violoncelo

See also: violonĉelo and violončelo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• violoncello (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian violoncello (“cello”), from violone (“violone”) + -cello.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.o.lõˈsɛ.lu/ [vɪ.o.lõˈsɛ.lu], (faster pronunciation) /vjo.lõˈsɛ.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.o.lõˈsɛ.lu/ [vɪ.o.lõˈsɛ.lu], (faster pronunciation) /vjo.lõˈsɛ.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.o.lõˈsɛ.lo/ [vɪ.o.lõˈsɛ.lo], (faster pronunciation) /vjo.lõˈsɛ.lo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vju.lõˈsɛ.lu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vju.lõˈsɛ.lu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bju.lõˈsɛ.lu/

• Hyphenation: vi‧o‧lon‧se‧lo

Noun

violoncelo m (plural violoncelos)

1. cello (musical instrument)

Related terms

• viola
• violão
• violino
• violoncelista
• violoncelístico

Further reading

• “violoncelo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “violoncelo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Noun

violoncelo m (plural violoncelos)

1. alternative form of violonchelo

Further reading

• “violoncelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025