accordion
pronunciation
How to pronounce accordion in British English:
UK [əˈkɔ:diən]
How to pronounce accordion in American English:
US [əˈkɔrdiən]
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- Noun:
- a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
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- Adjective:
- arranged in parallel folds
Word Origin
- accordion (n.)
- 1831, from German Akkordion, from Akkord "musical chord, concord of sounds, be in tune" (compare Italian accordare "to attune an instrument"); ultimately from same source as English accord (v.), with suffix on analogy of clarion, etc. Invented 1829 by piano-maker Cyrill Demian (1772-1847) of Vienna.
Example
- 1. Alex cohaniuc uses a very well-designed and accordion menu .
- 2. An accordion effect ; hovering over an image expands it .
- 3. You could be learning to tap dance or play the accordion .
- 4. Sometimes accordion players , actors and clowns come along .
- 5. Jason reed uses the accordion to keep the content of the entire website on one single page .