accordion

== English == === Alternative forms === accordeon (dated) accordian (misspelling) === Etymology === First attested in 1831. From German Akkordeon, from Akkord (“harmony”), from French accord, from Old French acorder, based on Italian accordare (“to tune”). See also accord. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈkɔ(ɹ).diˌən/ (US) IPA(key): /əˈkɔɹ.di.ən/ Hyphenation: ac‧cord‧i‧on === Noun === accordion (plural accordions) 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). Hypernym: squeezebox Coordinate term: concertina (graphical user interface) A vertical list of items that can be individually expanded and collapsed to reveal their contents. (figurative or attributive) Something, or set of things (concepts, etc), which can be expanded (or extended) and collapsed, like the musical instrument's pleated, folding bellows. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Irish: acordán → Thai: แอกคอร์เดียน (ɛ́k-kɔɔ-dîian) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== bandoneon concertina === Verb === accordion (third-person singular simple present accordions, present participle accordioning, simple past and past participle accordioned) (transitive, intransitive) To fold up, in the manner of an accordion === References === “accordion”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Concordia