- concertina
- noun Etymology: probably from 1concert + Italian -ina, diminutive suffix Date: 1837 1. a musical instrument of the accordion family 2. concertina wire
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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
