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cello
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English
Etymology 1
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).
Alternative forms
- (dated) 'cello
Pronunciation
Noun
cello (plural cellos or (rare) celli)
- 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.
- Synonym: violoncello
- 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.
- 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 November 2022:
- 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.
- 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."
Meronyms
parts of a cello
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Tokelauan: helo
Translations
musical instrument
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References
- Robin Stowell (1999), The Cambridge Companion to the Cello, page 1
Etymology 2
Shortening of cellophane.
Pronunciation
Noun
cello (uncountable)
- 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
Pronunciation
Noun
cello inan
- (proscribed) cello
- Synonym: biolontxelo
Declension
Further reading
- “cello”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
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Danish
Noun
cello c (singular definite celloen, plural indefinite celloer)
Inflection
Synonyms
Related terms
- cellist c
Dutch
Etymology
Shortening of violoncello, from Italian violoncello. Influenced by German Cello.
Pronunciation
Noun
cello m (plural cello's, diminutive cellootje n)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: selo
- → Papiamentu: chèlo
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Italian violoncello.
Noun
cello m (definite singular celloen, indefinite plural celloer, definite plural celloene)
References
- “cello” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Italian violoncello.
Noun
cello m (definite singular celloen, indefinite plural celloar, definite plural celloane)
References
- “cello” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Italian cello.
Noun
cello n (uncountable)
Declension
Swedish
Noun
cello c
Declension
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