accordion
English
/əˈkɔ(ɹ).di.ˌən/, /ə.ˈkɔɹ.di.ən/
noun
Definitions
- A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind from a squeezed bellows upon free metallic reeds.
- (GUI) A vertical list of items that can be individually expanded and collapsed to reveal their contents.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Akkordeon (accordion) derived from French accord (chord, agreement) derived from Old French acorder derived from Italian accordare (tune).
Origin
Italian (Fiorentino)
accordare
Gloss
tune
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- accordionesque English
- accordionist English
- accordionlike English
- *accordo, *accordō, accordāre Latin
- *accordāre Latin
- accordare Latin
- accordō Latin
- Akkord German
- Akkordeon German
- Akkordeonspieler German
- Akkordeonspielerin German
- accordamento Italian
- accordare Italian
- accordatura Italian
- accordevole Italian
- disaccordare Italian
- riaccordare Italian
- accord French
- accorder French
- accordiste French
- accordéon French
- désaccord French
- préaccord French
- acordeón Spanish, Castilian
- akkord Norwegian Bokmål
- acorde Portuguese
- アコーディオン Japanese
- akkord Norwegian Nynorsk
- acorden Middle English
- acordán Irish
- cairdín Irish
- cairdíneoir Irish
- pianóchairdín Irish
- akkord Danish
- acordement Old French
- acorder Old French
- entracorder Old French
- آکورد Persian
- akor Turkish
- accorder Middle French
- אקורד Hebrew (modern)