different between accordion vs bayan

English

Alternative forms

• accordeon (dated)

Etymology

First attested in 1831. From German Akkordeon, from Akkord (“harmony”), from French accord, from Old French acorder, based on Italian accordare (“to tune”). See also accord.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??k?(?).di.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?.?k??.di.?n/
• Hyphenation: ac?cord?i?on

Noun

accordion (plural accordions)

1. A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind from a squeezed bellows upon free metallic reeds.
2. (graphical user interface) A vertical list of items that can be individually expanded and collapsed to reveal their contents.

Synonyms

• squeezebox

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Irish: acordán

Translations

See also

• bandoneon
• concertina

Verb

accordion (third-person singular simple present accordions, present participle accordioning, simple past and past participle accordioned)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To fold up, in the manner of an accordion
   • 1980, Stephen King, The Mist

     I slit the wrapping with my pocketknife and the clothesline accordioned out in stiff loops.

Anagrams

• Concordia

English

Etymology 1

From Russian ????? (baján); named after the 11th-century bard Boyan.

Noun

bayan (plural bayans)

1. A type of chromatic button accordion developed in Russia in the early 20th century.

Translations

See also

• garmon

Etymology 2

From Arabic ??????? (bay?n).

Noun

bayan (plural bayans)

1. (Islam) A lecture.

Anagrams

• banya

Hausa

Preposition

bayan

1. behind, after

Kavalan

Noun

bayan

1. old leaves

Manchu

Romanization

bayan

1. Romanization of ?????

Tagalog

Etymology

Contracted from Tagalog bahayan ("place of houses"), from bahay +? -an.

Noun

báyan

1. town; municipality; city
2. nation; country
3. motherland; native land
4. downtown area; commercial area
5. (historical) a polity or state during the precolonial period of the Philippines

Derived terms

• kababayan (“compatriot”)

Turkish

Noun

bayan (definite accusative bayan?, plural bayanlar)

1. woman