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)

(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.
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

additional accompaniment

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
Italian: accompagnamento (it) m
Japanese: 伴奏 (ja) (ばんそう, bansō)
Kazakh: сүйемелдеу (süiemeldeu)
Korean: 반주 (ko) (banju)
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
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