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 Definitions of concertina  [ˌkɒn sərˈti nə]  

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Definition of 'concertina' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) concertina
a musical instrument resembling an accordion but having buttonlike keys, hexagonal bellows and ends, and a more limited range.

2. (v.t.) concertina
to fold or collapse in the manner of a concertina.

3. (adj.) concertina
of or resembling a concertina.

Etymology:  (appar. coined by its inventor, Charles Wheatstone (1802–75))

Definition of 'concertina' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) concertina
coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle

2. (verb) concertina
free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds

3. (verb) concertina
collapse like a concertina


Definition of 'concertina' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) concertina
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 hexagonal heads


Translation of 'concertina' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a portable musical wind instrument with bellows and a keyboard.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: konsertina, trekorrel, ha Arabic flag Arabic: lمِعْزَف يَدَوي سُداسي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: концертина
Brazilian flag Brazilian: concertina Czech flag Czech: harmonika German flag German: die Ziehharmonika
Danish flag Danish: concertina; lille, sekska Greek flag Greek: κονσερτίνα (μικρό ακορντε Spanish flag Spanish: concertina
Estonian flag Estonian: kontsertiina Farsi flag Farsi: کنسرتینا Finnish flag Finnish: käsiharmonikka
French flag French: concertina Hebrew flag Hebrew: קוֹנצֶרטִינָה Hindi flag Hindi: वाद्ययंत्र
Croatian flag Croatian: kromatska harmonika Hungarian flag Hungarian: harmonika Indonesian flag Indonesian: konsertina
Icelandic flag Icelandic: konsertína Italian flag Italian: piccola fisarmonica Japanese flag Japanese: 手風琴の一種
Korean flag Korean: (아코디언의 일종) 콘서티나 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: koncertina Latvian flag Latvian: harmonikas
Malay flag Malay: kosertina Dutch flag Dutch: concertina Norwegian flag Norwegian: konsertina, trekkspill
Polish flag Polish: concertina Persian flag Persian: کنسرتینا Pashto flag Pashto: کنسرت
Portuguese flag Portuguese: concertina Romanian flag Romanian: concertină Russian flag Russian: концертина
Slovak flag Slovak: akordeón Slovenian flag Slovenian: kromatična harmonika Serbian flag Serbian: mala harmonika
Swedish flag Swedish: concertina, [litet] drags Thai flag Thai: หีบเพลงชั��� Turkish flag Turkish: körüklü armonika
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 六角手風琴 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: концертино Urdu flag Urdu: موسیقی کا ایک ساز
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đàn côngxéctina Chinese flag Chinese: 六角手风琴

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