accompaniment
/əˈkʌm.pə.ni.mənt/
accompaniment noun: 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.
Noun
accompaniment (countable and uncountable, plural accompaniments)
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- comping
- 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.
- A side salad is a common accompaniment to a main dish.
- forecasting torrential rain, with an accompaniment of crashing thunder.
- Synonyms:
- attachment, supplement, accessory, addition, add-on, adjunct, affix, annex, infusion, apanage
accompaniment meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
accompaniment in Hindi
- संलग्न, संगत
accompaniment in Tamil
- உடன்வருதல், உடன்வரும் ஒன்று, சேர்ந்துவருவது, சேர்மானம், பக்கவாத்தியம், துணைக்கருவி
accompaniment in Urdu
- ساتھ, ساتھی
accompaniment in Malayalam
- താളമേളം, വാദ്യം, വാദ്യമേളം, കൂട്ടായിചെയ്ത പ്രവർത്തി, ഒരുമിച്ചിരുന്ന്, അകമ്പടി സേവിക്കുക
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- accompaniment in Kannada
- ಪಕ್ಕವಾದ್ಯ, ವಾದನಕಾರರು, ಬಜಾವಣೆಯವರು
- accompaniment in Tagalog
- saliw, akompanyamyento
- accompaniment in Arabic
- مُصَاحَبَة muṣāḥaba
Examples of accompaniment in a sentence
- Green sauce is the perfect accompaniment to baked fish.
- I wished they would go away, but they didn't, so I had to get on with the job to the accompaniment of a background of giggles!1952 February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 77:
Synonyms of accompaniment
Forms of accompaniment
| plural | accompaniments |
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Origin of accompaniment
From French accompagnement; equivalent to accompany + -ment. First attested in 1744.
Words formed from accompaniment
Phrases with accompaniment
Questions about accompaniment
- What does accompaniment mean?
- Accompaniment means 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.
- What is accompaniment in Hindi?
- Accompaniment in Hindi is संलग्न, संगत. See Accompaniment meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use accompaniment in a sentence?
- Green sauce is the perfect accompaniment to baked fish.
- What part of speech is accompaniment?
- Accompaniment is a noun.
- How do you pronounce accompaniment?
- Accompaniment is pronounced /əˈkʌm.pə.ni.mənt/.
- What is the plural of accompaniment?
- The plural of accompaniment is accompaniments.
Words near accompaniment in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: accompaniment (page history and authors); accompaniment (Hindi Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accompaniment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accompaniment (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accompaniment (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accompaniment (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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