accompaniment

English

Etymology

From French accompagnement; equivalent to accompany +‎ -ment. First attested in 1744.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ə-kŭmʹpə-nē-mənt, IPA^(key): /ə.ˈkʌm.pə.ni.mənt/, /ə.ˈkʌmp.ni.mənt/

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Noun

accompaniment (countable and uncountable, plural accompaniments)

1. (music) A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.

   Brooks performed a saxophone solo on stage, with Robert as accompaniment on the bass.

2. That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.

   Synonyms: attachment, supplement; see also Thesaurus:adjunct

   A side salad is a common accompaniment to a main dish.

Derived terms

• accompanimental
• additional accompaniment
• nonaccompaniment

 

Translations

music: that which gives support or adds to the background

• Arabic: مُصَاحَبَة f (muṣāḥaba)
• Bulgarian: съпровод (bg) (sǎprovod)
• Catalan: segona (ca) f, acompanyament (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伴奏 (zh) (bànzòu)

• Czech: doprovod m
• Dutch: begeleiding (nl) f
• Esperanto: akompanaĵo
• Finnish: säestys (fi)
• French: accompagnement (fr) m
• German: Begleitung (de) f
• Hungarian: kíséret (hu), kísérőzene (hu)
• Italian: accompagnamento (it) m
• Japanese: 伴奏 (ja) (ばんそう, bansō)
• Kazakh: сүйемелдеу (süiemeldeu)
• Korean: 반주 (ko) (banju)
• Macedonian: при́дружба f (prídružba)
• Polish: akompaniament (pl) m
• Portuguese: acompanhamento (pt) m
• Romanian: acompaniament (ro) n
• Russian: аккомпанеме́нт (ru) m (akkompanemént), сопровожде́ние (ru) n (soprovoždénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пра̀тња f

  Roman: pràtnja (sh) f

• Spanish: acompañamiento (es) m
• Swedish: ackompanjemang (sv), komp (sv) n
• Turkish: eşlik (tr)
• Ukrainian: акомпанеме́нт (uk) m (akompanemént), су́провід m (súprovid)

that which accompanies

• Bulgarian: съпровод (bg) (sǎprovod)
• Catalan: acompanyament (ca) m
• Finnish: lisuke (fi), seuralainen (fi)
• French: accompagnement (fr) m
• German: Begleitung (de) f
• Hungarian: kíséret (hu), kísérőjelenség (hu)
• Polish: akompaniament (pl) m
• Portuguese: acompanhamento (pt) m
• Romanian: acompaniament (ro) n
• Russian: сопровожде́ние (ru) n (soprovoždénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пра̀тња f, дода́так m

  Roman: pràtnja (sh) f, dodátak (sh) m

• Spanish: acompañamiento (es) m
• Swedish: tillbehör (sv) n
• Turkish: eşlik (tr)

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• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} shoqërim (sq)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} accompaniamento
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} accompagnamento (it)
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} spremljava f