# concertina
## English
### Etymology

From concert +‎ -ina.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌkɒnsəˈtiːnə/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˌkɑnsɚˈtinə/

### Noun

concertina (plural concertinas)
* (music) A musical instrument, like the various accordions, that is a member of the free-reed family of musical instruments, typically having buttons on both ends.
    Hypernym: squeezebox
    Coordinate term: accordion
** 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.
** 1978, Jan Romein, The Watershed of Two Eras: Europe in 1900, page 303:Elsewhere, professionals could enthuse over new precision instruments capable, for instance, of measuring weights down to a tenth of a milligram, or over a host of self-registering thermometers and barometers, microscopes, typewriters, calculators and all sorts of technical and musical devices, including automatic concertinas, edeophones, auto-harps, bigophones and other long-forgotten objects.
* Something resembling a concertina, such as a folded book, a bus door or a set of picture frames that are folded together.
* Coiled barbed wire for use as an obstacle.
* A type of booklet label, consisting of up to 32 pages of booklet as an insert.

#### Derived terms

* anglo concertina
* concertina book
* concertina frame
* concertina wire
* concertinist

#### Translations
### Verb

concertina (third-person singular simple present concertinas, present participle concertinaing, simple past and past participle concertinaed)
* To become compressed into a shape reminiscent of a concertina.
    The car concertinaed into the wall.
** 2012, Amy Schoeman, Skeleton Coast, page ii:Millions of years ago the mica schists surrounding the old Brandberg West Mine became folded and concertinaed by enormous horizontal pressures.
* To be drawn closer and farther apart repeatedly, or up and down, as if situated on a working concertina's folds.
** 2007, David W Cameron, 25 April 1915: The Day the Anzac Legend Was Born, page 36:This resulted in some fragmentation of the line as the boats in some cases closed to just 50 metres as they concertinaed in and out of sight of each other.

#### See also

* accordion
* bandoneon

### References

* ↑ “concertina, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
* ↑ Webster's New Dictionary And Thesaurus, Geddes & Grosset Ltd., New Lanark, Scotland 1990

## Finnish
### Etymology

< English concertina

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkonsertiːnɑ/, [ˈko̞ns̠e̞rˌt̪iːnɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -iːnɑ

### Noun

concertina
* Synonym of käsiharmonikka (“concertina”).

#### Declension

Possessive forms of concertina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
concertinani
concertinani
accusative
nom.
concertinani
concertinani
gen.
concertinani
genitive
concertinani
concertinojeni concertinaini $^{rare}$
partitive
concertinaani
concertinojani
inessive
concertinassani
concertinoissani
elative
concertinastani
concertinoistani
illative
concertinaani
concertinoihini
adessive
concertinallani
concertinoillani
ablative
concertinaltani
concertinoiltani
allative
concertinalleni
concertinoilleni
essive
concertinanani
concertinoinani
translative
concertinakseni
concertinoikseni
abessive
concertinattani
concertinoittani
instructive
comitative
—concertinoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
concertinasi
concertinasi
accusative
nom.
concertinasi
concertinasi
gen.
concertinasi
genitive
concertinasi
concertinojesi concertinaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
concertinaasi
concertinojasi
inessive
concertinassasi
concertinoissasi
elative
concertinastasi
concertinoistasi
illative
concertinaasi
concertinoihisi
adessive
concertinallasi
concertinoillasi
ablative
concertinaltasi
concertinoiltasi
allative
concertinallesi
concertinoillesi
essive
concertinanasi
concertinoinasi
translative
concertinaksesi
concertinoiksesi
abessive
concertinattasi
concertinoittasi
instructive
comitative
—concertinoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
concertinamme
concertinamme
accusative
nom.
concertinamme
concertinamme
gen.
concertinamme
genitive
concertinamme
concertinojemme concertinaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
concertinaamme
concertinojamme
inessive
concertinassamme
concertinoissamme
elative
concertinastamme
concertinoistamme
illative
concertinaamme
concertinoihimme
adessive
concertinallamme
concertinoillamme
ablative
concertinaltamme
concertinoiltamme
allative
concertinallemme
concertinoillemme
essive
concertinanamme
concertinoinamme
translative
concertinaksemme
concertinoiksemme
abessive
concertinattamme
concertinoittamme
instructive
comitative
—concertinoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
concertinanne
concertinanne
accusative
nom.
concertinanne
concertinanne
gen.
concertinanne
genitive
concertinanne
concertinojenne concertinainne $^{rare}$
partitive
concertinaanne
concertinojanne
inessive
concertinassanne
concertinoissanne
elative
concertinastanne
concertinoistanne
illative
concertinaanne
concertinoihinne
adessive
concertinallanne
concertinoillanne
ablative
concertinaltanne
concertinoiltanne
allative
concertinallenne
concertinoillenne
essive
concertinananne
concertinoinanne
translative
concertinaksenne
concertinoiksenne
abessive
concertinattanne
concertinoittanne
instructive
comitative
—concertinoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
concertinansa
concertinansa
accusative
nom.
concertinansa
concertinansa
gen.
concertinansa
genitive
concertinansa
concertinojensa concertinainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
concertinaansa
concertinojaan concertinojansa
inessive
concertinassaan concertinassansa
concertinoissaan concertinoissansa
elative
concertinastaan concertinastansa
concertinoistaan concertinoistansa
illative
concertinaansa
concertinoihinsa
adessive
concertinallaan concertinallansa
concertinoillaan concertinoillansa
ablative
concertinaltaan concertinaltansa
concertinoiltaan concertinoiltansa
allative
concertinalleen concertinallensa
concertinoilleen concertinoillensa
essive
concertinanaan concertinanansa
concertinoinaan concertinoinansa
translative
concertinakseen concertinaksensa
concertinoikseen concertinoiksensa
abessive
concertinattaan concertinattansa
concertinoittaan concertinoittansa
instructive
comitative
—concertinoineen concertinoinensa :

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.seʁˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/ [kõ.sehˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.seʁˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/ [kõ.sehˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kõ.seɾˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kõ.seʁˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/ [kõ.seχˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõ.seɻˈt͡ʃi.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.sɨɾˈti.nɐ/
* Hyphenation: con‧cer‧ti‧na

### Noun

concertina f (plural concertinas)
* (music) concertina
* (military) concertina (coiled barbed wire)

#### Related terms

* concerto

## Spanish
### Noun

concertina f (plural concertinas)
* (music) concertina

### Further reading

* “concertina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10