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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries手风琴
Pronunciation / Transliteration: shǒu fēng qín
"他拉得一手好手风琴。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A portable musical wind instrument with a keyboard and buttons, played by stretching and compressing its bellows with the hands to force air through internal metal reeds.
"He played a lively folk tune on his accordion during the village festival." - 2
Something that folds or collapses back and forth in a manner resembling the bellows of an accordion.
"The bus featured an accordion section in the middle to help it navigate tight city corners."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the German word 'Akkordion', coined around 1829 by instrument maker Cyrill Demian from 'Akkord' (musical chord), reflecting the instrument's ability to produce full chords with a single key press. The term was subsequently adopted into various Romance languages, including Portuguese as 'acordeão'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Accordion" is said worldwide
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accordéon
Transliteration: akɔʁdeɔ̃
"Il joue de l'accordéon dans les rues de Paris."
Akkordeon
Transliteration: aˈkɔʁdeɔn
"Sie übt jeden Tag das Akkordeon."
fisarmonica
Transliteration: fizarˈmɔnika
"Suonava la fisarmonica con grande passione."
acordeón
Transliteration: akoɾdeˈon
"El acordeón es fundamental en la música norteña."
acordeão
Transliteration: ɐkuɾdiˈɐ̃w̃
"O som do acordeão ecoava pela festa junina."
अकोर्डियन
Transliteration: akordiyan
"उसने लोक संगीत में अकोर्डियन बजाया।"
手风琴
Transliteration: shǒu fēng qín
"他拉得一手好手风琴。"
아코디언
Transliteration: akodion
"연주자가 아코디언을 연주하기 시작했습니다."
アコーディオン
Transliteration: akōdion
"彼女はアコーディオンを弾くのが得意です。"
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