akordeon

See also: akordeón

Czech

Akordeon.

Etymology

Ultimately from German Akkordion. First attested in the 20th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈakordɛon]

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Noun

akordeon m inan

1. accordion

   Synonym: tahací harmonika

Declension

Declension of akordeon (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	akordeon	akordeony
genitive	akordeonu	akordeonů
dative	akordeonu	akordeonům
accusative	akordeon	akordeony
vocative	akordeone	akordeony
locative	akordeonu	akordeonech
instrumental	akordeonem	akordeony

Further reading

• “akordeon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “akordeon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch accordeon, from French accordéon, from German Akkordeon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [akɔrˈdɛɔn]
• Hyphenation: akor‧dè‧on

Noun

akordèon (plural akordeon-akordeon)

1. accordion

Alternative forms

• akordion (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “akordeon”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Polish

akordeon

Alternative forms

• akordjon (obsolete)
• akordiom, akordion (Bory Tucholskie)

Etymology

Borrowed from French accordéon, from German Akkordion. First attested in 1844.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kɔrˈdɛ.ɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛɔn
• Syllabification: a‧kor‧de‧on

Noun

akordeon m inan (diminutive akordeonik)

1. accordion (small, portable, keyed wind instrument)

   Synonyms: cyja, (abbreviation) acc, (humorous) kaloryfer

   przy akompaniamencie akordeonu ― accompanied by an accordion

   akordeon guzikowy ― a button accordion

   akordeon klawiszowy ― a piano accordion

   dźwięk akordeonu ― the sound of (an) accordion

   klasa akordeonu ― an accordion class

   przygrywać na akordeonie ― to accompany on the accordion

   grać na akordeonie ― to play the accordion

Declension

Declension of akordeon

	singular	plural
nominative	akordeon	akordeony
genitive	akordeonu	akordeonów
dative	akordeonowi	akordeonom
accusative	akordeon	akordeony
instrumental	akordeonem	akordeonami
locative	akordeonie	akordeonach
vocative	akordeonie	akordeony

Derived terms

adjective

• akordeonowy

nouns

• akordeonista
• akordeonistka

Further reading

• akordeon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• akordeon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “akordjon”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “akordjon”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 18

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• akordiyon, akurdiyon
• akordyon, akurdyon — superseded, pre-2007
• kordiyon, kurdiyon — clipping, colloquial
• kurdyon — clipping, colloquial, superseded, pre-2007

Etymology

Etymology tree

Vulgar Latin *accordāre

Old French acorder

Middle French accorder

French accorder

French accordbor.

German Akkord

German -ion

German Akkordeonbor.

Spanish acordeónbor.

Tagalog akordeon

Borrowed from Spanish acordeón, borrowed from German Akkordeon, from Akkord + -ion.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔakoɾdeˈon/ [ʔɐ.xoɾ.d̪ɛˈon̪], /ʔakoɾdiˈon/ [ʔɐ.xoɾˈd͡ʒon̪]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔakoɾdiˈon/ [ʔɐ.xoɾˈd̪jon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: a‧kor‧de‧on

Noun

akordeón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔) (music)

1. accordion

Related terms

• akorde
• akordeonista
• akwerdo

See also

• konsertina

Further reading

• “akordeon”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “akordeon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 8