accordion en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [əˈkoɹ.dɪi̯.ən] ~ [əˈkoɹ.dɪi̯.n̩] (General-American)
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- [əˈkɔɹ.dɪi̯.ən] ~ [əˈkɔɹ.dɪi̯.n̩] (General-American)
- /əˈkoɹ.di.ən/ (General-American)
- /əˈkɔː.diː.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /əˈkɔɹ.di.ən/ (General-American)
- [əˈkɔː.dɪi̯.ən] ~ [əˈkɔː.dɪi̯.n̩] (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Old Latin com Latin cum Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥dés Proto-Italic *kord Latin cor Latin concors Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin concordāreder. Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad-der. Vulgar Latin *accordāre Old French acorder Middle French accorder French accorderdeverb. French accordbor. German Akkord German -ion German Akkordeonbor. English accordion 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.
Meanings
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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.
1869, Mark Twain, Innocents Abroad:
- A vertical list of items that can be individually expanded and collapsed to reveal their contents.
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(attributive, figuratively) Something, or set of things (concepts, etc), which can be expanded (or extended) and collapsed, like the musical instrument's pleated, folding bellows.
During the 1980s, accordion skirts became a popular style. Near the end of one winter season, I found a suit with a blazer-style jacket and an accordion-pleated skirt on sale at one of Birmingham's better department stores and placed it on layaway[…]
2018 September 19, Ruby Y. Pruett, Daughter of the Noble Orphan, WestBow Press, →ISBN:The accordion of "likeness" stretches and squeezes in different places as different provisions of the WTO Agreement are applied. The width of the accordion in any one of those places must be determined by the particular provision[…]
2022 April 11, Jae Sundaram, WTO Law and Policy: A Political Economy Approach, Routledge, →ISBN:[…] her mind leaped forward many decades to a vision of her adult children […] This whole exchange would come to pass, subtracting the part about the sunporch and adding the latent disgust they eventually extended to her too, ducking her embrace whenever she reached for them, which was often. She'd remember this night in the yard and her vague premonition […] The accordion of memories would leave her feeling fated and alive and connected to every detail—the sharpening rod on the stoop, the red chiggers swarming on the well, the bark peeling off the birches, the crowded nettles. Of the moment in the country when everything fell apart.
2019 June 25, Chris Dennis, Here Is What You Do: Stories, Soho Press, →ISBN, page 86:"Accordion" skirts are named from the musical instrument of that title, because the peculiar plaiting draws out and falls together again, in the same kind of folds, and with the same effect.
1885, Demorest's Monthly Magazine, page 206:[…] lugging their accordion cameras and bulky tripods from platform to hillock to ladder—even to the rooftop of a moving supply train—seeking to claim the most advantageous site for recording tomorrow's event.
2012 April 3, Diane L. Wilson, Tracks, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 224:He'd walked to pick up Matty, every other step filled with hope and relief and the others weighed down by disappointment and what-ifs. It was with this strange accordion of feelings, sandwiched somewhere between catharsis and fresh hurt, that he'd gotten to school five minutes early.
2020 June 30, Cara Bastone, Just a Heartbeat Away, HQN Books, →ISBN:See also: telescoping
I see myself losing you when the truth is we've just planted the pink bud of a love affair. There is no relationship here, and yet I look around this place and I have the disorienting sensation that I've been here for years. As if it's an intimate cove of my history and an accordion of memories lives here, only just beginning to unfold.
2013 12, Lindsay Evelyn Hamilton, Lily Whites of Steel, Author House, →ISBN, page 308:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| accordeon | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| accordions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
accordion file · piano accordion · diatonic button accordion · Cajun accordion · accordion fold · button accordion · accordionlike · accordionist · accordion blind · accordionesque · accordion pleat
Descendants
Hypernyms
Relateds
Translations (145)
nb harmonika (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · ast acordión (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · cmn 手風琴 /手风琴 (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · tyv аккордеон (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · sv dragharmonika (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · fa آکاردئون (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · da harmonika (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · he אָקּוֹרְדִּיּוֹן (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · hu tangóharmonika (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · mk армоника (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · ko 수풍금 (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · de Handharmonika (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · sv handklaver (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · bg хармо́ника (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · sv ackordion (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · ru аккордео́н (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · uz akkordeon (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · tk akkordeon (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · ru гармо́нь (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · kk аккордеон (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · sah аккордеон (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · lt akordeonas (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · sv ackordeon (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · nn trekkspel (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · ca acordió (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · ru гармо́ника (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · nb dragspell (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · nn harmonika (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · nl harmonica (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · mn баян хуур (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · gl acordeón (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · cs akordeon (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · tl akordeyon (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · sv bälgaspel (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · gv coardeen (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · ug ئاككوردىيون (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · sv harmonika (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · nb dragspill (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · sv dragspel (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · et akordion (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · br akordeon (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · nb trekkspill (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · eu akordeoi (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · alt кагас комыс (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · fi hanuri (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · ngh treklefirsi (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · wuu 手風琴 /手风琴 (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · pl harmonia ręczna (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · nb trekkspell (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · eo akordiono (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · vo tiraharmonöm (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · az akkordeon (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · ar أَكُورْدِيُون (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · es acordeón (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · fi harmonikka (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · nrf accordéon (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · pl akordeon (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · mn аккордеон (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · hi अकॉर्डियन (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · sk akordeón (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · sw harimuni (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · el ακορντεόν (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · ga cairdín (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · bn অ্যাকর্ডিয়ন (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · uk гармо́нія (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · ia accordion (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · th หีบเพลงชัก (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · ru бая́н (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · kmr akordiyon (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · lv akordeons (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · vi phong cầm (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · yi אַקאָרדעאָן (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · alt кат комыс (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · nan-hbl 手風琴 /手风琴 (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · ko 아코디언 (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · ms akordion (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · ka აკორდეონი (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · sq fizarmonikë (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · ky аккордеон (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · am አኮርዲዮን (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · tg аккордеон (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · ja アコーデオン (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · nn trekkharmonika (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · th หีบเพลง (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · ga acordán (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · nn akkordeon (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · tr akordiyon (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · bo ལག་སྦྲེང (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · de Schifferklavier (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · nl accordeon (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · de Quetsche (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · uk акордео́н (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · da trækharmonika (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · pt sanfona (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · pt acordeão (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · sh хармо̀ника (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · fr accordéon (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · th แอกคอร์เดียน (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · ja 手風琴 (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · cy cordion (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · de Handorgel (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · eu eskusoinu (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · nb akkordeon (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · fi haitari (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · nb trekkharmonika (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · de Akkordeon (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · tl akurdyon (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · de Quetschkommode (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · bg акордео́н (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · af akkordeon (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · id akordeon (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · km អគ័រដេអុង (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · mk хармоника (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · pt gaita (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · vi đàn xếp (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · ms tetarik (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · udm арган (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · yue 手風琴 /手风琴 (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · be акардэо́н (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · sl harmọ́nika (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · gd bogsa-ciùil (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · sh harmònika (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · mk акордео́н (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · hu harmonika (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · sw kodiani (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · mi kōriana (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · sk harmonika (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · et lõõtspill (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · la accordio (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · sms garmaan (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · cy acordion (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · io akordeono (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · da akkordeon (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · bn বাদ্যযন্ত্রবিশেষ (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · my အကော်ဒီယံ (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · de Ziehharmonika (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · hy ակորդեոն (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · mn ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨ ᠬᠤᠭᠤᠷ (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · nn dragspel (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · af trekklavier (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · it fisarmonica (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · ps اکوردیون (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · ro acordeon (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · cs harmonika (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) · fo harmonika (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument)