accompaniment

English

Etymology

accompany +‎ -ment. First attested in 1744.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ə-kŭmʹpə-nē-mənt, IPA^(key): /ə.ˈkʌm.pə.ni.mənt/, /ə.ˈkʌmp.ni.mənt/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

accompaniment (countable and uncountable, plural accompaniments)

1. (music) A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.
2. That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.

Synonyms

• (that which accompanies): attachment, supplement; See also Thesaurus:adjunct

Translations

music: that which gives support or adds to the background

• Arabic: مُصَاحَبَة f (muṣāḥaba)
• Bulgarian: съпровод (bg) (sǎprovod)
• Catalan: segona (ca) f, acompanyament (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伴奏 (zh) (bànzòu)

• Czech: doprovod m
• Dutch: begeleiding (nl) f
• Esperanto: akompanaĵo
• Finnish: säestys (fi)
• French: accompagnement (fr) m
• German: Begleitung (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: kíséret (hu), kísérőzene
• Interlingue:
• Italian: accompagnamento (it) m
• Japanese: 伴奏 (ja) (ばんそう, bansō)
• Korean: 반주 (ko) (banju)
• Portuguese: acompanhamento (pt) m
• Romanian: acompaniament (ro) n
• Russian: аккомпанеме́нт (ru) m (akkompanemént), сопровожде́ние (ru) n (soprovoždénije)
• Spanish: acompañamiento (es) m
• Swedish: ackompanjemang (sv), komp (sv) n
• Turkish: eşlik (tr)

that which accompanies

• Bulgarian: съпровод (bg) (sǎprovod)
• Catalan: acompanyament (ca) m
• Finnish: lisuke (fi), seuralainen (fi)
• French: accompagnement (fr) m
• German: Begleitung (de) f
• Hungarian: kíséret (hu), kísérőjelenség
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingue:
• Portuguese: acompanhamento (pt) m
• Romanian: acompaniament (ro) n
• Russian: сопровожде́ние (ru) n (soprovoždénije)
• Spanish: acompañamiento (es) m
• Turkish: eşlik (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} shoqërim (sq)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} accompaniamento
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} accompagnamento (it)
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} spremljava f