cello
English
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Etymology 1
[edit]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
[edit]- (dated) 'cello
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtʃɛləʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛloʊ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛləʊ
Noun
[edit]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.
- 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
- 2006 Nov. 22, Rob Paravonian, "Pachabel Rant", 00:00:33:
Meronyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Tokelauan: helo
Translations
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References
[edit]- Robin Stowell (1999) The Cambridge Companion to the Cello, page 1
Etymology 2
[edit]Shortening of cellophane.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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!
Anagrams
[edit]Basque
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cello inan
- (proscribed) cello
- Synonym: biolontxelo
Declension
[edit]indefinite | singular | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
absolutive | cello | celloa | celloak |
ergative | cellok | celloak | celloek |
dative | cellori | celloari | celloei |
genitive | celloren | celloaren | celloen |
comitative | cellorekin | celloarekin | celloekin |
causative | cellorengatik | celloarengatik | celloengatik |
benefactive | cellorentzat | celloarentzat | celloentzat |
instrumental | celloz | celloaz | celloez |
inessive | cellotan | celloan | celloetan |
locative | cellotako | celloko | celloetako |
allative | cellotara | cellora | celloetara |
terminative | cellotaraino | celloraino | celloetaraino |
directive | cellotarantz | cellorantz | celloetarantz |
destinative | cellotarako | cellorako | celloetarako |
ablative | cellotatik | cellotik | celloetatik |
partitive | cellorik | — | — |
prolative | cellotzat | — | — |
Further reading
[edit]- “cello”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]cello c (singular definite celloen, plural indefinite celloer)
Inflection
[edit]common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | cello | celloen | celloer | celloerne |
genitive | cellos | celloens | celloers | celloernes |
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- cellist c
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Shortening of violoncello, from Italian violoncello. Influenced by German Cello.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cello m (plural cello's, diminutive cellootje n)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian violoncello.
Noun
[edit]cello m (definite singular celloen, indefinite plural celloer, definite plural celloene)
References
[edit]- “cello” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian violoncello.
Noun
[edit]cello m (definite singular celloen, indefinite plural celloar, definite plural celloane)
References
[edit]- “cello” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Italian cello.
Noun
[edit]cello n (uncountable)
Declension
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]cello c
Declension
[edit]Declension of cello | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | cello | cellon | cellor, celli | cellorna |
Genitive | cellos | cellons | cellors, cellis | cellornas |
Related terms
[edit]- English clippings
- English terms derived from Italian
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɛləʊ
- Rhymes:English/ɛləʊ/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:String instruments
- Basque terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Basque/elo
- Rhymes:Basque/elo/2 syllables
- Basque lemmas
- Basque nouns
- Basque terms spelled with C
- Basque inanimate nouns
- Basque proscribed terms
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish terms spelled with C
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:String instruments
- Dutch terms derived from Italian
- Dutch terms derived from German
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch masculine nouns
- nl:String instruments
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Italian
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with C
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:String instruments
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Italian
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms spelled with C
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:String instruments
- Romanian terms borrowed from Italian
- Romanian unadapted borrowings from Italian
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- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian uncountable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:String instruments