accompaniment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.
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.

ə-kŭmʹpə-nē-mənt /əˈkʌm.pə.ni.mənt/ /əˈkʌmp.ni.mənt/ En-us-accompaniment.ogg

accompaniment accompaniments

From French accompagnement; equivalent to accompany + -ment. First attested in 1744.

comping attachment supplement accessory accompaniment addition add-on adjunct affix annex apanage appendage appendix extra increase increment

accompanimental additional accompaniment nonaccompaniment

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