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con·cer·ti·na
[kon-ser-tee-nuh] noun, verb, con·cer·ti·naed [-nuhd] , con·cer·ti·na·ing [-nuh-ing] , adjective noun
1.
a musical instrument resembling an accordion but having buttonlike keys, hexagonal bellows and ends, and a more limited range.
verb (used without object)
3.
to fold, crush together, or collapse in the manner of a concertina: The car concertinaed when it hit the truck.
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verb (used with object)
4.
to cause to fold or collapse in the manner of a concertina.
adjective
5.
of, pertaining to, or resembling a concertina: concertina pleats.
Origin:
apparently coined by the original instrument's inventor, English instrument-maker Charles Wheatstone (1802–75), who patented it in 1829; compare concertino, seraphina a similar instrument
apparently coined by the original instrument's inventor, English instrument-maker Charles Wheatstone (1802–75), who patented it in 1829; compare concertino, seraphina a similar instrument
Related forms
con·cer·ti·nist, noun
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concertina
1837, from concert + fem. ending -ina. Portable musical instrument invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone, 1829.
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