concertina

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Noun

concertina (plural concertinas)

1. (music) A musical instrument, like the various accordions, that is a member of the free-reed family of musical instruments, typically having buttons on both ends.
2. Something resembling a concertina, such as a folded book, a bus door or a set of picture frames that are folded together.
3. Coiled barbed wire for use as an obstacle.
4. A type of booklet label, consisting of up to 32 pages of booklet as an insert.

Derived terms

• concertinist
• concertina book
• concertina frame

Translations

the musical instrument

Armenian: կոնցերտին (hy) (konc'ertin) Chinese: Mandarin: 六角手風琴狀 (cmn), 六角手风琴状 (cmn) (liùjiǎo shǒufēngqín zhuàng) Czech: koncertina (cs) f. Danish: koncertina (da) c. Dutch: concertina (nl) f. Finnish: käsiharmonikka (fi) French: accordéon (fr) m. German: Ziehharmonika (de), Konzertina (de) f. Greek: κονσερτίνα (el) (konsertína) Hebrew: מפוחית יד (he)

Irish: consairtín (ga) m. Italian: fisarmonica (it) f. Japanese: アコーディオン式 (ja) (akōdion-noru), コンサーティーナ (ja) (konsātīna) Korean: 콘서티나 (konseotina) Lithuanian: koncertina (lt) Polish: koncertyna (pl) f. Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: концертина (ru) f. Slovak: koncertina (sk) f. Spanish: acordeón (es) m., concertina (es) f. Swedish: concertina (sv) c.

Verb

concertina (third-person singular simple present concertinas, present participle concertinaing, simple past and past participle concertinaed)

1. to become compressed into a shape reminiscent of a concertina

   The car concertinaed into the wall.

See also

• accordion
• bandoneon