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