how to pronounce accordion

/əˈkɔː.di.ən/

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accordion is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of accordion in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… play an accordion and a pair of the old …”

meaning of accordion

An accordion is a musical instrument that is played by pressing buttons on the front of the instrument.

accordion frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word accordion occurs in english on average 0.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics accordion can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that accordion can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) leisure and entertainment;