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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ac•cor•di•on /əˈkɔrdiən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Music and Dancea portable musical instrument with a keyboard and a pair of bellows for forcing air through small reeds.
ac•cor•di•on•ist, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ac•cor•di•on (ə kôr′dē ən),USA pronunciation n. [Music.]- Music and DanceAlso called piano accordion. a portable wind instrument having a large bellows for forcing air through small metal reeds, a keyboard for the right hand, and buttons for sounding single bass notes or chords for the left hand.
- Music and Dancea similar instrument having single-note buttons instead of a keyboard.
adj. - having a fold or folds like the bellows of an accordion:accordion roof; accordion panel.
v.i. - (of a door, roof, or other covering) to open by folding back or pressing together in the manner of an accordion:The roof of the car accordions to let in sunlight and fresh air.
- to fold, crush together, or collapse in the manner of an accordion.
v.t. - to demolish by crushing together lengthwise:The impact accordioned the car beneath the truck.
- French accord(er) or Italian accord(are) to harmonize (see accord) + French -ion -ion, as in German Orchestrion orchestrion
- German, now spelling, spelled Akkordion, Akkordeon name under which the instrument was patented in Vienna in 1829; probably
- 1831
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: accordion /əˈkɔːdɪən/ n - 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
- short for piano accordion
Etymology: 19th Century: from German Akkordion,from Akkord harmony, chordacˈcordionist n |