cello

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See also: Cello, çello, -cello, and 'cello

English

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A cello.

Etymology 1

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Clipping of violoncello, the original name, from Italian violoncello (little violone), from violone (an early form of the double bass) + -cello (-elle, forming diminutives), violone (big viola) itself being derived from viola + -one (-oon, forming augmentatives).

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Noun

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cello (plural cellos or (rare) celli)

  1. A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow.
    • 2006 Nov. 22, Rob Paravonian, "Pachabel Rant", 00:00:33:
      I haven't always been this cool because I haven't always played guitar. I started out on the cello. Yeah, the cello is a wonderful, beautiful instrument. It's cool to be an adult that plays the cello. Being a kid that played the cello sucked, cause there's no way to be cool when your instrument is larger than you. When you walk to school with a cello you're like a wounded gazelle on the Serengeti, man. The bullies just smell you coming from a mile away.
    • 2020 Aug. 9, Jeffrey Meyers, "Fitzgerald and Hemingway: A Tortured Friendship", The Article:
      Fitzgerald saw that Hemingway, oppressed by his mother's influence, was "still rebelling against having been made to take cello lessons when growing up."
    Synonym: violoncello
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  • Tokelauan: helo
Translations
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References

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  • Robin Stowell (1999) The Cambridge Companion to the Cello, page 1

Etymology 2

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Shortening of cellophane.

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Noun

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cello (uncountable)

  1. cellophane
    • 2011, Ava Carroll-Brown, Where Is Your Mother?:
      Chocolates arranged in a candy dish or basket, antique or purchased in accordance to[sic] the personal taste of the host/hostess, wrapped with cello wrap and tied with a lovely ribbon—decadent!

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Basque

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃelo/ [t͡ʃe.lo]
  • Rhymes: -elo
  • Hyphenation: ce‧llo

Noun

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cello inan

  1. (proscribed) cello
    Synonym: biolontxelo

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Danish

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Noun

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cello c (singular definite celloen, plural indefinite celloer)

  1. cello

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Shortening of violoncello, from Italian violoncello. Influenced by German Cello.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtʃɛ.loː/, /ˈsɛ.loː/
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  • Hyphenation: cel‧lo

Noun

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cello m (plural cello's, diminutive cellootje n)

  1. cello

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Italian violoncello.

Noun

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cello m (definite singular celloen, indefinite plural celloer, definite plural celloene)

  1. cello

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Italian violoncello.

Noun

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cello m (definite singular celloen, indefinite plural celloar, definite plural celloane)

  1. cello

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Italian cello.

Noun

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cello n (uncountable)

  1. cello

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Swedish

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Noun

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cello c

  1. cello

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