concertina

concertina
con|cer|ti|na [ ,kansər`tinə ] noun count
a musical instrument similar to an ACCORDION that you play by pressing buttons on each side and pushing the two sides together
a. used about things with parts that can be squeezed or pressed together like the sides of a concertina

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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  • concertină — CONCERTÍNĂ, concertine, s.f. Instrument muzical asemănător cu acordeonul, cu feţele laterale hexagonale. – Din fr. concertina. Trimis de Joseph, 16.05.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  concertínă s. f., g. d. art. concertínei; pl. concertíne Trimis de siveco …   Dicționar Român

  • concertina — [ kɔ̃sɛrtina ] n. m. • 1866; mot angl. ♦ Instrument de musique à anches et à soufflet de section hexagonale, voisin de l accordéon. Des concertinas. ● concertina nom masculin (mot anglais) Accordéon de forme hexagonale comportant deux claviers à… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • concertina — ► NOUN ▪ a small musical instrument played by stretching and squeezing a central bellows between the hands to blow air over reeds, each note being sounded by a button. ► VERB (concertinas, concertinaed or concertina d, concertinaing) ▪ compress… …   English terms dictionary

  • concertina — 1835, from CONCERT (Cf. concert) + fem. ending INA (Cf. ina). Portable musical instrument invented 1829 by Sir Charles Wheatstone. Concertina wire attested by 1917, so called from similarity to the musical instrument …   Etymology dictionary

  • concertina — sustantivo femenino 1. Área: música Acordeón de fuelle muy largo, de forma hexagonal o heptagonal, y teclado en ambas caras: La concertina suele usarse en algunas orquestas de jazz …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • Concertina — Con cer*ti na, n. [From It. concerto a concert.] A small musical instrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Concertīna — Concertīna, soviel wie Ziehharmonika …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Concertina —   [englisch, kɔnsə tɪːnə], Konzertina …   Universal-Lexikon

  • concertina — s. f. Instrumento musical parecido com um acordeão, mas de caixa hexagonal …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • concertina — f. Mús. Acordeón de forma hexagonal u octagonal, de fuelle muy largo y teclados cantantes en ambas caras o cubiertas …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • concertina — [kän΄sər tē′nə] n. [ CONCERT + INA: coined (1829) by Sir Charles Wheatstone (1802 75), Eng physicist] a musical instrument similar to an accordion but smaller and with buttons instead of a keyboard …   English World dictionary

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