accordion
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accordion
- /əˈkɔː.diː.ən/ UK
- [əˈkɔː.dɪi̯.ən] ~ [əˈkɔː.dɪi̯.n̩] UK
- /əˈkoɹ.di.ən/ US
- [əˈkoɹ.dɪi̯.ən] ~ [əˈkoɹ.dɪi̯.n̩] US
- /əˈkɔɹ.di.ən/ US
- [əˈkɔɹ.dɪi̯.ən] ~ [əˈkɔɹ.dɪi̯.n̩] US
Where it comes from
First attested in 1831. Borrowed from German Akkordeon, from Akkord (“harmony”), from French accord, from Old French acorder, based on Italian accordare (“to tune”). See also accord.
noun accordions · accordeon
- A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds). A disreputable accordion that had a leak somewhere and breathed louder than it squawked.
- A vertical list of items that can be individually expanded and collapsed to reveal their contents.
- Something, or set of things (concepts, etc), which can be expanded (or extended) and collapsed, like the musical instrument's pleated, folding bellows. See also: telescoping
verb accordions · accordioning · accordioned · accordeon
- To fold up, in the manner of an accordion I slit the wrapping with my pocketknife and the clothesline accordioned out in stiff loops.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: piano accordion, squeeze box, plicate, folded, squeezebox, wheezy, accordian, concertina, armonica, woodwind instrument, wind instrument, melodica, saxophone, woodwind, brass, brass instrument
Translations
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noun a small, portable, keyed wind instrument
| Español | acordeón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 아코디언 akodieon, 수풍금 supunggeum |
| 日本語 | アコーデオン akōdeon, 手風琴 tefūkin |
| 中文 | 手風琴 /手风琴 shǒufēngqín |
| हिन्दी | अकॉर्डियन akŏrḍiyan |
| Kiswahili | kodiani, harimuni |
| Português | acordeão, gaita, sanfona |
| Français | accordéon |
| Deutsch | Akkordeon, Ziehharmonika, Handharmonika, Handorgel, Quetsche, Quetschkommode |
| Italiano | fisarmonica |
| Ελληνικά | ακορντεόν akornteón |
| Română | acordeon |
| Русский | гармо́ника garmónika, гармо́нь garmónʹ, аккордео́н akkordeón, бая́н baján |
| Tiếng Việt | phong cầm, đàn xếp |
| العربية | أَكُورْدِيُون ʔakurdiyūn |
| עברית | אָקּוֹרְדִּיּוֹן akordiyón |
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title = {accordion},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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