violoncello
See also: Violoncello
English
Etymology
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
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌvaɪələnˈtʃɛləʊ/, /ˌviːələnˈtʃɛləʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌvaɪələnˈt͡ʃɛloʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɛləʊ
Noun
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
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms
Galician
Italian
Etymology
From violone (“an early form of the double bass”) + -cello (“-elle”).
Pronunciation
References
- violoncello in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007
- violoncello in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Portuguese
Spanish
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