melophone

English

Etymology

Probably from French mélophone, from mélo- + -phone.[1] By surface analysis, melo- +‎ -phone.

Noun

melophone (plural melophones)

  1. (now historical) Any of various kinds of accordion, especially a handheld free reed instrument of 19th-century France.

References

  1. ^ “melophone, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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