Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to accordion
Participle: accordioned
Gerund: accordioning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | accordion |
| you | accordion |
| he;she;it | accordions |
| we | accordion |
| you | accordion |
| they | accordion |
Perfect
| I | have accordioned |
| you | have accordioned |
| he;she;it | has accordioned |
| we | have accordioned |
| you | have accordioned |
| they | have accordioned |
Past
| I | accordioned |
| you | accordioned |
| he;she;it | accordioned |
| we | accordioned |
| you | accordioned |
| they | accordioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had accordioned |
| you | had accordioned |
| he;she;it | had accordioned |
| we | had accordioned |
| you | had accordioned |
| they | had accordioned |
Future
| I | will accordion |
| you | will accordion |
| he;she;it | will accordion |
| we | will accordion |
| you | will accordion |
| they | will accordion |
Future Perfect
| I | will have accordioned |
| you | will have accordioned |
| he;she;it | will have accordioned |
| we | will have accordioned |
| you | will have accordioned |
| they | will have accordioned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | accordion |
| you | accordion |
| he;she;it | accordion |
| we | accordion |
| you | accordion |
| they | accordion |
Perfect
| I | have accordioned |
| you | have accordioned |
| he;she;it | have accordioned |
| we | have accordioned |
| you | have accordioned |
| they | have accordioned |
Imperfect
| I | accordioned |
| you | accordioned |
| he;she;it | accordioned |
| we | accordioned |
| you | accordioned |
| they | accordioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had accordioned |
| you | had accordioned |
| he;she;it | had accordioned |
| we | had accordioned |
| you | had accordioned |
| they | had accordioned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would accordion |
| you | would accordion |
| he;she;it | would accordion |
| we | would accordion |
| you | would accordion |
| they | would accordion |
Perfect
| I | would have accordioned |
| you | would have accordioned |
| he;she;it | would have accordioned |
| we | would have accordioned |
| you | would have accordioned |
| they | would have accordioned |
Imperative
| you | accordion |
| we | Let's accordion |
| you | accordion |
Verbs conjugated like 'accordion'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'accordion'
accession,
accord,
apportion,
cordon,
accoil,
accredit,
accurise,
accurize,
action,
auction,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
3. Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
4. Proto-Italic *kom
5. Old Latin com
6. Latin cum
7. Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd-
8. Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥dés
9. Proto-Italic *kord
10. Latin cor
11. Latin concors
12. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
13. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
14. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
15. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
16. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
17. Proto-Italic *-ājō
18. Proto-Italic *-āō
19. Latin -ō
20. Latin concordāreder.
21. Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
22. Proto-Italic *ad
23. Proto-Italic *ad-
24. Latin ad-der.
25. Vulgar Latin *accordāre
26. Old French acorder
27. Middle French accorder
28. French accorderdeverb.
29. French accordbor.
30. German Akkord
31. German -ion
32. German Akkordeonbor.
33. English accordion
34. First attested in 1831. Borrowed from German Akkordeon, from Akkord (“harmony”), from French accord, from Old French acorder, based on Italian accordare (“to tune”). See also accord. See: Old French '
acorder', Italian '
accordare'.
Sample Sentences
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I slit the wrapping with my pocketknife and the clothesline accordioned out in stiff loops. [1980, Stephen King, The Mist, Viking Press:]
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Still in reverse, she goosed the gas and accordioned the running board a fraction of an inch more. [2000 December 29, Charles Dickinson, “Qi”, in Chicago Reader:]
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It accordioned down and he tugged the shirt around it so that it came free[…]. [2005, Cory Doctorow, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town:]