violoncello
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See also: Violoncello
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A borrowing of Italian violoncello (“little violone”), from violone (“an early form of the double bass”) + -cello (“-elle”, forming diminutives), violone itself being derived from viola + -one (“-oon”, forming augmentatives).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌvaɪələnˈtʃɛləʊ/, /ˌviːələnˈtʃɛləʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌvaɪələnˈt͡ʃɛloʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɛləʊ
Noun[edit]
violoncello (plural violoncellos or violoncelli)
- Synonym of cello.
- 2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 110:
- A tentative violoncello is playing, invisible and plaintive, then stops with an asthmatic scrape of catgut.
- 2016, Fred R. Kline, Leonardo’s Holy Child, Pegasus Books Ltd., →ISBN:
- Preserved under the rock-hard amber varnish was a beautifully crafted mythological scene depicting a nude man in a lush landscape playing a violoncello to a rapt audience of peaceful animals, including a jaguar, lion, swan, fox, peacock, horse, parrot, dogs, badger, deer, bull, ostrich, and no less than an elephant coming over the hill to join them.
Czech[edit]
Noun[edit]
violoncello n
Declension[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms[edit]
Galician[edit]
Noun[edit]
violoncello m (plural violoncellos)
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From violone (“an early form of the double bass”) + -cello (“-elle”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /vi.o.lonˈt͡ʃɛl.lo/, /vjo.lonˈt͡ʃɛl.lo/[1][2]
- Rhymes: -ɛllo
- Hyphenation: vi‧o‧lon‧cèl‧lo, vio‧lon‧cèl‧lo
Noun[edit]
violoncello m (plural violoncelli)
References[edit]
- ^ violoncello in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007
- ^ violoncello in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
violoncello m (plural violoncellos)
- Obsolete spelling of violoncelo
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
violoncello m (plural violoncellos)
- Alternative form of violonchelo
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