Main Entry: ¹ac·cor·di·on

Pronunciation: \ə-ˈkȯr-dē-ən\

Function: noun

Etymology: German Akkordion, from Akkord chord, from French accord, from Old French acord

Date: 1831

: a portable keyboard wind instrument in which the wind is forced past free reeds by means of a hand-operated bellows

— ac·cor·di·on·ist \-dē-ə-nist\ noun

[accordion illustration]