accompaniment
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accompaniment
- /əˈkʌm.pə.ni.mənt/
- /əˈkʌmp.ni.mənt/
Where it comes from
From French accompagnement; equivalent to accompany + -ment. First attested in 1744.
noun accompaniments
- A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass. Brooks performed a saxophone solo on stage, with Robert as accompaniment on the bass.
- That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry. A side salad is a common accompaniment to a main dish.
