Synonyms for accordion

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-kawr-dee-uh n

Phonetic Transcription : əˈkɔr di ən

Définition of accordion

Origin : 1831, from German Akkordion, from Akkord "musical chord, concord of sounds, be in tune" (cf. 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.

noun musical instrument

Example sentences :

With that, the unknown displayed an accordion which was slung across his chest.
Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre

Was not his accordion there to show that he possessed a regular means of livelihood?
Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre

Ye can't foller a fiddle an' sing, ye got to hev a melodeon or accordion.
Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field

The Italian slipped his hands from the accordion and laid it aside.
Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1917 » by Various

Gunner Oke had strapped an accordion on top of his knapsack.
Extract from : « Merry-Garden and Other Stories » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Why, the table in the middle of the room—chairs—the guitar—the accordion.
Extract from : « Fruits of Culture » by Leo Tolstoy

What I want to know, Captain,” says he, “is where you learned to play the accordion so well.
Extract from : « Odd Numbers » by Sewell Ford

The accordion and the bones were put aside that day, and Homer was forgotten.
Extract from : « The Short-story » by William Patterson Atkinson

But a banjo would be better for the Doppies, or—I have it—an accordion!
Extract from : « Charge! » by George Manville Fenn

One-eyed Joe played the accordion, and that was all the music they had.
Extract from : « Just Patty » by Jean Webster

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