cello en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈtʃɛləʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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- /ˈt͡ʃɛloʊ/ (US)
Etymology
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).
Meanings
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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.
And the cello concerto was strikingly different on Sunday: at Weill, the ensemble included two violinists and one violist, cellist, bassist and lutenist, but on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier punch than the smaller group delivered.
2009 January 20, Allan Kozinn, “Shafts of Sun in Winter From the Italian Baroque”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:Fitzgerald saw that Hemingway, oppressed by his mother's influence, was "still rebelling against having been made to take cello lessons when growing up."
2020 Aug. 9, Jeffrey Meyers, "Fitzgerald and Hemingway: A Tortured Friendship", The ArticleI 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.
2006 Nov. 22, Rob Paravonian, "Pachabel Rant", 00:00:33
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cellos | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| 'cello | alternative | lexicographic | |
| celli | Number=Plur | rare | lexicographic |
Deriveds
cellist · cello player · electric cello · guitar-cello · mandocello · celloist · cello scrotum · cellolike · violoncello · guitar cello
Descendants
Meronyms
scroll · tailgut · endpin · tail spike · belly · nut · sound post · edgework · fingerboard · front · upper rib · rib · bridge · lower bout · string · c-bout · tailpiece · peg · f-hole · spike · endpin stopper · fine tuner · bout · waist · saddle · shoulder · c-rib · lower rib · top · purfling · pegbox · sound hole · neck · back · table · upper bout
Synonyms
Translations (114)
hu kisbőgő (musical instrument) · uz violonchel (musical instrument) · yi טשעלאָ (musical instrument) · cs violoncello (musical instrument) · pms violonsel (musical instrument) · alt виолончель (musical instrument) · tr viyolonsel (musical instrument) · sh violònčelo (musical instrument) · cy soddgrwth (musical instrument) · ko 첼로 (musical instrument) · fi sello (musical instrument) · mn морин хийл (musical instrument) · hu gordonka (musical instrument) · ro violoncel (musical instrument) · it violoncello (musical instrument) · ar تْشِيلُّو (musical instrument) · kl agiarsuaq (musical instrument) · eu txelo (musical instrument) · hy թավջութակ (musical instrument) · nn cello (musical instrument) · acw تْشِيلُّو (musical instrument) · lb Cello (musical instrument) · ps رالیږونکي (musical instrument) · fr violoncelle (musical instrument) · be віялянчэ́ль (musical instrument) · ur وائلن نما ساز (musical instrument) · sw chelo (musical instrument) · mn виолончель (musical instrument) · ru виолонче́ль (musical instrument) · tk wiolonçel (musical instrument) · th เชลโล (musical instrument) · cy sielo (musical instrument) · gl violoncello (musical instrument) · uz sello (musical instrument) · nds violoncello (musical instrument) · nb cello (musical instrument) · is knéfiðla (musical instrument) · gl violonchelo (musical instrument) · vi vi-ô-lông-xen (musical instrument) · nan-hbl 大提琴 (musical instrument) · la violoncellum (musical instrument) · qu chilu (musical instrument) · sl violončelo (musical instrument) · id selo (musical instrument) · sk violončelo (musical instrument) · bar Violoncello (musical instrument) · sq celo (musical instrument) · pl wiolonczela (musical instrument) · af tjello (musical instrument) · ky виолончель (musical instrument) · acw تْشِلُّو (musical instrument) · uk віолонче́ль (musical instrument) · sv cello (musical instrument) · ilo tselo (musical instrument) · et tšello (musical instrument) · ja ヴィオロンチェロ (musical instrument) · tg виолончел (musical instrument) · sh виоло̀нчело (musical instrument) · es chelo (musical instrument) · jv cello (musical instrument) · te సెల్లో (musical instrument) · yue 大提琴 (musical instrument) · lt violončelė (musical instrument) · cmn 大提琴 (musical instrument) · hu cselló (musical instrument) · tr çello (musical instrument) · el βιολοντσέλο (musical instrument) · stq Violoncello (musical instrument) · be віяланчэ́ль (musical instrument) · he צֶ׳לוֹ (musical instrument) · el τσέλο (musical instrument) · vo col (musical instrument) · ml ചെല്ലോ (musical instrument) · fo sello (musical instrument) · xh icello (musical instrument) · sl čelo (musical instrument) · ja チェロ (musical instrument) · nrf bâsse dé viole (musical instrument) · ms selo (musical instrument) · ast violonchelu (musical instrument) · hi सेलो (musical instrument) · es violonchelo (musical instrument) · lv čells (musical instrument) · ga dordveidhil (musical instrument) · ca violoncel (musical instrument) · ka ვიოლონჩელი (musical instrument) · eo violonĉelo (musical instrument) · mk виолончело (musical instrument) · is selló (musical instrument) · ka ჩელო (musical instrument) · fy sello (musical instrument) · nl cello (musical instrument) · mr चेलो (musical instrument) · cv виолончель (musical instrument) · es violoncelo (musical instrument) · oc violoncèl (musical instrument) · da cello (musical instrument) · ko 비올론첼로 (musical instrument) · az violonçel (musical instrument) · co viulunceddu (musical instrument) · ug چوڭ ئىسكىروپكا (musical instrument) · bg виолонче́ло (musical instrument) · fa ویولنسل (musical instrument) · am ቫዮሊን (musical instrument) · ta செலோ (musical instrument) · io violoncelo (musical instrument) · tl biyolonselo (musical instrument) · mn ᠸᠢᠦᠯᠦᠨᠼᠧᠯ (musical instrument) · de Cello (musical instrument) · de Violoncello (musical instrument) · kk виолончель (musical instrument) · vi xe-lô (musical instrument) · pt violoncelo (musical instrument) · tl tselo (musical instrument)