accompanist

English

Etymology

First attested in 1833. From accompany +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈkʌmp(ə)nɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

accompanist (plural accompanists)

1. (music) The performer in music who takes the accompanying part.

Translations

performer who takes the accompanying part

Danish: akkompagnatør c Esperanto: akompanisto French: accompagnateur (fr) m, accompagnatrice (fr) f German: Begleiter (de) m, Begleiterin (de) f Hungarian: kísérő (hu), zongorakísérő (hu) Irish: tionlacaí m Norwegian: Bokmål: akkompagnatør (no) m Nynorsk: akkompagnatør m Polish: akompaniator (pl) m, akompaniatorka (pl) f Portuguese: acompanhador m Russian: аккомпаниа́тор (ru) m (akkompaniátor) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: пра̀тња f Roman: pràtnja (sh) f Spanish: acompañante (es) m or f Swedish: ackompanjatör (sv) c Welsh: cyfeilydd m, cyfeilyddes f