنسرتینا käsiharmonikka concertina קוֹנצֶרטִינָה वाद्ययंत्र kromatska harmonika harmonika konsertina konsertína piccola fisarmonica 手風琴の一種 (아코디언의 일종) 콘서티나 koncertina harmonikas kosertina concertina konsertina, trekkspill concertina concertina concertină концертина akordeón kromatična harmonika mala harmonika concertina, [] dragspel หีบเพลงชัก körüklü armonika 六角手風琴 концертино موسیقی کا ایک ساز đàn côngxéctina 六角手风琴