accompanist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Old French a-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-der.?

Latin pānis

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.

Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?

Latin -ō

Proto-West Germanic *gahlaibōcalq.

Latin compāniō

Old French compaing

Proto-Italic *-āzi

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Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -āre

Old French -er

Old French acompagnerbor.

Middle English accompanien

English accompany

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English accompanist

First attested in 1833. From accompany +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈkʌmp(ə)nɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

accompanist (plural accompanists)

1. (music) The performer in music who takes the accompanying part.

Translations

performer who takes the accompanying part

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伴奏者 (bànzòuzhě)

• Danish: akkompagnatør c
• Esperanto: akompanisto
• Finnish: säestäjä (fi)
• French: accompagnateur (fr) m, accompagnatrice (fr) f
• German: Begleiter (de) m, Begleiterin (de) f
• Hungarian: kísérő (hu), zongorakísérő (hu)
• Irish: tionlacaí m
• Japanese: 伴奏者 (ばんそうしゃ, bansōsha)
• Korean: 반주자(伴奏者) (banjuja)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: akkompagnatør (no) m

  Nynorsk: akkompagnatør m

• Polish: akompaniator (pl) m, akompaniatorka (pl) f
• Portuguese: acompanhador m
• Russian: аккомпаниа́тор (ru) m (akkompaniátor)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пра̀тња f

  Latin: pràtnja (sh) f

• Spanish: acompañante (es) m or f
• Swedish: ackompanjatör (sv) c
• Welsh: cyfeilydd m, cyfeilyddes f