cello

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See also: Cello, çello, -cello, and 'cello

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A cello.

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).

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Pronunciation

Noun

cello (plural cellos or (rare) celli)

  1. 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
Meronyms
parts of a cello
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Tokelauan: helo
Translations

References

  • Robin Stowell (1999) The Cambridge Companion to the Cello, page 1

Etymology 2

Shortening of cellophane.

Pronunciation

Noun

cello (uncountable)

  1. cellophane
    • 2011, Ava Carroll-Brown, Where Is Your Mother?:
      Chocolates arranged in a candy dish or basket, antique or purchased in accordance to the personal taste of the host/hostess, wrapped with cello wrap and tied with a lovely ribbon—decadent!

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Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃelo/
  • Rhymes: -elo
  • Hyphenation: ce‧llo

Noun

cello inan

  1. (proscribed) cello
    Synonym: biolontxelo

Declension

Declension of cello (inanimate, ending in vowel)
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

  • "cello" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Danish

Noun

cello c (singular definite celloen, plural indefinite celloer)

  1. cello

Inflection

Declension of cello
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cello celloen celloer celloerne
genitive cellos celloens celloers celloernes

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Dutch

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Etymology

Shortening of violoncello, from Italian violoncello. Influenced by German Cello.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʃɛ.loː/, /ˈsɛ.loː/
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  • Hyphenation: cel‧lo

Noun

cello m (plural cello's, diminutive cellootje n)

  1. cello

Derived terms

Descendants

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Italian violoncello.

Noun

cello m (definite singular celloen, indefinite plural celloer, definite plural celloene)

  1. cello

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Italian violoncello.

Noun

cello m (definite singular celloen, indefinite plural celloar, definite plural celloane)

  1. cello

References

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian cello.

Noun

cello n (uncountable)

  1. cello

Declension

declension of cello (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) cello celloul
genitive/dative (unui) cello celloului
vocative celloule

Swedish

Noun

cello c

  1. cello

Declension

Declension of cello 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative cello cellon cellor, celli cellorna
Genitive cellos cellons cellors, cellis cellornas

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