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bandoneon

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A small Latin American accordion played with buttons which is frequently used in tango ensembles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a. 1989, Paul Honigsheim, “Governmental Control of Music in Hitler Germany”, in Paul Honigsheim (auth.), K. Peter Etzkorn (ed.), Sociologists and Music: An Introduction to the Study of Music and Society, Second Edition, Transaction Publishers (1989), →ISBN, page 203, Another indication of these changes in musical practice was the emphasis given to instruments that had either been eliminated from symphonic orchestras or had never been so used, such as mandolins of all classes (including mandolas and mandacellos with had lower ranges) and the bandoneon in all of its ranges. These instruments had always been popular with the German people, and with Hitler’s rise to power were included in various public bands.

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noun

Meaning 2

a type of concertina popular in South America

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: concertina

History

Etymology

From Spanish bandoneón, from German Bandoneon, named after Heinrich Band.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: бандонео́н (bandoneón) — accordion
  • Catalan: bandoneó — accordion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 班東尼琴 /班东尼琴 (bāndōngníqín) — accordion
  • French: bandonéon — accordion
  • Galician: bandoneón — accordion
  • German: Bandoneon — accordion
  • Irish: bandaineon — accordion
  • Irish: cairdín Airgintíneach — accordion
  • Japanese: バンドネオン (bandoneon) — accordion
  • Polish: bandoneon — accordion
  • Romanian: bandoneon — accordion
  • Spanish: bandoneón — accordion